All Things Internet: The Big Players & The Issues
The world has grown increasingly connected over the past few decades and a huge chunk of our lives are online. We cover the companies you care about: YouTube, Google, Amazon, and the issues you care about: NBN, IoT, social media, privacy and security.
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New York Times Reportedly Considering Lawsuit That Could Throw OpenAI Into Chaos
OpenAI is facing a potential lawsuit from The New York Times for an intellectual property debate over alleged copyright violations, sources told NPR on Wednesday. The news outlet claims OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, is using the Times’ content to train its chatbot. The Times started negotiations with OpenAI for months to reach a licensing…
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Houseboats Get a New, Modern Upgrade As ‘HouseYachts’
Boat maker Reina Boats is betting that “houseyachts” will become the next big thing.
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NYU Professor Locked Out of Twitter After Reportedly Declining to Meet With Elon Musk
New York University professor and podcaster Scott Galloway voiced his outrage at being banned from posting on Twitter in a Threads post on Tuesday. Galloway claims he’s been locked out of Twitter (aka X) two days after allegedly declining an invitation to meet with the chief Twit himself. Galloway posted on Threads that, as of Tuesday,…
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Twitter ‘Nickel and Dimed’ Feds for Trump’s Personal Data
Newly unsealed court filings following a federal indictment accusing Donald Trump of trying to overturn the 2020 elections show the lengths Twitter lawyers went to try and notify the former president of the government’s inquiry and delay investigators from obtaining detailed information from the former president’s account. The fillings also show the judge’s growing frustration…