Sam Altman knows how to play the startup game. Beyond founding two of his own companies—social network Loopt, which he created at just 20 years old, and OpenAI, which now stands as of the highest valued unicorns of all time—he’s...
Consumer credit reporting giant Equifax has agreed to pay $100 million to settle a class action lawsuit over claims it miscalculated millions of credit scores. The lawsuit, brought by Gibbs Mura and co-counsel, was originally...
As part of the settlement, GM must get drivers’ express consent before it collects or shares their driving and location data.
Archive of Our Own, the popular online home of fan fiction readers and writers, has bad news for its community.
The company is starting with tests outside of the US.
Hey, that’s not what Magic Eraser is supposed to do!
Instagram head Adam Mosseri said he expects anxiety and resentment about artificial intelligence to intensify over the next few years—and that social media platforms may be limited in their ability to control it. “[The anti-AI...
Adding sponsored content in more markets could make the feature profitable.
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Some attacks take real skill. Others just need someone to leave a door open. This week has both. Exposed passwords, old bugs still getting exploited, and trusted software doing things it shouldn’t. There’s a strange...
As AI transforms how people find information online, Reddit is rethinking its open-web roots to protect its audience and business.
