Expresidente uruguayo José Mujica anuncia que padece cáncer de esófago. Más conocido como “Pepe" Mujica, su presidencia entre 2010 y 2015 se destacó por una amplia agenda social, el respaldo al matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo y la creación del primer mercado nacional para la marihuana legal. Se retiró del Senado y de la política en 2020.
Mental health experts say it's normal to experience difficult emotions after encountering the video.
Farcaster, a blockchain-based social protocol founded by two Coinbase alumni, announced on Tuesday that it closed a $150 million fundraise. Farcaster, the social protocol, invites developers to build other apps on top of it; the most popular app is the social network Warpcast, which is similar to Twitter. What does it mean to build a social experience on Ethereum?
Energy.gov's fact of the week shows that while hybrid sales have been up and down over time, things are now looking rosy for electrified models.
Decentralized social networks aren't immune to botnet-driven spam, as a recent spam attack on Bluesky demonstrates. Earlier this month, a flood of posts reading "remember to always vote Trump" showed up on Bluesky's network posted by accounts with random names and default avatars. The spam didn't originate on Bluesky, though.
It’s been three years since Spotify acquired live audio startup Betty Labs, and yet the music streaming service isn’t leveraging the technology to its fullest potential — at least not in our opinion. Betty Labs-owned Locker Room launched in 2020 as a sports-focused social audio app where sports fans could engage in live conversations, create watch parties and react to games in real time. When Spotify bought the app, it rebranded it as Greenroom, a Clubhouse clone that catered to all types of fans, whether they’re interested in sports, fantasy football, music or other topics.
The U.K.'s data protection watchdog has closed an almost year-long investigation of Snap's AI chatbot, My AI -- saying it's satisfied the social media firm has addressed concerns about risks to children's privacy. At the same time, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) issued a general warning to industry to be proactive about assessing risks to people's rights before bringing generative AI tools to market. GenAI refers to a flavor of AI that often foregrounds content creation.
Scale AI, which provides data-labeling services to companies that want to train machine learning models, has raised a $1 billion Series F round from a slew of big-name institutional and corporate investors that include Amazon and Meta. The fundraise is a mix of primary and secondary funding, and is the latest in a slew of big venture capital investments in AI. Amazon recently closed a $4 billion investment in OpenAI rival Anthropic, and the likes of Mistral AI and Perplexity are also in the process of raising more billion-dollar rounds at lofty valuations.
OpenAI is removing one of the voices used by ChatGPT. Users found that it sounded similar to Scarlett Johansson, the company announced on Monday, and Johansson herself released a statement saying she hired legal council to inquire about the Sky voice and get exact details about how it was developed. "We believe that AI voices should not deliberately mimic a celebrity's distinctive voice — Sky’s voice is not an imitation of Scarlett Johansson but belongs to a different professional actress using her own natural speaking voice," the company wrote in a blog post.
Here's what we know about Combs's legal problems in the wake of the 2016 hotel assault video surfacing and the March raid of his homes.
Some early Memorial Day wins: 40% off of Apple AirPods, 50% off a Samsung 55-inch Smart TV and $100 Beats Studio Pro headphones.
McLaren Automotive is parleying its reputation in the world of supercars and Formula 1 racers to build and market a range of electric 'hyper bikes.'
Marvin Harrison Jr., Fanatics said, “rejected or ignored every request” from the company while refusing to fulfill obligations of their contract that was signed last May.
To figure out how Social Security's insolvency debate may play out in the years ahead, it helps to consider what transpired in 1983.
Live updates from the 149th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore
Rose Zhang was one of seven golfers who withdrew from the tournament due to an illness.
A soap-shaped stainless steel doodad that instantly removes the smell of onions (and more) from your skin? Brilliant!
Breaking down the ongoing K-pop drama between ADOR CEO Min and Hybe.
Meta is once again taking on its competitors by developing a feature that borrows concepts from others -- in this case, BeReal and Snapchat. The company is developing a feature for Instagram called “Peek” that would allow users to post authentic pictures that can only be viewed once. While Snapchat popularized the idea of ephemeral content on social media, BeReal led the trend of posting authentic, unedited content.
While an AI-generated photo of Katy Perry at the Met Gala isn't a major cause for concern, Instagram's fact-checkers taking hours to flag it indicates a larger issue social platforms have to grapple with regarding AI.
The defending Masters champion has won four of the last five tournaments he's played.