Scammers using Uber, Lyft drivers as technology advances: St. Pete police

The St. Petersburg Police Department said scammers are getting more sophisticated as technology continues to develop. They've seen instances where Uber and Lyft drivers are now being used as part of scams in the city. 

Costco's sleeper sofa goes viral, igniting debate among shoppers: 'Such a bummer'

A Costco Wholesale sleeper couch has gone viral on TikTok and Instagram as shoppers share their opinions on the new sleeper sofa — both positive and negative.

Praise be to AI: Hundreds attend church service generated by ChatGPT

Hundreds of German Protestants attended a church service in Bavaria that was generated almost entirely by artificial intelligence.

World's first AI DJ hits the airwaves in Oregon via RadioGPT

The radio station insisted that it’s not going to replace the real DJ and that she'll still receive her same pay.

$930 million in grants announced in Biden's effort to expand internet access to all homes in US

The federal effort to expand internet access to every U.S. home has taken a major step forward with the announcement of $930 million in grants to shore up connections in dozens of places where significant connectivity gaps persist.

Instagram explains how it ranks the content you see

Instagram recently addressed how the app decides what content you see on your Feed, Stories, Reels and Explore page. It also addressed concerns of people being “shadowbanned."

Sir Paul McCartney says artificial intelligence used to create 'last' Beatles song

In a new interview, McCartney called artificial intelligence "kind of scary, but exciting, because it’s the future." The new song is set for release later this year.

Amazon's cloud service back to normal after outage that caused some websites to go dark

The company said on its website that the root cause of the issue was tied to a function called AWS Lambda, which lets customers run code for different types of applications.

Viral 'mermaid mantra' TikTok shows the importance of water safety for children

A video on TikTok of a Tampa swim instructor using, what he calls, his "mermaid mantra," to encourage a toddler to keep swimming has gone viral, reaching almost 41 million views on Friday.

Bluesky: Jack Dorsey's vision for Twitter 2.0 - Can it succeed?

Bluesky, the internet's hottest members-only spot at the moment, feels a bit like an exclusive club, populated by some Very Online folks, popular Twitter characters, and fed up ex-users of the Elon Musk-owned platform.

Apple to stop autocorrecting swear word to 'ducking' on iPhone

“In those moments where you just want to type a ducking word, well, the keyboard will learn it, too," Apple's senior vice president of software engineering said.