Elon Musk’s X back up after brief outage, Downdetector shows
Social media platform X was down for thousands of users in the US on Thursday, according to Downdetector.com.
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“Dr. Google” had its issues. Can ChatGPT Health do better?
For the past two decades, there’s been a clear first step for anyone who starts experiencing new medical symptoms: Look them up online. The practice was so common that it gained the pejorative moniker “Dr. Google.” But times are changing,…
Musk expects Europe, China to approve Tesla’s FSD system next month
Elon Musk expects Tesla to receive approval for its Full Self-Driving (FSD) advanced driver assistance system in Europe and China by next month, the billionaire said on Thursday.
Dispatch from Davos: hot air, big egos and cold flexes
This story first appeared in The Debrief, our subscriber-only newsletter about the biggest news in tech by Mat Honan, Editor in Chief. Subscribe to read the next edition as soon as it lands. It’s supposed to be frigid in Davos this…
The Download: Yann LeCun’s new venture, and lithium’s on the rise
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Yann LeCun’s new venture is a contrarian bet against large language models Yann LeCun is a Turing Award…
Why 2026 is a hot year for lithium
In 2026, I’m going to be closely watching the price of lithium. If you’re not in the habit of obsessively tracking commodity markets, I certainly don’t blame you. (Though the news lately definitely makes the case that minerals can have…
Yann LeCun’s new venture is a contrarian bet against large language models
Yann LeCun is a Turing Award recipient and a top AI researcher, but he has long been a contrarian figure in the tech world. He believes that the industry’s current obsession with large language models is wrong-headed and will ultimately…
Pocket FM taps former Meta scientist Vasu Sharma as head of AI
Pocket FM has appointed Vasu Sharma, a former scientist at Meta’s Facebook AI Research (FAIR), as its head of artificial intelligence (AI). Sharma, who will report to cofounder Prateek Dixit, will lead AI research and innovation across narrative generation, production…
Ryanair CEO dismisses Elon Musk’s idea of buying the airline as verbal feud escalates
The CEO of Ryanair on Wednesday dismissed Elon Musk’s idea of buying the budget airline and shrugged off insults from the billionaire, in a war of words that erupted over installing Starlink systems on aircraft. O’Leary said last week that…
US House panel to vote on bill to give Congress authority over AI chip exports
A key Republican lawmaker scheduled a committee vote on Wednesday for a bill that would give Congress power over artificial intelligence chip exports, despite pushback from White House AI czar David Sacks, among others.