What happens when your AI chatbot stops loving you back?
By Anna Tong SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – After temporarily closing his leathermaking business during the pandemic, Travis Butterworth found himself lonely and bored at home. The 47-year-old turned to Replika,…
Wall Street regulator proposes new hacking, data and market resiliency rules
By Douglas Gillison (Reuters) – The top U.S. markets regulator on Wednesday proposed a suite of new policies designed to harden the financial system against hacking, data theft and systems…
Old and new Irish eyes: Six of the greatest tech innovators that shaped the world
Greatest tech innovators: With St. Patrick’s Day taking place on the 17th of March, we decided to take a look at some of the best-known Irish tech innovators that have…
Etsy, other e-commerce companies feel squeeze of SVB collapse
By Arriana McLymore and Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Etsy on Monday resumed payments to merchants with Silicon Valley Bank accounts after the e-commerce platform paused their payouts over…
Crypto firm Circle hit by Signature Bank closure
By Akriti Sharma (Reuters) – Cryptocurrency firm Circle‘s boss on Sunday said the firm would no longer be able to process minting and redemption through Signature Bank after it was…
Circle says $3.3 billion USDC reserves to be fully available on Monday
By Akriti Sharma, Mrinmay Dey and Shubham Kalia (Reuters) – Cryptocurrency firm Circle said on Sunday all its depositors with the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank will be…
International Women’s Day with female techpreneurs taking the world by storm
International Women’s Day, a global celebration of females’ social, economic, cultural and political achievements globally, falls on the 8th of March this year. The 2023 theme, ‘DigitALL: Innovation and technology…
Elon Musk recruits team to develop OpenAI’s ChatGPT rival
By Yana Gaur in Bengaluru (Reuters) – Elon Musk has approached AI researchers in recent weeks about forming a new research lab to develop an alternative to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the…
Elon Musk’s challenge: Stay ahead of the competition
By Joseph White and Paul Lienert DETROIT (Reuters) – Elon Musk will confront a critical challenge during Tesla’s Investor Day on March 1: Convincing investors that even though rivals are…
YouTube: Resignation of Susan Wojcicki, the first era ends
After nine years at the helm of YouTube and 24 years at Google, Susan Wojcicki has resigned. Her place will be taken by Neal Mohan, YouTube’s current Chief Product Officer. In addition to assisting her…