Author: Michael Liedtke
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Peace, music and memories: As the 1960s fade, historians scramble to capture Woodstock’s voices
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An estimated 450,000 people attended the Woodstock festival in August 1969
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Google rebrands its AI services as Gemini, launches new app and subscription service
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Google has introduced a free artificial intelligence app that will implant the technology on smartphones
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Holmes’ former partner gets nearly 13 years in Theranos case
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SAN JOSE, Calif. • A judge on Wednesday sentenced former Theranos executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani to nearly 13 years in prison for his role in the company’s blood-testing hoax — a sentence slightly longer than that given to the CEO, who was his lover and accomplice in one of Silicon Valley’s biggest scandals. Balwani was…
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Netflix may crack down on password sharing after subscriptions plummet
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A sharp drop in subscribers sent Netflix shares into freefall Wednesday, forcing the company to consider experimenting with ads and — hold onto your remote — cracking down on millions of freeloaders who use passwords shared by friends or family. Looming changes announced late Tuesday are designed to help Netflix regain momentum…
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Biden, Gates, other Twitter accounts hacked in Bitcoin scam
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NEW YORK (AP) Unidentified hackers broke into the Twitter accounts of technology moguls, politicians, celebrities and major companies Wednesday in an apparent Bitcoin scam. The ruse included bogus tweets from former President Barack Obama, Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg and a number of tech billionaires including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft co-founder Bill…
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Netflix’s ‘Bird Box’ success gets Hollywood clucking
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San Francisco • The Sandra Bullock thriller “Bird Box” drew 45 million subscriber viewers worldwide during its first seven days on Netflix, the streaming service reports. That’s the biggest first-week success of any movie made for the company’s nearly 12-year-old streaming service. Netflix, which typically refuses to provide viewership numbers, made the rare disclosure in…
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Bug may have exposed photos from 7M Facebook users
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook’s privacy controls have broken down yet again, this time through a software flaw affecting nearly 7 million users who had photos exposed to a much wider audience than intended. The bug disclosed Friday gave hundreds of apps unauthorized access to photos that could in theory include images that would embarrass…
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Facebook: We’re better at policing nudity than hate speech
SAN FRANCISCO — Getting rid of racist, sexist and other hateful remarks on Facebook is challenging for the company because computer programs have difficulties understanding the nuances of human language, the company said Tuesday. In a self-assessment, Facebook said its policing system is better at scrubbing graphic violence, gratuitous nudity and terrorist propaganda. Facebook said…
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Apple to build 2nd campus, hire 20,000 in $350B pledge tied to new tax law
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is planning to build another corporate campus and hire 20,000 workers during the next five years as part of a $350 billion commitment to the U.S. that will be partially financed by an upcoming windfall from the country’s new tax law. The pledge announced Wednesday comes less than a month after…
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FCC chairman sets out to scrap open internet access rules
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MENLO PARK, Calif. — The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission set out Tuesday to scrap rules around open internet access, a move that would allow giant cable and telecom companies to throttle broadband speeds and favor their own services if they wish. Ajit Pai followed through on a pledge to try to repeal “net neutrality”…