Today: September 23, 2024
Today: September 23, 2024

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CEOs of OpenAI and Intel cite artificial intelligence's voracious appetite for processing power

Two tech CEOs scrambling to produce more of the sophisticated chips needed for artificial intelligence have met for a brainstorming session while the market’s early leader reported another quarter of eye-popping growth

CEOs of OpenAI and Intel cite artificial intelligence's voracious appetite for processing power
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How AI health care chatbots learn from the questions of an Indian women's organization

A women's organization in Mumbai, India, is training a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence with the help of women like 32-year-old Komal Vilas Thatkare

How AI health care chatbots learn from the questions of an Indian women's organization
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Hyundai's Supernal and Embraer-backed Eve Air Mobility see future in electric-powered air taxis

As the aviation sector seeks ways to make air travel less polluting and more sustainable, aerospace company Embraer and South Korean automaker Hyundai are among the companies betting on a new form of air travel -– air taxis

Hyundai's Supernal and Embraer-backed Eve Air Mobility see future in electric-powered air taxis
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Pakistan blocks X for the sixth day as activists criticize the social media platform's shutdown

Pakistan’s media regulators have blocked the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, with users across the country enduring the sixth day of sweeping disruptions, partial and complete shutdowns

Pakistan blocks X for the sixth day as activists criticize the social media platform's shutdown
Technology

Bacteria can develop resistance to drugs they haven’t encountered before − scientists figured this out decades ago in a classic experiment

The Nobel Prize-winning Luria−Delbrück experiment showed that random mutations in bacteria can allow them to develop resistance by chance.

Bacteria can develop resistance to drugs they haven’t encountered before − scientists figured this out decades ago in a classic experiment
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Google suspends Gemini chatbot's ability to generate pictures of people

Google said Thursday it’s temporarily stopping its Gemini artificial intelligence chatbot from generating images of people a day after apologizing for “inaccuracies” in historical depictions that it was creating

Google suspends Gemini chatbot's ability to generate pictures of people
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Reddit strikes $60 million deal allowing Google to train AI models on its posts

Reddit has struck a deal with Google

Reddit strikes $60 million deal allowing Google to train AI models on its posts
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A look at Nvidia climb to prominence in the AI world, by the numbers

Nvidia’s stock price jumped 16% on Thursday, increasing the company's market value by a staggering $273 billion in just one day, a record amount

A look at Nvidia climb to prominence in the AI world, by the numbers
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A love affair unraveled before a Black transgender woman was fatally shot in rural South Carolina

The secretive relationship between a South Carolina man and a Black transgender woman has been the focus of the nation’s first federal trial over an alleged hate crime based on gender identity

A love affair unraveled before a Black transgender woman was fatally shot in rural South Carolina
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This week's cellphone outage makes it clear: In the United States, landlines are languishing

When some people's cellphone service went down for a while because of an AT&T network outage, among the alternatives suggested were using landlines

This week's cellphone outage makes it clear: In the United States, landlines are languishing
Entertainment|Technology

What to stream this week: Adam Sandler is in space, 'Elsbeth' sleuths and Japan shines in 'Shogun'

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” storming Apple TV+, East meets West in feudal Japan with the kick-off of the series “Shogun,” and Disney+'s animated series “Iwájú” offers a coming-of-age story set in the future in Lagos, Nigeria

What to stream this week: Adam Sandler is in space, 'Elsbeth' sleuths and Japan shines in 'Shogun'
Sports|Technology

Arizona Coyotes move to terminate Adam Ruzicka's contract after social media video surfaces

The Arizona Coyotes have put forward Adam Ruzicka on unconditional waivers to terminate his contract

Arizona Coyotes move to terminate Adam Ruzicka's contract after social media video surfaces
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Colombia to send deep-water expedition to explore 300-year-old shipwreck thought to hold treasure

Colombia’s government has announced an underwater exploration more than 600 meters deep to investigate and try to raise objects from the mythical galleon San José, sunk in the 18th century in the country’s northern Caribbean and believed to contain cargo valued at billions of dollars

Colombia to send deep-water expedition to explore 300-year-old shipwreck thought to hold treasure
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Google says its AI image-generator would sometimes 'overcompensate' for race

Google apologized Friday for its faulty rollout of a new artificial intelligence image-generator, acknowledging that in some cases the tool would “overcompensate” in seeking a diverse range of people even when such a range didn’t make sense

Google says its AI image-generator would sometimes 'overcompensate' for race
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'Burn Book' torches tech titans in veteran reporter's tale of love and loathing in Silicon Valley

Technology is so pervasive and invasive that it’s polarizing people, producing feelings of love and loathing for its devices, online services and the would-be visionaries behind them

'Burn Book' torches tech titans in veteran reporter's tale of love and loathing in Silicon Valley
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Amazon joins 29 other 'blue chip' companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average

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Amazon joins 29 other 'blue chip' companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average
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Tax-free status of movie, music and games traded online is on table as WTO nations meet in Abu Dhabi

As the World Trade Organization opens its latest biannual meeting of government ministers on Monday, its longtime moratorium on duties on e-commerce products is coming under pressure like never before

Tax-free status of movie, music and games traded online is on table as WTO nations meet in Abu Dhabi
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China's homegrown C919 jet in spotlight at Singapore air show, but not quite ready to compete

China’s C919 single-aisle jet made its international debut at the Singapore Airshow, attracting masses of visitors and hundreds of orders, but analysts say it still has a long way to go before it can compete with aircraft from market leaders Boeing and Airbus

China's homegrown C919 jet in spotlight at Singapore air show, but not quite ready to compete
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Two Chinese bloggers in exile warn that police are interrogating their followers

Two prominent Chinese bloggers in exile said that police were investigating their millions of followers on international social media platforms, in an escalation of Beijing’s attempts to clamp down on critical speech even outside of the country’s borders

Two Chinese bloggers in exile warn that police are interrogating their followers
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Supreme Court takes up regulation of social media platforms in cases from Florida and Texas

The Supreme Court is taking up challenges to state laws Monday that could affect how Facebook, TikTok, X and other social media platforms regulate content posted by their users

Supreme Court takes up regulation of social media platforms in cases from Florida and Texas
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Mexican president slams YouTube for taking down his video that shared a journalist's phone number

Mexico’s president has again lashed out at social media platform YouTube for taking down part of his daily news briefing where he revealed a reporter’s phone number

Mexican president slams YouTube for taking down his video that shared a journalist's phone number
Education|News|Technology

Phones are distracting students in class. More states are pressing schools to ban them

The scene in classrooms around the country is similar: Kids are on their phones, even when school rules forbid it

Phones are distracting students in class. More states are pressing schools to ban them
Business|Technology

Sony to cut about 900 jobs in its PlayStation unit as layoffs in technology, gaming sector continue

Sony will cut about 900 jobs in its PlayStation division, or about 8% of its global workforce, becoming the latest company in the technology and gaming sector to announce layoffs

Sony to cut about 900 jobs in its PlayStation unit as layoffs in technology, gaming sector continue
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer asks judge to reject 100-year recommended sentence

Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer says a recommended sentence of 100 years in prison for the FTX founder is “grotesque” and “barbaric” for cryptocurrency crimes

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer asks judge to reject 100-year recommended sentence
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Zuckerberg meets LG and Samsung chiefs as he visits South Korea as part of a 3-nation Asian tour

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has discussed cooperation on extended reality devices with LG Electronics executives

Zuckerberg meets LG and Samsung chiefs as he visits South Korea as part of a 3-nation Asian tour

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