Emma Roth

News Writer

Elon Musk’s new xAI company launches to ‘understand the true nature of the universe’

Jay Peters and Emma RothJul 12, 2023

Disney Plus will start streaming Cinderella in 4K in August

Emma RothJul 12, 2023

Emma RothJul 11, 2023

“The metaverse hype is dead,” according to Meta’s VP of metaverse.

During the Fortune Brainstorm Tech event on Tuesday, Meta exec Vishal Shah said the metaverse’s “hype cycle” has come and gone — but he doesn’t believe that’s a bad thing:

We didn’t invest for the hype, we have been investing in the space for years... I’m actually pretty happy that there was both a hype and a trough of disillusionment last year, it was tough to live through that, of course, ourselves. But now we have our heads down and built, because that’s what it takes to build something difficult to iterate and do it.

Meta exec: "metaverse hype is dead"

[Fortune]

OpenAI’s DALL-E will train on Shutterstock’s library for six more years

Emma RothJul 11, 2023

Threads was the top free iPhone app last week.

According to Apple’s weekly app rankings, Threads was the most popular free app for the week ending July 9th. That’s not all too surprising, given that Threads has already garnered over 100 million users since launching last week.

Threads was the number one free app last week, followed by Temu and Remini.

Sceenshot: Andrew Webster / The Verge

Emma RothJul 11, 2023

Cheese.

Burger King in Thailand has revealed what it considers the “real cheeseburger,” which is just a bun with 20 slices of cheese... and no meat.

Image: Burger King Thailand

Now your Netflix profile can follow you to your new relationship

Emma RothJul 11, 2023

Android + Windows = a beater car built from random parts?

Bloomberg’s Austin Carr details the frustrating experience he had replacing his Apple devices with Android- and Windows-powered products. But when he contacted Google about his report, Carr says a spokesperson “accidentally” copied him in on a private message to his team... and the message was pretty revealing:

He [the spokesperson] mocked the very idea that an Android-and-friends model could work as well as iOS. “It’s like doing a car comparison but trying to compare a Honda to a car you build from parts you got at Pep Boys,” he wrote.

Emma RothJul 11, 2023

HCA Healthcare data breach exposes information of 11 million patients.

The healthcare company reported the breach on Monday, stating that patient names, emails, phone numbers, birthdates, and other personal information had been stolen and posted to a hacking forum.

According to HCA, the breach doesn’t include patients’ clinical information, payment details, or sensitive information like passwords, driver’s licenses, or social security numbers. HCA is working with law enforcement to investigate the incident, and says hackers might’ve stolen the information from “an external storage location exclusively used to automate the formatting of email messages.”

HCA Healthcare reports breach of 11 million patients' personal data

[TechCrunch]