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AI-Generated Joe Rogan Chats Up Steve Jobs

This isn’t the real Steve Jobs. It’s actually a wax mockup on display at a wax museum in Istanbul, Turkey. As good as this wax display is, new advancements in AI-generated voice tech may be able to mimic the Apple co-founder’s voice as well.Photo: Grey82 (Shutterstock)It is “Spooky Season,” so it just makes sense we’d be seeing, or at least hearing, some famous tech folks coming back from the dead. Steve Jobs often feels like he’s still got two feet out of the grave for how often the tech entrepreneur is brought up in

Mystery Person in Elon Musk Texts is Ex-Wife Talulah Riley

Talulah Riley attends the British Academy Film Awards 2022 Gala Dinner on March 11, 2022 in London, England (left) and Elon Musk at a SpaceX event in Boca Chica Beach, Texas on August 25, 2022.Image: Mike Marsland/WireImage / Michael Gonzalez (Getty Images)The mystery person known only as ‘TJ’ in court documents made public last week during Twitter’s lawsuit against Elon Musk has been revealed as the billionaire’s ex-wife Talulah Riley, according to a new report from Bloomberg News.Riley, a British actress who had small

Something Weird Is Going On With Zuckerberg and the UFC

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said he’s been training hard in jiu-jitsu and MMA. Photo: Kevin Dietsch (Getty Images)Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg can’t duck and weave the jabbing questions that he’s responsible for buying out the entire arena for a major UFC show this Saturday. The rolling speculation has even started to claim that the Z-man himself wants to hop into the Octagon and test his mettle against a live opponent.The UFC announced earlier this week that they were restricting access to the Las Vegas UFC Apex facility

Elon Musk’s Private Texts With Joe Rogan, Jack Dorsey, and More

Billionaire Elon Musk walks on stage during a T-Mobile and SpaceX joint event on August 25, 2022 in Boca Chica Beach, Texas.Photo: Michael Gonzalez (Getty Images)Elon Musk’s private texts were included in new court filings on Thursday as part of the lawsuit brought by Twitter to make the billionaire buy the social media company. And whatever you think of Musk’s weird attempt to back out of the deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion, the texts provide a fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse at 21st century dealmaking in the

Spotify takes on Amazon’s Audible, launches audiobook service for US users

Spotify Technology SA is locking horns with Amazon.com Inc's Audible, with the launch of its audiobook service in the United States. Spotify users in the country will have access to over 300,000 audiobook titles, the Swedish firm said in a blog. Users will be able to browse the catalog on the Spotify app and purchase through the website, it added, similar to the purchase of Spotify subscription.Read Also The audiobooks market was estimated at $4.8 billion in 2021 and was expected to grow at about 14% compound annual…

Facebook Agrees to Settle Lawsuit Over Cambridge Analytica

Mark Zuckerberg, chairman and CEO of Facebook, speaks in 2016 at the CEO summit during the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Lima, Peru. Photo: Andrew Harnik (AP)While news of Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience was making the rounds Friday night, eventually trending on Twitter, attorneys at his company were preparing to settle one of the biggest lawsuits he’s ever faced —ignited by one of the biggest controversies it’s ever caused.Court filings show that, at least in

Meta to debut new VR headset in October, Zuckerberg tells Rogan

The Facebook Oculus Quest VR headset is comfortable and easy to use.Todd Haselton | CNBCMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that his company will debut a new virtual reality headset in October, typically the month the company holds its Connect VR conference.Speaking on an episode of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast that was published Thursday, the Facebook founder said that Meta's next VR headset will contain new features intended to help users experience a feeling of "social presence."The new VR headset will contain more…

Zuck Sets Next Meta VR Headset For October on Joe Rogan Podcast

Joe Rogan and Mark Zuckerberg sat down for a near-3 hour conversation Thursday.Screenshot: PowerfulJREOn Thursday night, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg joined ex-MMA commentator and TV host Joe Rogan on the latter’s podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, for some reason. The two collectively talked shit about rival social media platform Twitter, dropped hints about a new VR headset, and denied that social media is responsible for political divisions in the U.S. At the same time, the Zuck opened up about what being the head of

COVID-19 Misinformation: Science Podcaster Calls Spotify’s Support of Joe Rogan a ‘Slap in the Face’

The executive producer and host of Gimlet Media's Science Vs podcast said she would devote her fact-checking show exclusively to contradicting misinformation on other podcasts carried by parent company Spotify.The announcement by Wendy Zukerman builds on protests by Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and others against Spotify's Joe Rogan Experience Podcast. They say Spotify is not doing enough to prevent the spread of COVID-19 misinformation.Zukerman posted a copy of an email she sent to Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, in which she said…

Joe Rogan Says He Keeps Turning Donald Trump Down

Joe Rogan was a recent guest on the Lex Fridman Podcast.Image: Carmen Mandato (Getty Images)The bar is on the floor for Joe Rogan—an expectation that he’s finally met. The controversial podcast host saysthat he has had multiple opportunities to interview Donald Trump on his show, but rejected them.I miss the times when Joe Rogan was best known for being the host of Fear Factor, I really do. Alas, these days he is the host of the largest podcast on Spotify—with an estimated 11 million listeners per episode—who claimed on