CoreWeave announced on March 11 that it had struck a five-year deal worth up to $11.9 billion with OpenAI, the nonprofit research and development company that created ChatGPT. Through the deal, OpenAI will become an investor in CoreWeave through the issuance of $350 million of stock, while CoreWeave will deliver AI infrastructure. The deal comes […]
Rules for repaying Social Security benefits just got stricter
Fertnig | E+ | Getty Images If you receive more Social Security benefits than you are owed, you may face a 100% default withholding rate from your monthly checks once a new policy goes into effect. The change announced last week by the Social Security Administration marks a reversal from a 10% default withholding rate […]
Elon Musk’s X suffers multiple outages
Elon Musk’s social media platform X experienced several outages on Monday, leaving some users unable to load the site. Nearly 40,000 users reported problems with the platform around 10 a.m. ET, according to the analytics platform Downdetector, which gathers data from users who spot glitches and report them to the service. Around 28,000 people were […]
‘Another Simple Favor’ director addresses Blake Lively, Anna Kendrick feud
As rumors of a feud between Blake Lively and her “Another Simple Favor” co-star Anna Kendrick continue to circulate online after the duo’s appearance at the South By Southwest film festival over the weekend, the movie’s director is addressing the elephant in the room. On March 7, social media personality Melanie King speculated that Lively […]
DOGE Has Deployed Its GSAi Custom Chatbot for 1,500 Federal Workers
Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency has deployed a proprietary chatbot called GSAi to 1,500 federal workers at the General Services Administration, WIRED has confirmed. The move to automate tasks previously done by humans comes as DOGE continues its purge of the federal workforce. GSAi is meant to support “general” tasks, similar to commercial […]
What Canada’s new Liberal PM Mark Carney means for crypto
Mark Carney, a Canadian economist and now Prime Minister-designate, is already under the microscope for his previous remarks regarding cryptocurrency. Carney, who replaced former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, took a measured and critical approach to cryptocurrencies, namely Bitcoin (BTC), in a 2018 speech he made at the Bank of England. He also shared concerns over […]
How work requirements may reduce access to Medicaid
Protect Our Care supporters display “Hands Off Medicaid” message in front of the White House ahead of President Trump’s address to Congress on March 4 in Washington, D.C. Paul Morigi | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Cuts to Medicaid will have to be on the menu if House Republicans want to meet their budget […]
Student helps coders use AI to cheat in Google, other job interviews
A person walks past the entrance to a Google building in Dublin, Feb. 15, 2023. Artur Widak | Anadolu | Getty Images After landing internship offers from Amazon, Meta and TikTok, computer science student Chungin “Roy” Lee has decided to move to San Francisco. But he won’t be joining any of those companies. Instead, Lee will […]
Meghan Markle slammed for photo of young daughter boating without safety vest
Critics slammed Meghan Markle online shortly after the Duchess of Sussex shared a rare photo of her 3-year-old daughter, Princess Lilibet. Markle, 43, posted a carousel of images Saturday to celebrate International Women’s Day, and included a snap of her husband Prince Harry cradling their little girl in his arms in what appeared to be […]
The DOJ Still Wants Google to Sell Off Chrome
The US Department of Justice wants Google to sell off its Chrome browser as part of its final remedy proposal in a landmark antitrust case. The proposal, filed Friday afternoon, says that Google must “promptly and fully divest Chrome, along with any assets or services necessary to successfully complete the divestiture, to a buyer approved […]