Month: November 2023

CEO warned it would take a year to 18 months to make the vehicle a significant cashflow contributor Tesla is set to start deliveries of its long-delayed, much-hyped Cybertruck electric pickup on Thursday after its CEO, Elon Musk, tempered investor expectations, citing problems in ramping production of what he called a “radical” product. Cybertruck, Tesla’s …

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Tech company said accounts impersonating Americans spread political content aiming to divide country ahead of election year Someone in China created thousands of fake Facebook and Instagram accounts designed to impersonate Americans and used them to spread polarizing political content in an apparent effort to divide the US ahead of next year’s elections, Meta said …

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Altman says tech giant, which owns 49% of ChatGPT maker after investing $13bn, will take non-voting, observer position on board Microsoft will take a non-voting, observer position on OpenAI’s board, CEO Sam Altman said in his first official missive after taking back the reins of the company on Wednesday. The observer position means Microsoft’s representative …

Microsoft to join OpenAI’s board after Sam Altman rehired as CEO Read More »

We want to hear from parents from around the world: what is your child’s relationship with smartphones? Whether you think being online offers educational benefits, are worried that your teenager is spending too much time scrolling Instagram, or are simply perplexed by the latest TikTok fad, we would like to know more about how parents …

Parents: are you happy with your child’s screen time? Read More »

The NYPD has communicated via public channels for nearly a century. Now the system is being encrypted A crackle, a chirp and the voice of a dispatcher describing an unfolding crisis in rapid-fire code. For nearly a century, New York City police have communicated about crime and catastrophe over radio broadcasts on public channels. And …

New Yorkers feel betrayed as police radio dispatches end: ‘You’d hear about nine shootings a day’ Read More »

Ad revenue used to service debt pile unlikely to return soon, meaning deal with lenders or cash injection needed Musk hurls defiant, profanity-laced retort at fleeing advertisers Elon Musk’s extraordinary tirade on Wednesday once again raises questions about the survival of X, formerly known as Twitter. When the world’s richest person took over the social …

Can Elon Musk stop X going to the wall after tirade at advertisers? Read More »

Chopping virtual grass is a video game trope as old as it is satisfying – but where did it come from, and why does it keep growing? Jessica used to come for tea on Tuesdays, and all she wanted to do was cut grass. Every week, we’d click The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker’s …

Lawn and order: the evergreen appeal of grass-cutting in video games Read More »

In this week’s newsletter: The Guardian columnist and the presenter turned author unite for The Rest Is Entertainment. Plus: five of the best podcasts with unlikely host pairings • Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here The Rest Is EntertainmentWidely available, episodes weeklyRichard Osman and the Guardian’s Marina Hyde team up …

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At New York event Wednesday, X owner had choice words for Walt Disney and others who pulled ads over antisemitic content Elon Musk has issued a defiant and profanity-laced message for the advertisers who pulled money from X in recent weeks amid a backlash over his endorsement of an antisemitic tweet and reports of increased …

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Deal resolves tech giant’s concerns over Online News Act, which makes big companies share advertising revenue with publishers Canada and Google have reached a deal to keep links to news stories in search results and for the tech giant to pay $73.6m annually, or 100m Canadian dollars, to news publishers in the country. The deal …

Google to pay Canada news publishers $73m a year to keep news in search Read More »