Now playing Next Tech News Free blue checkmarks are back on Musk's X - and users aren't happy Users posted their annoyance that a blue tick had been added to their profiles again after Elon Musk announced some users would get premium services. 05/04/2024
Now playing Next Tech News Open source AI is getting an official definition. Here’s why AI companies that claim they are open source, such as Musk’s latest AI venture, open source the weights but not the data they are trained on nor the training process. 28/03/2024
Now playing Next Health news Elon Musk claims Neuralink can now cure blindness “Resolution will be low at first, like early Nintendo graphics, but ultimately may exceed normal human vision,” Musk said. 22/03/2024
Now playing Next Tech News What were the key takeaways from Elon Musk's interview with Don Lemon? The interview has set social media abuzz. Here are some of the most important things we learned from Elon Musk's interaction with Don Lemon. 19/03/2024
Now playing Next Space SpaceX's mega rocket test flight ends with loss of spacecraft The rocket and futuristic-looking spacecraft towers 121 metres, easily exceeding NASA’s past and present moon rockets. 14/03/2024
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Now playing Next Tech News OpenAI says Elon Musk wanted full control of the AI company Musk’s lawsuit alleges OpenAI abandoned its original plans to be an open-source AI company that was for the good of humanity. 06/03/2024
Now playing Next Tech News Former Twitter executives sue Musk for €118 million in severance pay Those claiming more than €118 million in severance include the company's former CEO Parag Agrawal and its Chief Financial Officer, Ned Segal. 05/03/2024
Now playing Next Space Four new astronauts blast off to International Space Station Three Americans and one Russian astronaut have flown to the International Space Station for a six-month stint. 04/03/2024
Now playing Next Tech News Google’s CEO admits Gemini AI model’s responses showed ‘bias’ Sundar Pichai told employees the bias was “completely unacceptable and we got it wrong”. 28/02/2024
Now playing Next Tech News Apple to stop work on electric vehicles - reports Apple will stop work on its secretive electric car project, according to multiple reports. 28/02/2024
Now playing Next Mobility China’s BYD unveils electric supercar that costs €215,000 Tesla rival BYD said the U9 can accelerate to 100 kilometres per hour within 2.36 seconds. 26/02/2024
Now playing Next Health news Musk says brain chip patient can move computer mouse with their mind The billionaire's neurotech firm implanted its device into its first human patient in January. 21/02/2024
Now playing Next Tech News US judge orders Elon Musk to testify in probe of his Twitter takeover After signing a deal to acquire Twitter in April 2022, Elon Musk tried to back out of it, leading the company to sue him to force him to go through with the acquisition. 13/02/2024
Now playing Next Tech News SpaceX denies selling Starlink terminals to Russian army Ukraine’s military said that Russian forces had been found using Starlink terminals to aid their attack. 12/02/2024
Now playing Next Brussels, my love? Brussels, my love? Fossil fuel phase-out absent from EU 2040 climate In this edition, we look at the EU plan to cut carbon emissions by 2040 and a deal to protect women across Europe. 10/02/2024
Now playing Next Tech News Elon Musk to support AI tech to unravel the secrets of Roman scrolls Mount Vesuvius eruption nearly 2,000 years ago caused many papyrus scrolls to be unreadable due to the heat and ash that destroyed Pompeii. 08/02/2024
Now playing Next Culture news The Mandalorian actress sues Disney - with Elon Musk footing the bills The actress has sued Disney and Lucasfilm after she was fired in 2021 over a social media post in which she compared being a Republican to being a Jew during the Holocaust. Now, Elon Musk is backing her by picking up the legal tab. 07/02/2024
Now playing Next Green News Student tracking Taylor Swift’s jet hit with cease-and-desist letter Jack Sweeney uses publicly available data and says celebrities should ‘reasonably expect’ that their jets will be tracked. 07/02/2024
Now playing Next Tech News Elon Musk cannot keep Tesla pay package worth billions, judge rules The plan called for Musk to reap billions if Tesla, which is based in Austin, Texas, hit certain market capitalisation and operational milestones. 31/01/2024