iRobot, the maker of Roomba vacuums, files for bankruptcy and sells itself to Chinese company
Roomba maker iRobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday and said the robotic…
Spotify’s new badge identifies human artists, as AI music floods in
With AI ever more capable of producing photorealistic images, seemingly genuine videos and author-like text, it’s getting harder to distinguish human-generated art and other content from large language model fare. When it comes to music, Spotify said Thursday it wants to help users tell the difference. The audio streaming platform has launched a certification tool that…
Fire aboard Navy destroyer USS Higgins, officials say
Washington — A fire broke out Tuesday on the USS Higgins, a guided-missile destroyer and a mainstay of the Navy’s forward presence in Asia, according to U.S. officials. The fire knocked out electricity and propulsion on the destroyer, one of the officials told CBS News, speaking under condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to…
“Ozempic breath” is boosting Hershey’s sales of mints and gum
Candy giant Hershey is getting a sales boost from an unexpected consumer segment: users of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs. Hershey CEO Kirk Tanner said in the company’s first-quarter earnings call on Thursday that while appetite suppressants are leading customers to consume smaller portions of popular snacks, the drugs are also boosting demand for breath fresheners. The company…
United flight from San Francisco to San Diego reports close call with drone just before landing
A United Airlines flight from San Francisco reported a close call with a drone as it was approaching to land in San Diego on Wednesday morning, authorities said. A United spokesperson said Flight 1980 reported a possible drone strike just prior to the plane’s arrival at San Diego International Airport. The flight landed safely, and…
Meta failed to protect social media users from scam ads, lawsuit alleges
A new lawsuit alleges that Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, misled users about the company’s efforts to prevent scams on its platforms. The Consumer Federation of America (CFA), a nonprofit advocacy group that filed the complaint in Washington, D.C., superior court, alleges Meta failed to block ads that could pose a risk…
King Charles visits White House for state dinner hosted by Trump, after rare address to Congress
2m ago King Charles jokes about White House ballroom King Charles III recognized the U.S. and U.K.’s shared history in a toast during the White House state dinner — and cracked a few 18th- and 19th-century jokes. At one point, he referenced the ballroom that President Trump is seeking to build on the White…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman “deeply sorry” for failing to alert law enforcement to Canada school shooter’s ChatGPT account
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has apologized to members of a Canadian community where a mass shooting took place earlier this year for not flagging the ChatGPT account of the shooter to law enforcement. “The pain your community has endured is unimaginable,” Altman wrote in a letter shared Friday on social media by the British Columbia…
How high energy bills, driven by new data centers, are affecting average Americans
This week, Maine’s governor vetoed a bill that would have made the state the first to ban the construction of new data centers. Shanelle Kaul reports. Source link
What we know about the suspect in shooting at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Cole Tomas Allen, the suspected gunman who tried to attack the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday night, left behind what officials are calling a written “manifesto” in which he clearly stated he wanted to target officials in the Trump administration, a senior U.S. official told CBS News. The president and first lady Melania Trump were…
How the AI-driven data center boom is leading to skyrocketing energy bills for many Americans
Atlanta — It is a sunny afternoon in Atlanta, Georgia, but inside Carolyn Kayne’s 3,000-square-foot home, it is cold. “I’m walking around in a ski suit trying to stay warm in the winter,” Kayne told CBS News. It is just one of the ways Kayne has tried to beat her skyrocketing electric bills, which have almost…