ChatGPT maker OpenAI released its AI-generated video tool called Sora for general use by its paying customers Monday. The company then said it would do wide testing with creatives and red-teaming with security experts before its release to the public. “We don’t want the world to just be text,” OpenAI Read more…
SpaceX has launched 20 of its Starlink satellites up into Earth’s orbit, enabling direct-to-cellphone connectivity for subscribers anywhere on the planet. That completes the constellation’s first orbital shell, following a launch of an initial batch of six satellites for testing back in January. The satellites were launched with a Falcon Read more…
The U.S. government on Friday ordered testing of the nation’s milk supply for bird flu, to better monitor the spread of the virus in dairy cows. Raw or unpasteurized milk from dairy farms and processors nationwide must be tested on request starting Dec. 16, the Agriculture Department said. Testing will Read more…
Tuesday the Wikimedia Foundation released its annual list of the most-visited Wikipedia pages. But while the top subjects seem to be politics and pop culture, in the end a list of deaths in 2024 was the most visited page, garnering over 44 million views. A page about deaths in a Read more…
Hyundai just had its best sales month ever in the U.S. Hyundai’s impressive EV lineup is charging up demand, with its best-selling Hyundai IONIQ 5 SUV also setting a new U.S. record after sales more than doubled in November. With 76,008 vehicles sold in November, Hyundai’s record-breaking U.S. sales streak Read more…
Have you been to Enron.com lately? It’s the comeback story no one asked for, the resurrection of a brand so toxic it remains synonymous with corporate fraud more than two decades after it collapsed in bankruptcy. That’s right, folks: Enron is back. But only kind of. TL;DR: A company that Read more…
$15.8 million every 60 seconds. That’s how much US consumers spent in two hours on Monday night, capping off a five-day spending spree that smashed previous records. U.S. consumers spent a total of $13.3 billion on Cyber Monday, up 7.3% from the previous year, according to Adobe Analytics… Consumers spent Read more…