Credit: CC0 Public Domain Consumers are as likely to buy products advertised online by AI-created models as by humans, new research says. The study, presented at the British Academy of…
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Amazon is raising free-shipping minimums for some customers who don’t have Prime memberships
Packages pass through a scanner at an Amazon fulfillment center, Aug. 3, 2017, in Baltimore. Amazon has been quietly raising the amount some customers need to spend on its site…
Meta faces backlash over Canada news block as wildfires rage
Meta is facing a backlash in Canada over its decision to block news sharing on its Facebook platform despite an ongoing wildfire crisis. Meta is being accused of endangering lives…
Early Apple computer that helped launch $3T company sells at auction for $223,000
This photo provided by RR Auction shows a vintage Apple computer built in the 1970s and signed by company co-founder Steve Wozniak. The computer sold at auction for more than…
Amazon fined again by WA safety regulators over warehouse work
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries has cited a fourth Amazon warehouse, accusing the company of knowingly putting workers at risk of injury. L&I issued $85,800…
Musk says X will scrap ‘block’ feature
Musk has repeatedly cited a desire for free speech as motivating his changes. Elon Musk said Friday his social media company X would scrap a feature that allows users to…
Is it time for limits on artificial intelligence and the news?
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain If you’re like most people, when you saw an update to the terms and conditions to use the New York Times’ website last week, you just…
Amazon cracks down on employees who stay away from the office
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Amazon.com Inc. is cracking down on U.S. workers who have ignored its return-to-office guidelines, in the latest example of companies attempting to reduce the amount of…
Pratt & Whitney engine issue adds to airline challenges
A visitor looks at a Pratt & Whitney engine during the Farnborough Airshow, in Britain in July 2018. Commercial airlines have faced a tricky balancing act this summer, ramping up…
Elon Musk aims to turn Twitter into an ‘everything app.’ An expert explains what that is and why it’s not so easy to do
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Elon Musk’s recent rebranding of Twitter as X is a step toward the CEO’s goal of developing an “everything app.” Musk’s vision is for X to…
