TikTok ‘Ban’ Bill Passes in the House
A bill forcing the China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok, or face an outright ban, passed the United States House of Representatives on Wednesday in a vote of 352 to 65.…
TikTok Finds a New Defender: Elon Musk
Elon Musk spoke out against the United States’ potential ban on TikTok, owned by China-based ByteDance, in a tweet on Tuesday, saying the law is all about “censorship and government…
SpaceX Will Push Starship to New Extremes During Third Test Flight
SpaceX works under an iterative testing philosophy, using each mission to improve upon the next. Accordingly, the Elon Musk-led company is aiming to push its experimental megarocket, Starship, even further…
Sydney Sweeney ‘Leak’ Malware Is Infecting the Horniest Parts of X/Twitter
Photo: Steve Granitz (Getty Images) The specter of naked Sydney Sweeney, a rom-com actress whose boobs recently joined the culture war, is getting the horniest (and dumbest) members of X—the…
Elon Musk Shows a Little Self-Awareness, Says Grok Is Going Open Source This Week
Photo: lilgrapher / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock) Elon Musk said his startup xAI will open-source Grok later this week, revealing the inner workings of the chatbot to anyone who wants to dissect…
Screen Protectors Aren’t Great, ChatGPT Can Improve Your Life, and More Tech News of the Week
Donald Trump during a Super Tuesday election night watch party at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, on March 5, 2024.Photo: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg (Getty Images) Truth Social,…
Cybertruck Drivers Humiliating Themselves Are the Biggest Threat to Tesla’s Future
The Cybertruck was such a misfire for Tesla that Elon Musk, close to tears, told investors “we dug our own grave” in the effort to launch the vehicle. But after…
The Greatest App of All Time Day 8: Twitter vs. Read It Later
It’s day 8 of Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time and one of the most controversial apps of our time has entered the…
An Explorer Takes an Emotional Journey Across the Stars in This Afrosurreal Sci-Fi Tale
io9 is proud to present fiction from LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE. Once a month, we feature a story from LIGHTSPEED’s current issue. This month’s selection is “Let the Star Explode” by Shingai…
Website for U.S. Embassy in Russia Goes Down After Cryptic Warning of Terrorist Threat
The error message at the website for the U.S. embassy in Russia on Thursday after issuing a warning about a potential terror attack.Screenshot: U.S. State Department The U.S. embassy in…