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Starting in 2029, the irrelevant Oscars will have its annual irrelevant Academy Awards show broadcast on — lol — YouTube. To dwindling ratings and cultural relevance, the Oscars have been broadcast on ABC since 1976. The final broadcast will occur in 2028, which also happens to be the 100th anniversary of the award ceremony. Between…

The Trump administration launched the United States Tech Force on Monday, tasked with recruiting top talent to “modernize the federal government.” “This is a clarion call,” Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Scott Kupor said in a written statement. “If you want to help your country lead in the age of rapid technological advancement, we need…

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has expressed fear that Disney’s recent licensing deal with OpenAI will sanction the “theft of our work.” The union strongly criticized the recent Disney deal with OpenAI in a message to union members on Thursday. “Disney’s announcement with OpenAI appears to sanction its theft of our work and cedes the value…

A startling new study has revealed that 25 percent of teens surveyed in England and Wales are turning to AI chatbots for mental health support. This is especially concerning in the light of multiple lawsuits claiming that ChatGPT and other chatbots directly contributed to the suicides of young people who turned to the systems for…

One in four British teenagers have used an AI chatbot for mental health support in the past year, a study from the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) found. YEF, a London-based organization, surveyed 11,000 children between the ages of 13 and 16 in England and Wales for the study. The Independent detailed on Tuesday the study found that…

A new video from a Tesla demonstration in Miami this weekend shows the company’s Optimus humanoid robot taking a concerning fall, with hand movements strongly suggesting it was being teleoperated by a remote human operator. Electrek reports that Tesla’s highly touted Optimus humanoid robot suffered an embarrassing setback during a public demonstration at the company’s…

The European Commission has issued a $140 million fine to Elon Musk’s X for violating the EU’s controversial Digital Services Act (DSA). The fine is likely to escalate tensions between the EU and America over free speech online. Bloomberg reports that the European Commission has imposed a €120 million ($140 million) fine on X, Elon…

The increasing prevalence of AI-powered “nudify” apps and deepfake technology has led to a disturbing trend of students creating and sharing sexually explicit images of their classmates, with 75 percent of these images targeting children under 14 and even as young as 11 years old, according to a new poll of teachers in the UK….

In the wake of Washington DC and Seoul signing a joint factsheet meant to reset trade tensions and stop discriminatory treatment of U.S. tech companies in South Korea, a pair of powerful Korean officials are already signaling they may torpedo the entire agreement — all to advance burdensome, one-sided tech regulations that overwhelmingly target American…

Electrek reports that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has finally conceded that other automakers are not seeking to license the company’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ (FSD) technology, contrary to his earlier statements suggesting that Tesla was in talks with major car manufacturers. This admission comes after years of Musk touting the superiority of Tesla’s autonomous driving capabilities and the…