FCC aims to investigate the risk of AI-enhanced robocalls
As if robocalling wasn’t already enough of a problem, the advent of easily accessible, realistic AI-powered writing and synthetic voice could supercharge the practice. The FCC...
CVS to Pull Cold Medicines After FDA Scientists Say They Don’t Work
The era of a common over-the-counter cold medicine is coming to an end. Major retail chain CVS said this month that it will be pulling some...
9 Great Sci-Fi Crews That Inspired My Interstellar Graphic Novel
My latest book, The Hard Switch, is about the crew of a small cargo ship, comprising Ada, Haika, and Mallic (an extractor, pilot, and engineer, respectively),...
What’s behind the fresh round of tech layoffs?
But let’s not forget as we dig into the reasons why we are seeing a new wave of tech layoffs that this is more than an...
Aquaman’s James Wan Says More Topo Is on the Menu
Sure, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom has been delayed multiple times, but that just means the DC Movie Machine has had more time to prime the...
Feds expand Tesla investigation to include vehicle range, personal benefits
Tesla has the attention of the U.S. Department of Justice — again. Tesla has received requests for information, including subpoenas from the DOJ, the automaker disclosed...
The U.S. Is in for a Warm, Wet Winter With El Niño
Temperatures are currently cooling down across the U.S., but much of the country is in for a warmer, wetter winter than usual, the National Oceanic and...
Matthew Vaughn Says Superhero Films Should Be Better
Matthew Vaughn, the director of X-Men: First Class (2011), the Kingsman franchise, and the upcoming Argylle, shared a few opinions on superhero films at New York...
TikTok is testing 15-minute uploads with select users
TikTok is testing the ability for users to upload 15-minute videos, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday. The social media giant said the new upload...
Firefox Translate Is Coming to Thunderbird Mail
The recent Firefox 118 release introduced us to Fullpage Translation, a tool that automatically translates webpages to your native language without the use of external servers....
