Google makes fixes to AI-generated search summaries after outlandish answers...
Google said Friday it has made “more than a dozen technical improvements” to its artificial intelligence systems after its retooled search engine was found spitting out erroneous information. The tech...
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 ArticleFormer tech exec admits to fraud involving a scheme to boost Getty Images...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former technology executive has pleaded guilty to a single count of fraud involving a scheme to artificially inflate the share price of photo and video distributor Getty Images,...
View ArticleSexist tropes and misinformation swirl online as Mexico prepares to elect its...
Mexican voters are poised to elect their first female president, a cause of celebration for many that has also touched off a flurry of false and misogynist online claims, blurring the lines behind...
View ArticleLive Nation reveals data breach at its Ticketmaster subsidiary
Live Nation is investigating a data breach at its Ticketmaster subsidiary, which dominates ticketing for live events in the United States. Live Nation, based in Beverly Hills, California, said in a...
View ArticleA Chinese spacecraft lands on moon's far side to collect rocks in growing...
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon Sunday to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the...
View ArticleTrump joins TikTok and calls it 'an honor.' As president he once tried to ban...
Donald Trump has joined the popular video-sharing app TikTok, a platform he once tried to ban while in the White House, and posted from a UFC fight two days after he became the first former president...
View ArticleClimate solution: Massachusetts town experiments with community heating and...
Jennifer and Eric Mauchan live in a Cape Cod-style house in Framingham, Massachusetts that they've been cooling with five air conditioners. In the summer, the electric bill for the 2,600-square-foot...
View ArticleNvidia's stock is expensive. A look at why, and how that should change, by...
Nvidia’s stock price has more than doubled this year after more than tripling in 2023 and it's now the third most valuable company in the S&P 500. Nvidia's stock rose again Monday after it...
View ArticleCEOs got hefty pay raises in 2023, widening the gap with the workers they...
NEW YORK (AP) — The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 13% last year, easily surpassing the gains for workers at a time when inflation...
View ArticleSpain proposes law to improve online safety for children, including virtual...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s government has proposed a law to protect children from online threats that includes virtual restraining orders for felons, a higher age for opening social media...
View ArticleFormer OpenAI employees lead push to protect whistleblowers flagging...
A group of OpenAI's current and former workers is calling on the ChatGPT-maker and other artificial intelligence companies to protect employees who flag safety risks about AI technology. An open...
View ArticleTech news site Gizmodo sold for third time in 8 years as European publisher...
NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime technology news and review site Gizmodo has been sold for the third time in the past eight years, this time to a European publisher looking to expand its coverage of the...
View ArticleNew York considers regulating what children see in social media feeds
New York lawmakers on Tuesday said they were finalizing legislation that would allow parents to block their children from getting social media posts curated by a platform's algorithm, a move to rein...
View ArticleAmazon Labor Union moves to affiliate with the Teamsters union amid struggles
The Amazon Labor Union, a grassroots labor group that won a major victory at an Amazon warehouse two years ago, has agreed to affiliate with the Teamsters union, a move that’s bound to inject new...
View ArticleIn their own words: What young people wish they'd known about social media
It's dangerous. It's addictive. Get off your phone. Kids constantly hear about the downsides of social media from the adults in their lives, often in the form of dire warnings and commands. But these...
View ArticleAustralian online watchdog drops court case against X over stabbing video
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s online safety watchdog said on Wednesday she had dropped her Federal Court case that attempted to force X Corp. to take down a video of a Sydney bishop being...
View ArticleA Russian cyber gang is thought to be behind a ransomware attack that hit...
LONDON (AP) — A Russian cyber gang is believed to be behind a ransomware attack that disrupted London hospitals and led to operations and appointments being canceled, the former head of British...
View ArticleSoftware giant SAP agrees to buy WalkMe for $1.5 billion cash
NEW YORK (AP) — German software giant SAP has agreed to buy WalkMe in an all-cash deal valued at about $1.5 billion. The acquisition of WalkMe, a digital adoption platform operator that works with...
View ArticlePolitical consultant behind fake Biden robocalls posts bail on first 6 of 26...
LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — A political consultant who sent artificial intelligence-generated robocalls mimicking President Joe Biden’s voice made his first court appearance Wednesday in New Hampshire, where...
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