Can AI help you win your March Madness bracket? One disruptor bets $1 million...
DENVER (AP) — Perhaps the surest sign that artificial intelligence really is taking over the world will come the day it wins your favorite March Madness bracket pool. The day could be coming soon. In...
View ArticleAmazon ends little-used privacy feature that let Echo users opt out of...
Amazon is ending a little-used privacy feature that let some users of its Echo smart speaker prevent their voice commands from going to the company's cloud. Beginning on March 28, Amazon is ending the...
View ArticleNHL launches a front office iPad app to modernize roster, contract and salary...
MANALAPAN, Fla. (AP) — The NHL has launched a front office app that modernizes the league’s roster, contract and salary cap information. The league worked with SAP to develop an app for Apple iPads...
View ArticleItaly to follow England and Germany by trialing in-stadium announcements for...
MILAN (AP) — The Italian league will offer more transparency over video review decisions, including limited in-stadium announcements of the referee’s conversations with the VAR. The league’s governing...
View ArticleA European startup scrubs its attempt to launch an orbital rocket on its...
OSLO, Norway (AP) — A private European aerospace company scrubbed its attempt on Monday to launch the first test flight of its orbital launch vehicle from Norway. Unfavorable winds meant that the...
View ArticleWaymo plans to bring its driverless taxis to Washington in 2026
Waymo on Tuesday added Washington to its pioneering robotaxi service's steadily expanding list of U.S. markets, although passengers will have to wait until next year until they can take a driverless...
View ArticleNapster sold to tech commerce company for $207 million
NEW YORK (AP) — A brand that was notoriously connected to music piracy before reemerging as a subscription music service has been sold to Infinite Reality for $207 million. The tech startup announced...
View Article23andMe has filed for bankruptcy. What does this mean for your DNA data privacy?
The genetic testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy, prompting people who’ve used the service and sent in DNA samples to be analyzed to wonder what will happen to their genetic data. The...
View ArticleGameStop's plan to bet on Bitcoin juices video game retailer's stock
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — GameStop's seesawing stock price surged 7% late Tuesday after the video game retailer disclosed plans to invest some of its cash in cryptocurrency. Without providing any...
View Article'Like a sound from hell:' Was an illegal sonic weapon used against peaceful...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Ivana Ilic Sunderic had never heard anything quite so alarming and disturbing at a protest as the sound that broke a commemorative silence during a huge anti-government rally...
View ArticleCyprus to fund desalination plants at hotels to reduce impact of water...
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus said Wednesday it plans to subsidize construction of private desalination plants at hotels to ensure the tourism-reliant island nation has enough fresh water too see it...
View ArticleTeams successful on 52.2% of ball/strike challenges during spring training...
NEW YORK (AP) — Teams won 52.2% of their ball/strike challenges during the spring training test of robot umpires, and catchers had a markedly better success rate than pitchers. Major League Baseball...
View ArticleTrump says he would consider reducing China tariffs if there's a deal on TikTok
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would consider a reduction in tariffs on China if that country's government approves a sale of TikTok's operations in the United States. Speaking with...
View ArticleJudge allows newspaper copyright lawsuit against OpenAI to proceed
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that The New York Times and other newspapers can proceed with a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft seeking to end the practice of using their...
View ArticleAirman charged with posing as teen on Roblox to coerce 9-year-old into...
NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. airman has been charged with coercing a 9-year-old girl to share sexually explicit images of herself, after he posed as a 13-year-old on the gaming site Roblox. David Ibarra,...
View ArticleFigure skating embraces the future with new technology, modern concepts to...
BOSTON (AP) — Ashley Wagner and Ben Agosto know what it's like to step off the ice at the figure skating world championships and feel as though they've conquered the sport. And what it feels like when...
View ArticleLos Angeles sheriff's department to retest 4,000 DNA samples after using...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said this week it will retest 4,000 DNA samples and open an internal investigation after learning that it used potentially flawed test...
View ArticleWhat is 'classified' information? What are 'secure' communications? Here's a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration's use of a popular messaging app to discuss sensitive military plans — with a journalist on the text chain — is raising questions about security and the...
View ArticleAn AI-based drone that speeds up the detection and monitoring of wildfires is...
EBERSWALDE, Germany (AP) — A company that specializes in early wildfire detection has developed a new, AI-based drone it says will help speed up the detection, location and monitoring of fires. The...
View ArticleChatGPT's viral Studio Ghibli-style images highlight AI copyright concerns
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fans of Studio Ghibli, the famed Japanese animation studio behind “Spirited Away” and other beloved movies, were delighted this week when a new version of ChatGPT let them transform...
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