UN cultural agency rejects plan to place Britain's Stonehenge on list of heritage sites in danger
The United Nations’ cultural agency has rejected recommendations to place Stonehenge on the list of endangered world heritage sites over concerns that Britain’s plans to build a nearby highway tunnel threaten the landscape around the prehistoric monument.
Despite Musk's Trump endorsement, X remains a go-to platform for Democrats
A week after Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president, President Joe Biden’s team used Musk’s social media platform X — in addition to more neutral spaces such as Facebook and Instagram — to announce he is ending his campaign for reelection.
CrowdStrike CEO called to testify to Congress over cybersecurity's firm role in global tech outage
U.S. House leaders are calling on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify to Congress about the cybersecurity company’s role in sparking the widespread tech outage that grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and affected services around the world.
Delta Air Lines says cancellations continue as it tries to restore operations after tech outage
Airlines, including Delta Air Lines, continued to struggle to restore operations two days after a faulty software update caused technological havoc worldwide and resulted in several carriers grounding flights.
Netflix's subscriber and earnings growth gather more momentum as password-sharing crackdown pays off
Netflix’s subscriber and earnings growth accelerated in its latest quarter as the video streaming service benefits from a crackdown on freeloading viewers, an expansion into advertising and an acclaimed programming lineup.
Amazon Prime Day is a major cause of injuries for warehouse workers, Senate review says
A report released by Senator Bernie Sanders says Amazon’s popular Prime Day sales event has been “a major cause of injuries” for warehouse workers who pick and pack customer orders at the company's facilities across the U.S. The report released to coincide with the start of Prime Day on Tuesday says nearly 45 out of 100 workers were injured during the two-day sales event in 2019.
Hong Kong is testing out its own ChatGPT-style tool as OpenAI planned extra steps to block access
Hong Kong’s innovation minister says the government is testing its own ChatGPT-style tool for its employees, with plans to eventually make it available to the public, after OpenAI decided to take extra steps to block access from unsupported regions like China.
OpenAI whistleblowers ask SEC to investigate the company's non-disclosure agreements with employees
OpenAI whistleblowers have filed a complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission and asked the agency to investigate whether the company illegally restricted workers from speaking out about the risks of its artificial intelligence technology.