[ad_1] Mach Industries, a startup founded by Ethan Thornton when he was only nineteen and known for its innovative hydrogen-powered platforms, is quickly gaining traction in the defense industry. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital are interested in the company because they believe the technology it develops could give the U.S. military an edge in conflicts against near-peer adversaries. Ethan Thornton’s obsession with electrolysis, which splits water into its component elements, led him to create Mach Industries. Thornton used electrolysis to create a small arms device and wrote a 20-page paper to convince…
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[ad_1] The problems keep mounting for Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky, as he’s been arrested and charged by federal authorities with fraud. Mashinsky faces seven criminal counts, including securities, commodities and wire fraud, He and his company are being independent sued by three government agencies — the FTC, CFTC and SEC. The U.S. Attorney’s Office alleges that Mashinsky misled customers regarding the nature of his company, making it seem like a bank when it was actually a high-risk investment fund. Celsius’s former chief revenue officer, Roni Cohen-Pavon, was also arrested, with both Pavon and Mashinsky being charged with manipulating the price…
[ad_1] A ban of TikTok on state devices and networks in Texas was challenged by First Amendment lawyers on Thursday, who said that the law violated the Constitution by limiting research and teaching at public universities.The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University filed the lawsuit on behalf of a group called the Coalition for Independent Technology Research, whose members include Texas college professors who say their work was compromised after they lost access to TikTok on campus Wi-Fi and university-issued computers.The suit offers a glimpse into the real-world effect of bans targeting TikTok and the mounting legal pushback accompanying…
[ad_1] After a full 48 hours, Amazon Prime Day 2023 is officially over. Whew, we made it. We hope you were able to find useful discounts among the Kindles, Echo Dots, iPads, LifeStraws, and other great deals we found sifting through the internet. If you missed out, fear not, a few great deals remain—at least for now. Below are the best remaining deals not just at Amazon, but at other retailers like Best Buy, Target, and Walmart too. Speaking of, Walmart Plus Week (the retailer’s answer to Prime Day), officially ends tonight. Target Circle Week runs a little longer, with deals…
[ad_1] It’s been just over a year since lone gunman Peyton Gendron travelled over 200 miles and open fired in a grocery store in Buffalo, New York last May. Now, the families of those wounded and murdered in the attack want to hold social media companies accountable with a wrongful death lawsuit because the gunman encountered racist Great Replacement conspiracy theories online.Russian Court Says Meta Is “Extremist Organization”The lawsuit was filed yesterday in the New York Supreme Court in Buffalo, and names Meta, Instagram, Reddit, Google, YouTube, Snap, 4Chan, Twitch, and Discord as defendants—Gendron planned the shooting for months on the…
[ad_1] Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, has recently founded a new artificial intelligence (AI) company called xAI. The company’s mission is to “understand the true nature of the universe.” Through its website and social media presence, xAI has revealed its team of experts, which includes some of the most prominent names in the AI industry. xAI is separate from Musk’s overarching X Corp but will work closely with X (Twitter), Tesla, and other companies. The AI industry has been growing at an unprecedented rate, with new companies and technologies emerging every day. However, Elon Musk has been…
[ad_1] has its electric Ionic 5 N at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The automaker says this high-performance version of the Ioniq 5 can go from zero to 62MPH in as little as 3.4 seconds and that it has a top speed of 161MPH. The company revamped the entire Ioniq 5 for this model, which is . The EV has front- and dual-motor variants. Opt for the latter and Hyundai says the Ioniq 5 N will be able to produce 641 horsepower when a boost mode is active. In normal operation, you may get 600 horsepower and 545 pound-feet of…
[ad_1] The Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into OpenAI, the artificial intelligence start-up that makes ChatGPT, over whether the chatbot has harmed consumers through its collection of data and its publication of false information on individuals.In a 20-page letter sent to the San Francisco company this week, the agency said it was also looking into OpenAI’s security practices. The F.T.C. asked the company dozens of questions in its letter, including how the start-up trains its A.I. models and treats personal data.The investigation was earlier reported by The Washington Post and confirmed by a person familiar with the investigation.The…
[ad_1] The launch of Threads, Meta’s new Twitter killer, has catapulted some of us into a social media midlife crisis. What is it all for, anyway? Maybe some shiny new app will bring meaning and texture back to microblogging. But also, do we need so many shiny new apps?It’s fitting, then, that just as Twitter is getting a rethink a new app is emerging to challenge Instagram. The app’s founders won’t say that’s what they’re doing, but they left Meta last spring to incubate a bunch of products that would actually bring family and friends back into your social photo…
[ad_1] At 11:59 PM PT on June 12, the SAG-AFTRA contract expired. After nearly four weeks of negotiating with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), the SAG-AFTRA negotiating committee agreed that they had not yet reached a satisfying successor contract, and did not allow for a second extension.Cecilia Rose Gooding on the Writers Strike | io9 InterviewSo. Here we are. Standing on the precipice of a two-pronged strike as two of the strongest, largest, most visible unions in Hollywood decide they would rather risk their livelihoods than suffer the indignity of a shit contract. The last time…