Yesterday's Top Technology News

6 new stories

Nov 30th 2023

1. Elon Musk apologizes for antisemitic tweet but tells advertisers 'go f**k yourself'

Domain: cnn.com

But he lashed out at advertisers leaving his platform because of rising antisemitism on X. “I don't want them to advertise,” he said at the New York Times DealBook Summit in New York ...

2. Terahertz laser induces room-temperature superconducting phase in a fullerene compound

Domain: physicsworld.com | Companies: Discovery

An organic material in a metastable phase behaves a little like a room-temperature superconductor when excited with laser light. Though this behaviour fades almost as quickly as the laser pulse that induces it, the team behind the discovery say that ...

3. Engineering ancestral antibiotics for the future

Domain: monash.edu | Companies: Discovery

Going 'back to the future' to understand how natural antibiotics evolve could unlock new and effective treatments for potentially deadly superbugs. Co-led by researchers in Monash University's Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) and the Cluster of ...

4. Microsoft secures nonvoting board seat at OpenAI

Domain: cnbc.com | Companies: Microsoft

Sam Altman, chief executive officer (CEO) of OpenAI and inventor of the AI software ChatGPT, joins the Technical University of Munich (TUM) for a panel discussion. Sven Hoppe | Picture Alliance ...

5. Netflix Games to roll out three Grand Theft Auto games in December

Domain: cbsnews.com | Companies: Netflix

The remastered trilogy, which has been optimized for mobile gameplay, includes three popular titles from the famous franchise: Grand Theft Auto III; Grand Theft Auto: Vice City; and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, according to the statement.

6. After Musk tirade, X faces prospect of more advertisers fleeing

Domain: reuters.com

Nov 30 (Reuters) - Social media company X faces the prospect of more advertisers fleeing and has no clear fix in sight, ad industry experts said, after billionaire owner Elon Musk lashed out at some of the biggest brands for dropping the platform.