Google’s environmental report pointedly avoids AI’s actual energy cost
Google has issued its 2024 Environmental Report, a more than 80-page document describing all of the massive company’s efforts to apply tech to environmental issues and to mitigate its own contributions. But it totally dodges the question of how much energy is AI using —…
SpaceX wants to launch up to 120 times a year from Florida — and competitors aren’t happy about it
SpaceX’s ambitious plans to launch its Starship mega-rocket up to 44 times per year from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center are causing a stir among some of its competitors. Late last month, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance submitted comments calling on regulators to ensure minimal…
Newsletter writer covering Evolve Bank’s data breach says the bank sent him a cease and desist letter
The situation around a data breach that’s affected an ever-growing number of fintech companies has gotten even weirder. Evolve Bank & Trust announced last week that it was hacked and confirmed the stolen data has been posted to the dark web. Now Evolve has sent…
Twitter/X alternative Mastodon appeals to journalists with new ‘byline’ feature
Mastodon, the open source, decentralized alternative to X (formerly Twitter), is rolling out a new feature that’s meant to make the app more appealing for those who use it to keep up with news and information from writers and journalists. Starting Tuesday, the company is…
X weighs adding a downvote button to replies — but it doesn’t want to emulate Reddit
X, formerly Twitter, could be bringing back a downvote feature for posts — something it had previously tested back in 2021, ahead of Elon Musk’s acquisition of the social network. At the time of the original experiment, Twitter had tested both upvoting and downvoting buttons,…
Not Rajinikanth but Kamal Haasan? Is this the master plan of director Atlee?
The latest sensation in the Indian film industry is that director Atlee is planning to unite two superstars from both North and South India for his next movie following ‘Jawan’. Reports have surfaced that Salman Khan and Superstar Rajinikanth will collaborate on this mega project,…
Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet Spotted Together on Rare Movie Date
Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet were seen on a movie date in a recent and unusual public appearance, therefore sparking rumors about their romance once more. According to E! Online, the two were seen Friday, June 28 strolling together in a car park close to…
Wedding bells: Actress Sunainaa to tie the knot with a renowned Youtuber?
Popular South Indian actress Sunainaa sparked a buzz online on June 5 by posting a photo of herself holding a man’s hand, accompanied by a lock emoji, suggesting she was engaged. She hasn’t revealed her better half yet. Sources indicate that Sunainaa is engaged to…
Kanye West Sued: Former Employees Allege Racist Workplace and Unpaid Wages
A group of former staff members suing Kanye West claims he and former chief of staff Milogyn established a hostile, racist workplace and demanded too long hours. TMZ claims the developers were engaged to work on West’s YZYVSN streaming app, meant to highlight his next…
Taylor Swift’s Dublin Concert: Stage Mishap During ‘The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived’
During her Dublin performance of “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” off her most recent album, The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift had a stage incident. Swift started singing the first lines, and the raised platform she was on broke, not lowering as intended. Always…
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