• In Hong Kong, national security trial opens for prominent publisher Jimmy Lai

    In Hong Kong, national security trial opens for prominent publisher Jimmy Lai

    Dec 18, 2023 04:36 PM EDT

    Pro-democracy activist Alexandra Wong, popularly known as “Grandma Wong,” was blocked from approaching the court building by police officiers. “Support Jimmy Lai, support the Apple Daily, support the truth," she chanted. Lai's trial was originally scheduled to start in December 2022 but was postponed while the Hong Kong ...

  • Dow hits a record after the Fed signals rate cuts in 2024

    Dow hits a record after the Fed signals rate cuts in 2024

    Dec 13, 2023 11:54 PM EDT

    ... s bigger winners were bitcoin, which rose nearly 4 percent, and the Russell 2000 index of small U.S. stocks, which jumped 3.5 percent. Apple was the strongest force pushing upward on the S&P 500, rising 1.7 percent to its own record close. It and other Big ...

  • Epic wins its antitrust lawsuit against the Play Store. What does this verdict mean for Google?

    Epic wins its antitrust lawsuit against the Play Store. What does this verdict mean for Google?

    Dec 13, 2023 01:42 AM EDT

    ... judge barred the company from implementing “anti-steering provisions,” Pachter said, that is, preventing developers from steering people toward third-party payment stores outside of Apple's own app store. While Apple's fees within its own store remain largely unchallenged, he added, “the anti-steering prohibition has led to ...

  • Why some climate experts are criticizing what’s happened at the COP28 climate conference

    Why some climate experts are criticizing what’s happened at the COP28 climate conference

    Dec 12, 2023 11:40 PM EDT

    ... to phase down, whatever that means, to phase down fossil fuels. And so there's a lot of pessimism right now that a few bad apples are spoiling the possibility of a meaningful agreement, as this window of opportunity is closing. If we don't see progress now, it becomes ...

  • Musk lashes out at advertisers leaving X over rise in hate speech

    Musk lashes out at advertisers leaving X over rise in hate speech

    Nov 30, 2023 11:35 PM EDT

    Elon Musk is dialing up the pressure on X after cursing advertisers who paused ads on the social media platform. The advertising freeze from major companies like Disney and Apple came after Musk endorsed an antisemitic conspiracy theory on X earlier this month. He denied the accusation of antisemitism and ...

  • What led to the OpenAI leadership shakeup and what it means for the future of AI

    What led to the OpenAI leadership shakeup and what it means for the future of AI

    Nov 20, 2023 11:45 PM EDT

    ... in ways that historically computer systems aren't really able to do, it created a real rush in the industry to build these technologies from Apple to Meta to Microsoft to Google. And Sam became the kind of leader of the whole movement. And OpenAI, to his credit, he wasn ...

  • Tracing the origins and significance of the presidential turkey pardon

    Tracing the origins and significance of the presidential turkey pardon

    Nov 20, 2023 11:20 PM EDT

    ... Barron-Lopez has more. Joe Biden, President of the United States: I hereby pardon Liberty and Bell. (Cheering and Applause) Laura Barron-Lopez: The two birds, Liberty and Bell, were raised in Minnesota, the nation's largest producer of turkey. Joe Biden: They love honeycrisp apples. Not bad, huh? (Applause)

  • Microsoft hires Sam Altman, new OpenAI CEO vows to investigate his ouster

    Microsoft hires Sam Altman, new OpenAI CEO vows to investigate his ouster

    Nov 20, 2023 04:09 PM EDT

    ... as he discussed the risks of AI and attempts to regulate the emerging technology. “If Microsoft lost Altman he could have gone to Amazon, Google, Apple, or a host of other tech companies craving to get the face of AI globally in their doors,” Daniel Ives, an analyst with Wedbush ...

  • WATCH: Biden hosts national turkey pardon, 2023 White House Christmas tree arrives

    WATCH: Biden hosts national turkey pardon, 2023 White House Christmas tree arrives

    Nov 20, 2023 02:53 PM EDT

    “These birds have a new appreciation of the word, ‘let freedom ring,’" he said, adding that they love Honeycrisp apples, ice hockey, a thousand lakes and the Mall of America — all things the Midwest state is famous for. They overcame “some tough odds” to make it to the White ...

  • IBM, EU and Lionsgate pull ads from X over concerns of antisemitic messages

    IBM, EU and Lionsgate pull ads from X over concerns of antisemitic messages

    Nov 17, 2023 02:28 PM EDT

    ... brands and their ad dollars, X's main source of revenue. The liberal advocacy group Media Matters said in a report Thursday that ads from Apple, Oracle, NBCUniversal's Bravo network and Comcast also were placed next to antisemitic material on X. “IBM has zero tolerance for hate speech and ...