We may have just witnessed the birth of OpenAI‘s version of an app store.
There were no splashy press events or full-page ads announcing the launch—just a few tweets and a blog post—but the modest debut of ChatGPT’s new plugin system could end up being a pivotal moment in the evolution of personal computing.
“Assume we are on the cusp of a new computing platform shift, with generative AI being the new computing platform,” says Ben
Later today, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify at a Congressional hearing convened to determine whether the Chinese-owned company poses a major security risk to the U.S.
The hearing this week is likely to be make or break for the app’s future in the United States, with a cross-party consensus starting to build around banning TikTok from the country entirely. In what’s perhaps a precursor for what’s to come, a number of state-level and federal staff device ban
You have just returned home after a long day at work and are about to sit down for dinner when suddenly your phone starts buzzing. On the other end is a loved one, perhaps a parent, a child, or a childhood friend, begging you to send them money immediately.
You ask them questions, attempting to understand. There is something off about their answers, which are either vague or out of character, and sometimes there is a peculiar delay, almost as though they were thinking a little too s
I’d only been CEO of IBM for a year and a half when something happens that would change the nature of the global tech industry. In June 2013, an intelligence contractor named Edward Snowden leaks classified government documents to the Washington Post and the Guardian newspapers. The documents state that the U.S. government has been collecting data from several tech companies to track people potentially connected to terrorism. The surveillance program, called PRISM, conducts broad sweep
TikTok’s long-simmering (and once-boiling) dispute with U.S. authorities may be coming to a head. The White House, citing national security concerns, is now considering a nationwide ban of the video-sharing app if TikTok’s owner, Beijing-based ByteDance, cannot be convinced to divest of it. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is testifying before Congress today, hoping to beat back a growing consensus among U.S. lawmakers that the platform must break its Chinese ties or be banned.
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An individual traveling with false documents who is suspected of being cryptocurrency fugitive Do Kwon has been arrested in the Balkan country of Montenegro, according to a Twitter post from Montenegro’s minister of the interior.
Kwon, a South Korean national, is the founder of the failed crypto stablecoin Terra and its sister token, Luna, which imploded spectacularly last spring, wiping out close to $60 billion in investor funds and sending the crypto market spiraling into w
Shares of the payments company Block were in free fall Thursday, after a short seller accused the Jack Dorsey-run business of fraud.
Hindenburg Research, a respected short seller, said Block (formerly known as Square) allowed criminal activity to operate and flourish by taking a “Wild West” approach to compliance, which “made it easy for bad actors to mass-create accounts for identity fraud and other scams, then extract stolen funds quickly.”
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Give Shou Zi Chew credit for one thing. During his testimony before House lawmakers Thursday, the TikTok CEO managed to do something no politician or pundit has been able to achieve in decades: Bridge the political gap.
“You have unified Republicans and Democrats and if only for a day, we’re actually unified because we have serious concerns,” Texas Rep. August Pfluger, a Republican, told the social media executive, underlining the grave concerns both parties exp
This week, Deloitte released a forecast on the potential for growth within the space industry. The report, which pairs market data with a survey of space industry leaders, is intended to give execs in other industries the background they need to incorporate space into their businesses.
Bottom line upfront
“For space to grow, and fulfill the promise of all of these forecasts…it’s going to take other Fortune 500 companies und
Instacart is taking a big swing in its healthy food initiative.
The grocery delivery platform announced today a handful of new offerings alongside with the White House Challenge to End Hunger and Build Healthy Communities Kickoff event.
As part of its ongoing “Instacart Health” project, the company is now offering a product suite for medical providers that gives health systems and hospitals digital tools to promote more nutritional choices. Health providers c