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WhatsApp will allow users to go by usernames instead of phone numbers, closing a privacy blind spot

LONDON (AP) — WhatsApp users will soon get the option of going by usernames instead of phone numbers,...

South Korean tech giants to build a $518 billion chipmaking hub to serve soaring AI demand

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean tech giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix said Monday they...

OpenAI and Anthropic limit new AI models to Trump-approved customers during cybersecurity review

ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Friday it is restricting the release of its new artificial intelligence...

ATF cancels phone tracking contract after lawmakers raise concerns

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives canceled its contract for...

Australia plans to strengthen laws banning children from social media

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government plans to strengthen laws that ban children younge...

Former executive sues Meta over attempts to 'silence' her memoir, 'Careless People'

A former Meta executive whose memoir, "Careless People," provides an explosive insider account of...

Apple increases prices for Macs and iPads, blaming a shortage of memory chips

Apple on Thursday announced an increase in prices for Macs and iPads, citing a memory chip shortage...

AI is plowing through the workplace. This new group wants to help people adapt and have jobs

WASHINGTON (AP) — America has been rushing into an artificial intelligence future without much of...

Alibaba sues the US Defense Department in a bid to remove 'Chinese military company' designation

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Chinese tech giant Alibaba has sued the U.S. Department of Defense, demanding...

Agility Robotics heads to Wall Street in a $2.5B bet on staffing warehouses with humanoids

A maker of humanlike robots that carry totes around warehouses is aiming to go public on Wall Street...

AI is an energy and water hog, here's what you can do to counter that

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the world tries to curb human-caused climate change and not run dry of water,...

Top developers are pivoting from chatbots to physical AI

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Computer scientist Louis Castricato was in his eighth year studying large language...

Chinese supercomputer displaces US machines as world's fastest for first time since 2017

A supercomputer in China now outranks its U.S. counterparts as the world’s most powerful, marking the...

AI stock slump raises the question if investors are just taking profits or getting very nervous

Technology companies are spending big to incorporate artificial intelligence into their businesses an...

Supreme Court kills suit claiming Cisco’s technology helped China persecute Falun Gong members

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted tech giant Cisco’s bid to shut down a lawsuit...

AI companies should release environmental impact, commit to clean energy, says UN chief

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday called on artificial intelligence companies...

World Cup ticket buyers are left stranded as resale purchases fall through

ATLANTA (AP) — Bina Ramroop broke down in tears when she realized she wasn't going to get the World...

Court orders Ohio restrictions on kids’ use of social media restored

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's law requiring children under 16 to get parental consent to use social medi...

A city's push for facial recognition on public buses ignites debate over security and privacy

Officials in Kansas City, Missouri, are preparing to equip cameras on some public buses with facial...

Man who died in Texas plane crash was a key figure in seeding Austin's technology boom

The man who died when a small jet crashed on a Texas highway was an entrepreneur well-known in the...

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