Author Archives: Techme101

How to use Apple’s new event planning ‘Invites’ app

Apple has released a new app called Invites that is designed to make it easy to create custom invitations for events using an iPhone or on the web. Invites is Apple’s version of Partiful, a popular invitation app that was … Continue reading

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on How to use Apple’s new event planning ‘Invites’ app

How Sam Altman Sidestepped Elon Musk to Win Over Donald Trump

After helping President Trump get elected, Elon Musk was poised to dominate the country’s A.I. policies. Then Mr. Altman sneaked into the White House.

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on How Sam Altman Sidestepped Elon Musk to Win Over Donald Trump

Microsoft and Nvidia Take a Quieter Approach to Trump

Other big technology companies have been boisterous in their courtship of the new administration. But Nvidia and Microsoft have avoided the Washington spotlight.

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Microsoft and Nvidia Take a Quieter Approach to Trump

Big Tech Keeps Its A.I. Data Center Spending Boom Alive

An apparent breakthrough in efficiency from the Chinese start-up did not make tech’s biggest companies question their extravagant spending on new data centers.

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Big Tech Keeps Its A.I. Data Center Spending Boom Alive

Trump ends legal battle over Twitter ban

President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the company formerly known as Twitter appears to be over. Trump sued the social media platform for banning him in the aftermath of January 6, 2021, when Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. While a … Continue reading

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Trump ends legal battle over Twitter ban

Parents suing TikTok over children’s deaths say it ‘has no compassion’

Four families who say their children died after taking part in a viral trend in 2022 speak to the BBC about their legal fight against TikTok.

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Parents suing TikTok over children’s deaths say it ‘has no compassion’

Apple’s new research robot takes a page from Pixar’s playbook

Last month, Apple offered up more insight into its consumer robotics work via a research paper that argues that traits like expressive movements are key to optimizing human-robot interaction. “Like most animals,” starts the report, “humans are highly sensitive to … Continue reading

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Apple’s new research robot takes a page from Pixar’s playbook

Elon Musk said he’s not interested in acquiring TikTok

Elon Musk recently said he is “not chomping at the bit to acquire TikTok.” Musk made those remarks during an interview at the WELT Economic Summit on January 28. A video of the interview was published today. The interview came … Continue reading

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Elon Musk said he’s not interested in acquiring TikTok

Ex-Meta employee sues for sexual harassment

Welcome back to Week in Review. This week we’re diving into Google quietly removing its pledge to not build AI weapons for surveillance; how Elon Musk and DOGE are facilitating the biggest breach of U.S. government data; researchers who were … Continue reading

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Ex-Meta employee sues for sexual harassment

AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li says AI policy must be based on ‘science, not science fiction’

Fei-Fei Li, the Stanford computer scientist and startup founder sometimes known as “the Godmother of AI,” has outlined “three fundamental principles for the future of AI policymaking” ahead of next week’s AI Action Summit in Paris. First, Li said policy … Continue reading

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li says AI policy must be based on ‘science, not science fiction’