Judge Dismisses D.C.’s Privacy Lawsuit Against Meta
The News A Superior Court judge on Thursday dismissed a privacy lawsuit against Meta by the District of Columbia, which had accused the company of...
Amazon to Pay $25 Million to Settle Children’s Privacy Charges
Amazon agreed on Wednesday to pay a civil penalty of $25 million to settle federal charges that it kept sensitive information collected from children for...
U.S. Proposes Requiring New Cars to Have Automatic Braking Systems
The technology could help reduce fatal accidents. Traffic fatalities are one of the most persistent causes of death in the United States, and they are...
Europe Frets U.S. Battery Factory Subsidies Will Hurt, Not Help
European leaders complained for years that the United States was not doing enough to fight climate change. Now that the Biden administration has devoted hundreds...
Using Alternative Apps and Shared Albums Instead of Mainstream Social Media
Even before the recent TikTok bans and mental-health concerns from the surgeon general, public attitudes toward social media have evolved. Many people are moving to...
The Best Space and Astronomy Photos From May
The James Webb Space Telescope recorded new views of the bright star Fomalhaut. Scientists used them to identify three large belts of debris that ring...
Elizabeth Holmes Reports to Prison in Texas on Tuesday
Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced entrepreneur who was convicted of defrauding investors at her failed blood testing start-up, Theranos, reported to a federal prison in Texas...
AI Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Industry Leaders Warn
A group of industry leaders warned on Tuesday that the artificial intelligence technology they were building might one day pose an existential threat to humanity...
California Builds the Future, for Good and Bad. What’s Next?
California was the first state to pass tailpipe-emissions standards, the first to legalize the medical use of marijuana, the first to adopt paid family leave,...
Would Large Language Models Be Better If They Weren’t So Large?
When it comes to artificial intelligence chatbots, bigger is typically better. Large language models like ChatGPT and Bard, which generate conversational, original text, improve as...
Brain Implants Allow Paralyzed Man to Walk Using His Thoughts
Gert-Jan Oskam was living in China in 2011 when he was in a motorcycle accident that left him paralyzed from the hips down. Now, with...
The Surgeon General’s Social Media Warning and A.I.’s Existential Risks
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Minnesota Governor Vetoes Gig Worker Pay Bill
Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota on Thursday vetoed a bill that would have guaranteed a minimum wage and other protections for Uber and Lyft drivers....
How DeSantis’s Twitter Spaces Event Compares to Past Livestreams
Within hours of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s announcement of his presidential run on Twitter on Wednesday, participants in the audio event celebrated the achievement. David Sacks,...