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Hackers could be selling your Twitter data for the lowball price of $2

Amazon warehouse worker on assembly line boxing packages

Amazon’s layoffs will cut nearly twice as deep as previously warned

Apple introduces AI audiobook narrators, but the literary world is not too pleased

Apple introduces AI audiobook narrators, but the literary world is not too pleased

Lawyer and client listening to judge in the court room

This AI chatbot will be playing attorney in a real US court

Person lying on couch covering their face with a book about Spanish grammar

Learning a new language? Here’s how to perfect your pronunciation.

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Close up of Facebook homepage with friend request

Meta will pay $725 million for a single Cambridge Analytica privacy settlement

‘Avatar 2’s high-speed frame rates are so fast that some movie theaters can’t keep up

3M announces it will cease making ‘forever chemical’ PFAS by 2026

Singer Mariah Carey performs on stage with her twins Moroccan Cannon and Monroe Cannon during her "Merry Christmas To All!" at Madison Square Garden on December 13, 2022 in New York City.

This is your brain on Christmas music

By Laura Baisas

Gamer playing Fortnite on laptop using video game controller

‘Fortnite’ owner agrees to $520 million FTC settlement in messy child privacy case

Twitter suspensions, Elon Musk’s jet, and other messes you may have missed this week

Two Cartken robotic delivery vehicles traveling along a sidewalk in a line

Electric Vehicles

UberEats is rolling out a fleet of self-driving delivery robots in Miami

YouTube homepage close up highlighting 'Trending' section

YouTube introduces ‘timeout’ penalty to curb toxic comments

Sam Bankman-Fried looking at camera at legal hearing

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested and charged with fraud

One of the world's last worm grunters catches earthworms in Florida.

Masters of worm grunting vibrate like moles to harvest bait

By Helen Bradshaw

close up of girl's hand using tablet with Twitter app

Twitter Blue is back and more confusing than ever

This will be SpaceX’s crew on its first private, all-civilian trip around the moon

This will be SpaceX’s crew on its first private, all-civilian trip around the moon

Three Tmsuk spider robots meant for sewer system inspections and repairs

Spider robots could soon be swarming Japan’s aging sewer systems

SpaceX rocket lifting off from launchpad at dawn

SpaceX’s new Starshield program will supply satellite networks to the military

Apple sued by stalking victims over alleged AirTag tracking

Apple sued by stalking victims over alleged AirTag tracking

Hair clips inspired the design for these land- and sea-based robots

Hair clips inspired the design for these land- and sea-based robots

Employees say Neuralink’s ‘hack job’ testing has killed roughly 1,500 animals since 2018

Employees say Neuralink’s ‘hack job’ testing has killed roughly 1,500 animals since 2018

Man standing on ledge overlooking Grand Canyon on a sunny day

Reddit ratted out an influencer for golfing into the Grand Canyon

A phone screen showing FindMy app

Colorado police sued over SWAT raid based on ‘Find My’ app screenshot

Array of Australian radio telescope prototypes built in the Outback against a sky showing stars and the Milky Way galaxy

Construction starts on the world’s biggest radio telescope, which will ‘hear’ signals billions of light-years away

OpenAI’s new chatbot offers solid conversations and fewer hot takes

OpenAI’s new chatbot offers solid conversations and fewer hot takes

Collage of Disney's artificially aged portraits

Disney built a neural network to automatically change an actor’s age

Elon Musk hopes humans will be testing Neuralink brain implants in the next six months

Elon Musk hopes humans will be testing Neuralink brain implants in the next six months

Woman wearing face mask while looking at phone while standing in subway car

Twitter quietly removed its ban on COVID-19 misinformation last week

Close-up of mouse cursor hovering over Facebook website login page

A massive data leak just cost Meta $275 million

People hold sheets of blank paper in protest of COVID restriction in mainland as police setup cordon during a vigil in the central district on November 28, 2022 in Hong Kong, China.

Twitter overwhelmed by NSFW spam during protests in China

A micro-thin smart bandage can quickly heal and monitor wounds

A micro-thin smart bandage can quickly heal and monitor wounds

Traffic jam seen in car's sideview mirror

An AI that lets cars communicate might reduce traffic jams

Blue robotic arm in factory working on assembly line with plywood materials

Workplace automation could affect income inequality even more than we thought

Elon Musk looking down with hand on chin against black backgroudn

Former Twitter employees warn of platform’s imminent collapse

Official Adidas FIFA World Cup soccer ball on green grass in night in stadium

Cybersecurity experts blow the whistle on official apps for World Cup attendees

Closeup of black internet router showing Internet and DSL lights

Why your internet bill could be unfairly high

Doctor sitting in chair and waving at laptop camera for telehealth session

Amazon telehealth service goes live in 32 US states

Amazon Sparrow robot sorting products into boxes at warehouse facility

New robot moves Amazon towards increased warehouse automation

Egypt’s official COP27 summit app may be the ‘cartoon super-villain’ of spyware

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Meta lays off more than 11,000 employees after ‘worst downturn’ in company’s history

Swedish engineer Linus Åkesson playing homemade accordion made of two Commodore 64 computers and floppy disks

This is what polka music sounds like on an accordion of two Commodore 64 computers

Northrop Grumman NASA Anatares rocket launch at night

The ISS’s latest arrivals: a 3D printer, seeds, and ovarian cow cells

Empty parking lot underneath blue sky with clouds

Elon Musk’s Hyperloop is being demolished for more SpaceX parking spots

Industrial shot of an oil refinery plant

How Google Search is helping ‘greenwash’ oil companies

Close up of Twitter homepage search bar and "What's Happening?" prompt

Elon Musk is axing entire departments at Twitter—here’s how that could affect users

How social media companies can benefit from election misinformation

How social media companies can benefit from election misinformation

Quadrupedal robot with arm attachment walking across grass

AI can teach robot dogs tricks for cheap

Crash test dummy in driver's seat of car with airbag deployed

The first crash dummy modeled after women is here

Phone with Amazon Music homepage displayed on screen

If you have Amazon Prime, you can now listen to 100 million songs for free

Close up of chess player with head in hand playing game

A simple rule variation could move chess out of a stalemate

Vine could be next on the list for Musk to remake

Vine could be next on the list for Musk to remake

Instagram is down for some users—here’s what we know so far

Instagram is down for some users—here’s what we know so far

Elon Musk completes purchase of Twitter, fires CEO

Elon Musk completes purchase of Twitter, fires CEO

Twitter logos outside the New York Stock Exchange

Internal documents reveal how Twitter is losing its ‘heavy tweeters’

Scientist's gloved hands using syringe to fill vaccine shot

AI moderators can’t keep up with vaccine disinformation’s newest language: emojis

Venmo Amazon payment integration phone screen illustration

Venmo payments will be available to all Amazon shoppers by Black Friday

night sky stars and Milky Way above mountain background

NASA’s new investigation seeks to explain unusual phenomena in the sky

Close up of solar panel in green field at sunrise

Global CO2 emissions grew by less than a percent this year thanks to renewables

Two armed laundry folding robot folding a t-shirt

Meet the world’s speediest laundry-folding robot

Underground doomsday bunker entrance

Why the tech billionaires can’t save themselves

Close up of Amazon Ring security camera mounted outside building

Ring camera surveillance puts new pressure on Amazon gig workers

Woman Holding a touch pad and switching channels on France Netflix HomePage. with TV set on background

The toll to scroll: Netflix introduces new fees for ‘extra users’

Amazon package on wooden floor

Amazon’s employee retention is not prime, according to leaked data