Some felons who are allowed to vote are staying away from the polls because they’re afraid of being arrested, Florida lawmaker says

A man enters the Orange County Supervisor of Elections Office on the first day of early voting for the 2022 midterm general election in Orlando. Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images In 2018, Florida granted formerly incarcerated individuals the right to vote, with some exceptions. Some individuals who said they thought they were allowed to…

London’s $96 million cable car, which became an unlikely viral hit on TikTok, has been given a makeover

London’s cable-car system has a new name after its owners agreed on a new sponsorship deal. Richard Newstead / Getty Images London’s $96 million cable car system has a new look and name change. The cable car struggled to attract commuters but has proved a hit on TikTok. The transport system’s rebrand was unveiled at…

The US is still ranked as the world’s most powerful country, but most people think it’s unsafe, survey finds

A Navy Leap Frogs member above Homestead Air Reserve Base in Florida. Navy photo by Jim Woods The US has again been ranked the world’s most powerful country, per US News & World Report analysis. However, America slipped to 21st place for general quality of life. David Reibstein, who conducted the research, said the dip…

Elon Musk has fired Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal. From blunt text messages and clashes over bots to lawsuits and a poop emoji, here’s a history of their relationship.

Parag Agrawal (left) has been pushed out of Twitter by its new owner, Elon Musk (right). Kevin Dietsch, Carina Johansen/Getty Images Elon Musk and Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal appeared to first talk in March, when they met for dinner. But eight months later, Musk now owns Twitter and one of his first moves was firing…

Pressure mounts for regulators to investigate TikTok over potential ‘Big Brother-type surveillance’ after reports of plans to track Americans’ locations

Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Forbes reported TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, planned to use the app to surveil Americans. Public Citizen on Thursday urged lawmakers and the FTC to investigate TikTok and ByteDance. The consumer rights group joins a growing chorus of bipartisan calls to investigate the Beijing-based company. Public Citizen in a letter…

Why “generative AI” is suddenly on everyone’s lips: it’s an “open field”

If you’ve been closely following the progress of Open AI, the company run by Sam Altman whose neural nets can now write original text and create original pictures with astonishing ease and speed, you might just skip this piece. If, on the other hand, you’ve only been vaguely paying attention to the company’s progress and…