Apple has reportedly resumed talks with OpenAI to build a chatbot for the iPhone
Apple has resumed conversations with OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, to power some AI features coming to iOS 18, according to a new report in Bloomberg. Apple is also building its own large language models to power some iOS 18 features, but its talks with OpenAI are centered around a “chatbot/search component,” according to Bloomberg…
HYBE Stock Rocked by ADOR CEO Controversy, Spotify Shares Hit Highest Mark in Three Years
HYBE was rocked by controversy this week after an audit of one of its subsidiary labels, ADOR, allegedly revealed that the label’s CEO, Min Hee-jin, “deliberately led the plan to take over management control of the subsidiary,” according to a statement sent by the company on Thursday (April 25). Shares of HYBE fell 7.8% on…
Doja Cat Bares All in See-Through Swimsuit
Summer is just around the corner, and Doja Cat is bringing the heat with her new Instagram post. The “Paint the Town Red” star share a series of snaps to the platform in which she’s seen kneeling poolside in a see-through white, thong swimsuit — with her chest and booty on full display. She paired…
Swift Domination: Tay Tay Continues To Torture Aussie Artists On The ARIA Charts
Taylor Swift’s domination is complete. On her new album, The Tortured Poets Department, the American superstar asks: Who’s Afraid Of Little Old Me? As she adds, you should be. When you combine this week’s Top 40 singles and albums, the scoreboard is: Taylor Swift – 37 Australia – 0 For the first time ever, one…
Organization urges Albuquerque leaders to include library funding in proposed budget
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Public Libraries could be short hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding. According to a local organization, city leaders left out a necessary amount of money needed to keep libraries afloat. The Library Advisory Board is a group appointed by city and county leaders to advocate for libraries in Albuquerque and…
Nick Cave @ Plenary Theatre, Melbourne
In a world of mimics, Nick Cave is a true original. No one can do what he does. And it’s befitting that on a bleak evening in Melbourne, Cave should be the one to entertain the masses. From an unhinged post-punk prodigy to a moody, debonair virtuoso, Cave’s creative evolution is unparalleled. For more than…
A California Bill Designed to Rein in Ticketmaster Was Rewritten. Now It May End Up Helping It Instead
A controversial California Assembly bill that would have forced Ticketmaster to share its ticketing inventory with resale sites StubHub and SeatGeek has been amended with anti-resale provisions that would allow promoters like Live Nation to ban Stubhub and SeatGeek from selling its concert tickets in California. The whiplash legislative maneuvering is the result of the…
With new partnership, Rush Copley in Aurora aims to become ‘destination cancer program in the western suburbs’
Rush Copley Medical Center in Aurora will now be offering “world-class” cancer care after a recently announced partnership with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, according to hospital officials. At a ceremony announcing the partnership to Rush Copley Medical Center staff on Friday, Dr. Ying Zhang said the hospital’s cancer patients will get…
At USC, arrests. At UCLA, hands off. Why pro-Palestinian protests have not blown up on UC campuses
At USC, police in riot gear arrested 93 pro-Palestinian protestors, while UCLA sent in observers who kept their hands off students in a peaceful encampment.
Hacktivist group claims it infiltrated Belarus security agency
A Belarusian hacker activist group claims to have infiltrated the network of the country’s main KGB security agency and accessed personnel files of over 8,600 employees of the organization, which still goes under its Soviet name. The authorities have not commented on the claim, but the website of the Belarusian KGB was opening with an…
The differences — and similarities — between the Coachella and Stagecoach festivals
The Stagecoach Country Music Festival is held in Indio at the same site as Coachella. What do the festivals have in common?
Is Eagle Rock’s new pâtisserie serving L.A.’s most sought-after croissants?
The new pastry shop debuted last weekend and operates only three days a week. In its first few days of operation Fondry has sold out between 45 and 90 minutes after opening its doors.