Monthly Archives: July 2022

Elon Musk reportedly dropped to his knees and begged for forgiveness after his affair with Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s wife

Elon Musk and Sergey Brin Win McNamee/Getty Images, Chris Hondros/Getty Images Elon Musk reportedly dropped to his knees and begged for forgiveness from Brin after he had an affair with the Google co-founder’s wife.   The incident happened at a party earlier this year, sources told the Wall Street Journal.  While Brin acknowledged the apology, the…

Document thriller ‘Papers, Please’ heads to phones on August 5th

Nearly a decade after it propelled creator Lucas Pope to indie game stardom, “dystopian document thriller” Papers, Please is finally coming to phones. On Saturday, Pope took to Twitter to announce he’s bringing the game to Android and additional iOS devices next month. “‘Papers, Please’ but small. August 5th,” he said. Before Saturday’s announcement, the…

Feds’ case against Huawei in cell networks tracked ‘unprofitable’ deals near US military bases

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge An FBI investigation into Huawei reveals the Chinese telecom company had a pattern of installing equipment on cell towers near military bases in rural America — even if it wasn’t profitable to do so, according to a report from CNN. The unearthed investigation sheds some light on the…

Protecting AI-Generated Inventions as Trade Secrets Requires Protecting the Generative AI as Well

Legal, technology, business, and academic professionals currently are debating whether an invention autonomously generated by artificial intelligence (AI) should be patentable in the United States and elsewhere. Some proponents of patentability argue that if AI, by itself, is not recognized as an inventor, then AI owners will lack protection for AI-generated inventions and AI innovation,…

Online insurer Policybazaar says customer data was exposed by ‘unauthorized access’

Indian online insurer Policybazaar said on Sunday that it was subject to an unspecified security incident but found that “no significant” customer data was exposed — or in other words, some was. Policybazaar, which sells a range of insurance coverage, said in a stock exchange filing that its IT systems were subject to “illegal and…

Black girls snubbed in Sesame Place video get support from Ben Crump, Kelly Rowland, more

There’s a viral video, which we’re sure you’ve seen by now, showing costumed Sesame Street character, Rosita, appearing to ignore two young Black girls during a parade at Sesame Place in Philadelphia after acknowledging and high-fiving a few white children. Posted on Instagram July 16 by Jodi Brown, the mother of one of the girls,…

Trump blasts Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers as a ‘RINO coward’ after the GOP leader testified before the January 6 committee

Former President Donald Trump. Joe Maiorana/AP Photo Trump blasted Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers as a “RINO coward” over his January 6 testimony. He said Bowers “participated against the Republican Party” by testifying.  Bowers has refuted Trump’s claims of electoral fraud in the 2020 election results in Arizona. Former President Donald Trump during a Friday…

Elon Musk reportedly had an affair with the wife of Google co-founder and longtime friend Sergey Brin, prompting his divorce earlier this year

Elon Musk on March 9. Photo by Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Elon Musk had an affair with Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s wife, according to the Wall Street Journal. Brin and Nicole Shanahan divorced in January of this year, shortly after Brin learned of the affair, the report states.  Brin, a longtime friend of…