Our fingerprints may not be unique, claims AI

Rocket and satellite maker SpaceX on Thursday sued a US labor board to block its case accusing the company of illegally firing employees who sent a letter to company executives calling CEO Elon Musk “a distraction and embarrassment.” SpaceX in the lawsuit filed in Brownsville, Texas federal court claims the structure of the National Labor Relations Board, which issued…

Sequoia Capital wants you to know that it was “deliberately misled and lied to” by convicted cryptocurrency scam artist Sam Bankman-Fried during the discussions that led to its $213.5-million investment in Bankman-Fried’s firm, FTX, last year. That’s an extraordinary admission, given that Sequoia is one of Silicon Valley’s oldest and largest venture investing firms, with…

Subscribers to Apple Music and other services may be eligible to claim part of a $25 million settlement over the company’s subscription-share program. The settlement resolves a lawsuit over Apple’s Family Sharing perk, a free service that allows up to six users to access a handful of pay-per-month apps — including Apple News+, Music, TV+,…

A mass email revealed details of more than 200 people who the UK was trying to help flee the Taliban.

Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bitcoin miners fell Thursday, giving back earlier gains, as the price of the cryptocurrency retreated in volatile trading following the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s approval of the first U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds. The two biggest mining stocks, Marathon Digital and Riot Platforms, lost 12% and 15%, respectively. Iris Energy fell 6% and CleanSpark…

If 2023 was the year that AI finally broke into the mainstream, 2024 could be the year it gets fully enmeshed in our lives — or the year the bubble bursts. But whatever happens, the stage is set for another whirlwind 12 months, coming in the wake of Hollywood’s labor backlash against automation; the rise…