In February 2023, the budget shopping platform Temu announced itself on the world stage in the brashest way possible: becoming one of the youngest ever brands to buy a Super Bowl advertising spot. “Download the Temu app and shop like a billionaire,” a voice proclaimed in the 30-second commercial, as a woman danced on screen and ordered a series of outlandishly cheap items: from a US$8.99 dress to a US$4.99 wig. The commercial – which aired twice during the game, costing Temu an estimated US$14...

AI-OPENAI/ALTMAN (PIX):OpenAI's Altman says AI benefits warrant accepting some risks

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei seems to believe that he, the American artificial intelligence (AI) industry and the United States are the only ones who should have the right to determine the fate of humanity. While he pays lip service to involving other democracies in AI development, which ones remotely approach the technological capacities of the US and China? Do other non-democratic developing countries not count? His self-belief is far more dangerous than mere commercial greed. Like Peter Thiel,...

Changpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates.

SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk has confirmed that the company's artificial intelligence division will be officially rebranded from SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI, following a high-level push from the White House. The planned name change responds directly to an executive directive signed by U.S....

An invasive land-walking fish from Asia is spreading into new US states, leading officials to ask Americans to take matters into their own hands.

ISS Command changes hands in emotional ceremonyNASA astronaut Jessica Meir handed over command of the International Space Station to Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov today. The departing SpaceX Crew-12 featured Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot and Andrey Fedyaev joint mission recap before...