Pornhub blocks access in Utah over age verification law
CNN By Brian Fung, CNN Some of the internet’s biggest adult websites, including Pornhub, are now blocking access to Utah users over a new age…
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AI pioneer quits Google to warn about the technology’s ‘dangers’
CNN By Jennifer Korn Geoffrey Hinton, who has been called the ‘Godfather of AI,’ confirmed Monday that he left his role at Google last…
Continue ReadingUber’s revenue climbs 29% as it continues to defy tech slump
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Uber on Tuesday reported revenue of $8.8 billion for the quarter ending in March, a 29% increase from the same period…
Continue ReadingAI pioneer quits Google to warn about the technology’s ‘dangers’
By Jennifer Korn Geoffrey Hinton, who has been called the ‘Godfather of AI,’ confirmed Monday that he left his role at Google last week…
Continue ReadingJack Dorsey no longer thinks Elon Musk is the right person to run Twitter
By Brian Fung, CNN Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey backtracked Saturday on his earlier endorsement of Elon Musk as the right choice to lead the…
Continue ReadingSix months into Elon Musk’s Twitter: The fall of verification and birth of Twitter Blue in one very long chart
By Amy O’Kruk, CNN In the six months since Elon Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter, the billionaire has turned the platform on its head…
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Pet Pals: Freddie is a sweet little dog
He’s a 13-year-old dachshund, and looking for a soft landing, waiting at the Humane Society of Central…
Continue ReadingTwitter’s former CEO has a new app that looks a lot like Twitter
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business The buzzy new social media app of the moment looks so much like Twitter it’s almost hard to distinguish…
Continue ReadingElon Musk names NBCU ad chief Linda Yaccarino as Twitter CEO
CNN By Chris Isidore, CNN Elon Musk on Friday named longtime media executive Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter, months after he promised to…
Continue ReadingNorth America’s largest transportation network suspends use of Twitter for service alerts
By Rob Frehse, CNN North America’s largest transportation network suspended the use of Twitter for service alerts Thursday, saying the…
Continue ReadingAmazon posts $3.2 billion profit as it goes through multiple rounds of layoffs
By Krystal Hur, CNN Amazon is starting the year back in the black. The e-commerce giant on Thursday reported a profit of $3.2 billion for the first…
Continue ReadingFederal appeals court tosses state antitrust suit seeking to break up Meta
By Brian Fung, CNN A group of states that sued to break up Facebook-parent Meta in 2020 were years too late to file their challenge and failed to…
Continue ReadingSnapchat’s new AI chatbot is already raising alarms among teens and parents
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Less than a few hours after Snapchat rolled out its My AI chatbot to all users last week, Lyndsi Lee, a mother…
Continue ReadingHow Elon Musk upended Twitter and his own reputation in 6 months as CEO
By Clare Duffy, CNN When Elon Musk first agreed to buy Twitter, he promised to make the company “better than ever,” with greater…
Continue ReadingNew York MTA resumes transit alerts on Twitter
CNN By Brian Fung, CNN New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority said it would resume posting automated transit alerts to Twitter on…
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Pet Pics Sweepstakes: Too many good-looking pets in C.O.
You send ’em in, we put ’em on TV, and KTVZ.COM! Here’s where to see more and send in yours:…
Continue ReadingMeta stock jumps after company reports first revenue growth in nearly a year
By Clare Duffy, CNN Facebook-parent Meta on Wednesday reported that it grew sales by 3% during the first three months of the year, reversing a trend…
Continue ReadingElizabeth Holmes delays start of prison sentence with last-minute appeal
By Jennifer Korn and Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Elizabeth Holmes won’t be starting her 11-year prison sentence just yet. The disgraced Theranos…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft’s blockbuster deal to buy Activision is in jeopardy. Here’s what could happen next
By Brian Fung, CNN For years, Microsoft flew under the radar as policymakers around the world went after Amazon, Facebook and Google as some of the…
Continue ReadingTikTok is testing a new option to create AI-generated avatars for profile pictures
By Jennifer Korn TikTok is testing a new option to let users create AI-generated avatars for their profile pictures, the company confirmed to CNN on…
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