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49ers coach says his Tesla was on Autopilot when he crashed

Four weeks ago, San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan was involved in an accident near downtown Palo Alto. At the time Shanahan said only that the accident was his fault. But during a recent press conference he shared more details about the incident, including the fact that he had his Tesla’s Autopilot engaged at the […]

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X replaces its revenue-sharing program with ‘Original Content Rewards’

X is ending its controversial revenue-sharing program for content creators, which has seen numerous revisions under Elon Musk’s reign. In its place, it’s launching a new Original Content Rewards program on September 8th. To be eligible, creators must have at least 500 verified followers and at least 500,000 Home Timeline impressions from verified users in […]

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An Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country

To power its new West Texas data center, Amazon is investing in the construction of a new power plant that could be one of the largest single producers of greenhouse gases in the US, according to the New York Times. The new gas-burning plant in Pecos County, Texas has received significant investment from Amazon and, […]

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The gaming site sponsored by Walmart lays off its editorial staff

Restart, a games media website launched in late 2024 that was sponsored by Walmart, has laid off its “entire editorial team,” according to a Friday post from Brandy Berthelson, the site’s former editor-in-chief. Other staffers have also posted about being laid off. Restart is operated by Moonrock, a content marketing agency, though its editorial mission […]

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Fenix Flexin isn’t even denying using AI to make ‘Rubberz’ anymore

It took long enough, but now LA rapper Fenix Flexin appears to have admitted using AI for the 80s synth pop-themed song “Rubberz.” His comments follow the producer Medasin’s videos claiming that an AI tool called Treblo (formerly Sonauto) was used to make the song, and the company releasing an AI detector that identifies it […]

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OpenAI puts the brakes on a new model because it’s supposedly too powerful

OpenAI says it is pausing “internal activities” around an in-development AI model, Astra, because it doesn’t yet meet new security standards the company is putting in place. The announcement follows its recent disclosure that OpenAI models accidentally hacked Hugging Face. Anthropic and Meta have also since admitted that they had AI models that went rogue […]

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Disney Plus tries a new AI-powered search

Disney is testing a new AI-powered tool for Disney Plus that uses a natural language search, a voice query, or a suggested prompt to create a customized row of show and movie recommendations. Disney Plus, like other streaming services, can recommend shows to watch based on your viewing history. But the company says this new […]

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Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did

Microsoft Edge is ending support for the Manifest V2 extensions platform, which will cut off the uBlock Origin adblocker and others like it, just like Google Chrome did earlier this year. According to Microsoft, there are only 58 extensions on the Edge Add-On Store “with any meaningful usage” that still use MV2, and only three […]

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