California Gov. Gavin Newsom nudges school districts to restrict student...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California and South Carolina could become the next states to limit cellphone use in schools, with state officials planning to take up the issue Tuesday. California Gov....
View ArticleGoogle rolls out Pixel 9 phones earlier than usual as AI race with Apple...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google on Tuesday unveiled its next generation of Pixel phones, providing the maker of Android software a head start on the next iPhone in the race to bring more...
View ArticleWyoming reporter caught using artificial intelligence to create fake quotes...
Quotes from Wyoming's governor and a local prosecutor were the first things that seemed slightly off to Powell Tribune reporter CJ Baker. Then, it was some of the phrases in the stories that struck...
View ArticleSocial media influencers descend on the White House, where Biden calls them...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Social media influencers got the royal treatment at the White House on Wednesday as President Joe Biden gave a nod to their ability to hold sway with millions of loyal followers. The...
View Article'Chaos agent': Suspected Trump hack comes as Iran flexes digital muscles...
WASHINGTON (AP) — With less than three months before the U.S. election, Iran is intensifying its efforts to meddle in American politics, U.S. officials and private cybersecurity firms say, with the...
View ArticleCisco cuts thousands of jobs, 7% of workforce, as it shifts focus to AI,...
Cisco Systems is planning to lay off 7% of its employees, its second round of job cuts this year, as the company shifts its focus to more rapidly growing areas in technology, such as artificial...
View ArticleGoogle confirms an Iranian group is trying to access emails linked to both US...
NEW YORK (AP) — Google said Wednesday that an Iranian group linked to the country’s Revolutionary Guard has tried to infiltrate the personal email accounts of roughly a dozen people linked to...
View ArticleJudge tells Google to brace for shakeup of Android app store as punishment...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday indicated he will order major changes in Google’s Android app store to punish the company for engineering a system that a jury declared an illegal...
View ArticleOne Tech Tip: Don't want chatbots using your conversations for AI training?...
LONDON (AP) — Be careful what you tell a chatbot. Your conversation might be used to improve the artificial intelligence system that it's built on. If you ask ChatGPT for advice about your...
View ArticleUS Energy Secretary calls for more nuclear power while celebrating $35...
WAYNESBORO, Ga. (AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Friday called for more nuclear reactors to be built in the United States and worldwide. But the CEO of the Georgia utility that just...
View ArticleWorld's 'largest solar precinct' approved by Australian government
NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — An ambitious plan to build a massive solar farm in remote northern Australia that would transmit energy by submarine cable to Singapore is a step closer after the...
View ArticleFord to shift electric vehicle strategy by building new lower-cost pickups...
DETROIT (AP) — Facing competition from automakers with lower costs, Ford Motor Co. is shifting its electric vehicle strategy and now will focus on making two new electric pickup trucks and a new...
View ArticlePolice raid Andrew Tate's home in Romania as new allegations emerge involving...
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Masked police officers in Romania carried out fresh raids early Wednesday at the home of divisive internet influencer Andrew Tate, who is awaiting trial on charges of human...
View ArticleNepal lifts its ban on TikTok imposed for disrupting social harmony
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s government decided Thursday to lift the ban it imposed on the video-sharing app TikTok last November for disrupting “social harmony." The decision to lift restrictions...
View ArticleCruise will dispatch some of its trouble-ridden robotaxis to join Uber's...
Cruise's trouble-ridden robotaxis are joining Uber's ride-hailing service next year as part of a multiyear partnership bringing together two companies that once appeared poised to compete for...
View ArticleCalifornia woman fed up with stolen mail sends Apple AirTag to herself to...
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California woman fed up with her packages getting stolen out of her post office box sent an Apple AirTag to the address and cleverly tracked down the suspected...
View ArticleAndrew Tate placed under house arrest as new human trafficking allegations...
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A court in Romania's capital Thursday placed the divisive internet influencer Andrew Tate under house arrest for 30 days, as prosecutors investigate a sprawling new case that...
View ArticleNew Dutch leader bans phones in Cabinet meetings to dial back espionage threat
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The new Dutch prime minister has banned cell phones and other mobile devices from the weekly meetings of his Cabinet in a move aimed at dialing back the risk of digital...
View ArticleGoogle agreed to pay millions for California news. Journalists call it a bad...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Google will soon give California millions of dollars to help pay for local journalism jobs in a first-in-the-nation deal, but journalists and other media industry experts are...
View ArticleAfter millions lose access to internet subsidy, FCC moves to fill...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Biden administration is moving to blunt the loss of an expired broadband subsidy program that helped more than 23 million families afford internet access by using money from an...
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