Twitter livestream with Ron DeSantis and Elon Musk delayed amid technical glitch
Twitter's livestream event with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis crashed and was delayed on Wednesday as hundreds of thousands of users logged on to hear DeSantis announce his bid for the White House.
2023-05-25 07:20
Chinese hackers seeking to disrupt communications between US and Asia in event of crisis, Microsoft says
Chinese government-backed hackers are likely pursuing cyber capabilities that could be used to "disrupt critical communications" between the US and the Asia Pacific region in the event of a future US-China crisis, Microsoft warned on Wednesday.
2023-05-25 05:53
“Which Side Are You On?”: How Florence Reece Gave Strikers a Theme Song
The classic labor song "Which Side Are You On?" was born during the Harlan County Wars of the 1930s.
2023-05-25 04:54
Senate Democrats write to Google over concerns about abortion-seekers' location data
Nearly a dozen Senate Democrats wrote to Google this week with questions about how it deletes users' location history when they have visited sensitive locations such as abortion clinics, expressing concerns that the company may not have been consistently deleting the data as promised.
2023-05-25 03:28
In a new BMW sedan, drivers can change lanes using just their eyes
In the new BMW 5-series sedan, unveiled Wednesday by the German luxury automaker, drivers will be able to change lanes on the highway just by looking to the side.
2023-05-25 00:28
Meta's business groups cut in latest round of layoffs
Facebook-parent Meta on Wednesday began cutting employees in its business groups as part of a previously announced round of layoffs, according to social media posts from impacted workers.
2023-05-24 23:50
Netflix begins password sharing crackdown in the US
Netflix has finally revealed that it's cracking down on users who share passwords in the United States.
2023-05-24 21:56
House to vote on blocking Biden's student loan forgiveness program
The Biden administration's one-time student loan forgiveness program is facing a fresh threat from House Republicans while it awaits a ruling from the Supreme Court about whether the proposal can take effect.
2023-05-24 19:17
Miami-Dade school moves Biden inaugural poem out of elementary section of library after complaint
"The Hill We Climb," the poem written by Amanda Gorman for President Joe Biden's inauguration, was moved out of the elementary section of one Miami-Dade County public school, the district confirmed Tuesday. It remains available to older children.
2023-05-24 11:56
Florida school system has closed investigation into teacher who showed Disney movie with gay character
The Hernando County School Board has closed its investigation into a Florida teacher who showed the Disney film "Strange World" to her fifth-grade class, according to a copy of the district's final report provided to CNN by Jenna Barbee, the educator.
2023-05-24 10:47
How the technology behind ChatGPT could make mind-reading a reality
On a recent Sunday morning, I found myself in a pair of ill-fitting scrubs, lying flat on my back in the claustrophobic confines of an fMRI machine at a research facility in Austin, Texas. "The things I do for television," I thought.
2023-05-24 08:16
Company that allegedly sent billions of robocalls sued by 49 attorneys general
On Tuesday, a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from 48 states and the District of Columbia sued Avid Telecom, alleging that the company is responsible for billions of illegal spam calls posing as government agencies and large corporations.
2023-05-24 06:22