
US tech royalty attends Congress to discuss AI regulation
Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Sundar Pichai talked with lawmakers about the need for rules to control the emerging technology and the risks it presents

Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Sundar Pichai talked with lawmakers about the need for rules to control the emerging technology and the risks it presents

The guest list featured some of the industry’s biggest names, including Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and X and Tesla’s Elon Musk

The closed-door forum on Capitol Hill will include almost two dozen tech leaders and advocates, and some of the industry’s biggest names

For two years, he shadowed the founder of Tesla and owner of Twitter. In over 700 pages, the biographer of geniuses traces the profile of the business magnate — a divisive figure who is either loved or hated. The book, which is titled after its protagonist, will be available tomorrow

The Irish artist is part of the crew of dearMoon, the first mission that will take artists to the Moon’s orbit

The agency is requiring SpaceX to take 63 corrective actions and to apply for a modified FAA license before launching again

The open-source algorithm enables users to collaboratively add context to potentially misleading tweets

The South African-born tycoon, owner of X and Tesla, accuses leftist leader Julius Malema of supporting the extermination of whites for singing a controversial ‘anti-apartheid’ song

The company also updated its privacy policies that will allow for the collection of biometric data and employment history, among other information

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has ordered Tesla to tell the agency how many vehicles have received a software update making that possible

As SpaceX prepares a new launch of its Starship super rocket, an unknown Chinese company named LandSpace has beaten it to the punch and put an all-methane space shuttle into orbit

Experts tend to say no, but the myth of the narcissistic achiever is still surprisingly important

The Justice Department argues that the company routinely discouraged these workers from applying for jobs

The move will allow the nascent platform, dubbed the “Twitter Killer,” better compete with Elon Musk’s platform

A number of companies had pulled back on ad spending over concerns that Musk’s thinning of content restrictions was enabling hateful and toxic speech to flourish

This first private customer flight had been delayed for years; its success means Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic can now start offering monthly rides

Whether or not Musk and Zuckerberg actually make it to the ring in Las Vegas has yet to be seen

From sharing payments to calling a taxi or filing for a divorce, this platform centralizes almost every daily activity, thus becoming the most voracious data collection tool

The lawsuit, filed Monday, alleges that the center’s researchers improperly accessed internal company data, and claims the nonprofit is funded by foreign governments

Five drivers alleged in complaints they couldn’t steer the vehicles at all. Seven more cited a loss of power steering that required increased steering effort

The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection said Monday it received 24 complaints about the unpermitted structure over the weekend

An attorney representing the social media site wrote to the Center for Countering Digital Hate on July 20 threatening legal action over the nonprofit’s research into hate speech and content moderation

City officials say replacing letters or symbols on buildings, or erecting a sign on top of one, requires a permit for design and safety reasons

With “tweets,” Twitter accomplished in just a few years something few companies have done in a lifetime: It became a verb and implanted itself into the lexicon of America and the world

If the House were to hold Zuckerberg in contempt, the Justice Department would decide whether to prosecute him

The Twitter name is about to disappear. X is the new name for Elon Musk’s new vision of the app, which aims to be as big as other countries’ ‘everything apps’

It’s yet another change that Musk has made since acquiring Twitter that has alienated users and turned off advertisers, leaving the microblogging site vulnerable to new threats, including rival Meta’s new Threads app