NASCAR has added two new partners and streaming elements to a seven-year media rights deal that will run from 2025 through the 2031 season
November 29, 2023
An Indiana county judge has dismissed a state lawsuit filed against TikTok that had accused the app of deceiving its users about the level of inappropriate content for children on its platform and the security of consumers’ personal information
November 29, 2023
Billionaire Elon Musk has said advertisers who have halted spending on his social media platform X in response to antisemitic and other hateful material are engaging in “blackmail.”
November 29, 2023
Meta says it has found and disabled thousands of fake Facebook accounts linked to China that were used to spread politically partisan content in the United States before next year’s election
November 30, 2023
Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has been hit with a billion dollar class-action lawsuit over his role in promoting cryptocurrency-related “non-fungible tokens,” or NFTs, issued by the beleaguered cryptocurrency exchange Binance
November 30, 2023
City lawmakers in Brazil passed what appears to be the nation’s first legislation written entirely by artificial intelligence — even if they didn’t know it at the time
November 30, 2023
A newly discovered planet that should be too big to have formed around a tiny star is throwing into question what researchers know about planet formation.
November 30, 2023
With manufacturing kinks still to be worked out, Tesla has delivered the first dozen or so of its futuristic Cybertruck pickups to customers
November 30, 2023
The parent company of Instagram and Facebook has sued the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to stop the agency from reopening a 2020 privacy settlement with the company that would prohibit it from profiting from data it collects on users under 18
November 30, 2023
Three members of Congress are asking the U.S. Justice Department to investigate how hackers breached a water utility system near Pittsburgh
December 01, 2023
A centuries-old experiment shows the differences between classical and modern physics. Physicists use thought experiments like this to think about how objects move both on Earth and in the stars.
December 01, 2023
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week
December 01, 2023
South Korea has launched its first military spy satellite, a little over a week after rival North Korea claimed to put its own spy satellite into orbit for the first time
December 01, 2023
Walmart is the latest company to publicly join the growing flock of major advertisers to pull spending from X, Elon Musk’s beleaguered social media company, amid concerns about hate speech — as well as reaching a sizeable audience on the platform
December 01, 2023
BMW is recalling a small number of SUVs in the U.S. because the driver’s air bag inflators can blow apart in a crash, hurling metal shrapnel and possibly injuring or killing people
December 02, 2023
U.S. and Israeli authorities say a small western Pennsylvania water authority was just one of multiple organizations breached by Iran-affiliated hackers who targeted a specific industrial control device because it is Israeli-made
December 02, 2023
The chair of Florida's Republican Party is denying a woman's allegation that he raped her in October
December 03, 2023
As schools across the U.S. grapple with the student mental health crisis, the use of telehealth therapy for students has skyrocketed
December 03, 2023
Hailed as a world first, European Union artificial intelligence rules are facing a make-or-break moment
December 04, 2023
Spotify says it’s axing 17% of its global workforce in the music streaming service’s third round of layoffs this year
December 04, 2023
Sound needs matter to propagate, so the vast vacuum of space is not just empty − it’s silent.
December 04, 2023
Hate is for the haters. Much of the thrill of posting toxic messages can come from the attention and social approval a poster gets from like-minded people.
December 04, 2023
A Spanish association representing more than 80 newspapers has filed a lawsuit against Facebook parent Meta accusing it of unfair competition in online advertising by allegedly ignoring European Union rules on data protection
December 04, 2023
Uber's stock is set to join the S&P 500 index later this month
December 04, 2023
California regulators are alleging a San Francisco robotaxi service owned by General Motors covered up the severity of an accident involving one of its driverless cars, raising the specter they may add a fine to the recent suspension of its California license
December 04, 2023
Liechtenstein votes to join IMF in referendum
TSMC and Samsung discuss building middle eastern megafactories, WSJ reports
Musk says SpaceX plans to launch about five uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years
Zelenskiy arrives in New York for UN meetings, Ukrinform says
French PM Barnier flags tax hike on the wealthy
Modi rallies Indian Americans, lauds diaspora ahead of US election
Boston's Triston Casas hits 3 home runs in 1st 3 at-bats vs Twins
An estimated 180,000 motorcyclists converge at Portuguese shrine to have their helmets blessed.
Scherzer going into free agency at 40 off most frustrating season and expects to pitch healthy again