#NOFRIENDS: WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY’S ROLE IN THE LONELINESS CRISIS?

Fri 22 March 2024: In an age where technology is allowing people to connect in more ways than ever, why is concern over loneliness on the rise? The #IHaveNoFriends declaration is common on social media and experts say trends in friendlessness have only been made worse by the coronavirus pandemic. Now in the US, the nation’s surgeon […]

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MUSK’S NEURALINK HOSTS A LIVESTREAM OF A QUADRIPLEGIC PLAYING ONLINE CHESS

Fri 22 March 2024: Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup, has broadcast a patient who appears to be playing online chess with just his mind. Neuralink announced Noland Arbaugh, 29, as the first patient in a video on the social networking platform X on Wednesday. Arbaugh is the 29-year-old patient who was implanted with the company’s […]

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RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT WARNS US AGAINST USING ELON MUSK’S SPACEX FOR SPYING

Thu 21 March 2024: Russia has said it is aware of US intelligence efforts to use commercial satellite operators such as SpaceX and has cautioned that such moves made their satellites legitimate targets. The Reuters news agency reported this month that SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract […]

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NVIDIA UNVEILS ITS MOST POWERFUL AI PLATFORM NAMED BLACKWELL

Wed 20 March 2024: Nvidia unveiled its most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) graphics platform and software for running AI models at its developer conference Monday in San Jose, California. The US chipmaker’s new AI computing platform is named Blackwell, the successor to Hopper, and the platform’s first chip is called the GB200, which will ship […]

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APPLE, GOOGLE IN TALKS TO BRING GEMINI AI TO IPHONES: BLOOMBERG

Mon 18 March 2024: Tech giant Apple is in negotiations with Google to introduce the Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) engine to iPhones, a Bloomberg report said on Monday. According to the report, the iPhone maker recently also had discussions with OpenAI, the developer of the immensely popular ChatGPT, for a possible licensing of their AI […]

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ELON MUSK’S SPACEX BUILDING SPY SATELLITE NETWORK FOR US INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

Mon 18 March 2024: SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with a U.S. intelligence agency, five sources familiar with the program said, demonstrating deepening ties between billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s space company and national security agencies. The network is being built by SpaceX’s Starshield business unit under […]

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STREAMING SERVICE FOR LONG VIDEOS ON SMART TVS IS “COMING SOON” MUSK CONFIRMS

Sun 17 March 2024: Elon Musk announced on Saturday that the X platform is launching a streaming service that would allow users to watch lengthy videos on their smart TV screens, posing a fresh threat to Google-owned YouTube. The company is apparently launching a TV app for Amazon and Samsung smart TVs, and Musk said […]

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