Posts by Riah Marton
From $300,000 EVs to dancing bots: The El Segundo firm sliding into Tesla’s slipstream
After its multibillion-dollar bid to become the next Tesla failed, El Segundo’s Faraday Future is pivoting to humanoid robots. The company says it is applying the expertise and infrastructure it gained through its electric vehicle journey to become a front-runner in the global robot race. Skeptics say they are still uncertain whether its robots, which…
Read MoreBoston & Arizona Birkenstocks Are Just $100 Ahead of Labor Day
If you’ve been waiting to buy Boston and Arizona Birkenstocks on sale, now’s your time. Birkenstock has deals on its bestselling shoes ahead of Labor Day. Iconic Boston and Arizona styles and colors are available for just $100 right now. Plus, we found a treasure trove of even more Birkenstock styles under $80, including the…
Read MoreSummer House’s Ciara Miller Shares Upside of Dating the “Wrong People”
Summer House’s Ciara Miller Details Giving People “Second Chances” for “Stupid Reasons” Ciara Miller‘s love life has been anything but boring. And that’s the way the Summer House star—who has explored love on the Bravo series since she was 24—likes it, since the ups and downs ultimately led to growth that helped her flourish in…
Read MoreApple, Google rename Lake Ontario to Lake America after Trump order
Silicon Valley tech companies Apple and Google changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America on their maps after an executive order from President Trump. Last week, Trump signed an executive order to rename the lake amid the escalating U.S.-Canada trade war. Google, followed by Apple, renamed the Great Lake, which borders New York…
Read More90 Day Fiancé’s Sumit Singh Says Jenny Slatten “Can’t Talk” Amid ALS Battle
Emilia Clarke’s Brain Aneurysm Emilia Clarke filmed battle scenes for Game of Thrones, but in 2019, she published an essay in The New Yorker titled “A Battle for My Life.” Having a bad headache at the gym, “I reached the toilet, sank to my knees, and proceeded to be violently, voluminously ill,” the actress wrote.…
Read MoreDo or Do Not Check in With Harrison Ford and the Star Wars Cast, There Is No Try
The Sweet Way Billie Lourd Is Honoring Late Mom Carrie Fisher for ‘Star Wars’ Day You say you love checking in with the cast of Star Wars? We know. Not always onboard with the sentiment, however, was Harrison Ford, who admittedly tried to put a lot of mileage between himself and Han Solo after Star…
Read MoreReining in Big Tech: How California lawmakers plan to regulate AI and social media
SACRAMENTO — Long the epicenter of the global tech industry, California is taking more action to shield its children, communities and workers from the threats posed by the very industry that’s become central to the state’s identity and enviable economy. State lawmakers on Monday passed new safeguards around social media, artificial intelligence and data centers at a…
Read MoreGoogle Changes EU Spam Policy to Avert Antitrust Fine
Google is loosening one of its search spam rules in Europe, giving publishers a little breathing room while easing some of the heat from its antitrust fight with EU regulators. Alphabet-owned Google said Friday that, starting Aug. 30, manual actions under its site reputation abuse policy will no longer affect search results for users in…
Read MoreAstrologer Aliza Kelly Reveals Exactly How the Solar Eclipse Will Affect Your Zodiac Sign
Once upon a time there was light in our lives. But now there's only love in the dark. OK, the totality of the Aug. 12 solar eclipse, in which the moon crosses in front of the sun, briefly…
Read MoreFrench Publishers Challenge Google AI Search Over Content Licensing – TechRepublic
French publishers have escalated their dispute with Google over AI search, asking France’s competition watchdog to decide whether AI Overviews and AI Mode require separate licensing negotiations. The Alliance de la Presse d’Information Générale, or APIG, filed the complaint on Aug. 11. Google launched both features in France on July 22. APIG argues the rollout…
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