Tesla says ‘Full Self-Driving’ will be ready for Europe and China in early 2025

Tesla has tweeted its roadmap for the remaining months of 2024 and early 2025, revealing that Full Self-Driving could be available in Europe and China in the first quarter of next year, if it gets the proper approval from each region’s respective regulators. Company chief […]

Microsoft joins coalition to scrub revenge and deepfake porn from Bing

Microsoft announced it has partnered with StopNCII to help remove non-consensual intimate images — including deepfakes — from its Bing search engine. When a victim opens a “case” with StopNCII, the database creates a digital fingerprint, also called a “hash,” of an intimate image or […]

Salesforce acquires data management firm Own for $1.9B in cash

Salesforce has acquired Own Company, a provider of data management and protection solutions, for $1.9 billion in cash. In a press release, Salesforce GM Steve Fisher said that Own “underscores [Salesforce’s] commitment to providing secure, end-to-end solutions that protect our customers’ most valuable data.” “Data […]

The US, UK, EU and other major nations have signed a landmark global AI treaty

The United States, United Kingdom, European Union, and several other countries have signed an AI safety treaty laid out by the Council of Europe (COE), an international standards and human rights organization. This landmark treaty, known as the Framework Convention on artificial intelligence and human […]

“Stop harassing Starlink,” SpaceX President tells Brazilian judge

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell made a public plea to one of Brazil’s top judicial figures on Thursday, asking him to “please stop harassing Starlink” amid the ongoing battle in the country against Elon Musk’s social media business X.  Musk has been engaged in a months-long […]