Tag: In Brief
Seattle Cybertruck became fleeting tourist destination
You could argue whether Cybertruck owners crave attention, but attention they receive, often by critics poking fun at the vehicles. People seem to...
Audible recruits voice actors to train audiobook-generating AI
Audible, Amazon’s audiobook business, on Monday announced that it’ll use AI trained on professional narrators’ voices to generate new audiobook recordings.
A select, U.S.-based...
Telegram reportedly ‘inundated’ with illegal and extremist activity
A New York Times analysis of more than 3.2 million Telegram messages from 16,000 channels found that the messaging platform has been “inundated” with...
Bluesky grows to 9M+ users
Bluesky keeps growing: The company announced that as of Friday morning, it had added 3 million new users, bringing its total user count...
Google to receive punishment for search monopoly by next August, says judge
A federal judge says he will deliver a punishment in Google’s antitrust case by August 2025, according to The New York Times, after...
Wealthy Harris donors are reportedly pressing for ouster of FTC Chair Lina Khan
Some of Vice President Kamala Harris’s wealthier donors are informally asking for FTC Chair Lina Khan to be replaced, reports Bloomberg. It’s not...