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Nov 21, 2024
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo emphasized the importance of integrating security with innovation when it comes to something as rapidly advancing and as powerful as artificial intelligence.
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Nov 21, 2024
The broad scope of recommended penalties underscores how severely officials believe Google should be punished following a ruling that branded the company as a monopolist.
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Nov 15, 2024
A Conditional AI Safety Treaty can help prevent runaway AI and President-elect Trump should embrace the idea, writes Otto Barten.
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Nov 14, 2024
For many young people, becoming a tech giant is very appealing—but it isn't a magic bullet, writes Greg M. Epstein.
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Nov 13, 2024
Across the platform, new users—among them journalists, left-leaning politicians and celebrities—have shared that they're looking forward to using a space free from advertisements and hate speech.
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Nov 08, 2024
Following a historic victory at the polls, what will a second Trump term mean for America's AI future?
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Nov 06, 2024
Bitcoin hit an all-time high amidst Trump's victory. Here's why crypto fans are celebrating.
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Nov 05, 2024
A new report by research organization Epoch AI found that open models available today are about a year behind the top closed models.
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Nov 04, 2024
AI is spurring a new generation of earthquake monitoring and climate forecasting systems.
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Oct 31, 2024
The nonprofit Opportunity International is leading the creation of 3 generative-AI based apps for high-poverty communities
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Oct 30, 2024
To compile this year's list, we solicited nominations from TIME's editors and correspondents around the world
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Oct 30, 2024
Imagine a conference room with a dozen people, plus more joining remotely on a video call. It's awkward. Eye contact is tough and if you're on video, it's hard to see everyone clearly. Logitech Sight combines a tabletop device with a multi-camera system and AI to automatically snap the focus onto whoever's speaking (and center…
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Oct 30, 2024
"If you cut yourself, what's the first responder?" says Rion Aesthetics CEO Alisa Lask. "Platelets—your blood." Going off that premise, creators of Rion's Plated Intense Serum purchase platelets from a blood bank to harness the type of exosome—an inter-cellular messenger—responsible for signaling cell renewal. With billions of exosomes per two-pump dose, Plated uses its Renewosome…
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Oct 30, 2024
Bimotal Elevate turns a pedal bike into an e-bike with just a cellphone-sized device. Toby Ricco developed the product so he could keep mountain biking after he recovered from tearing cartilage in his left knee. Elevate is a $1,995 palm-sized motor with 750 watts of power—enough to produce 75 Newton-meters of torque—that clips onto the…
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Oct 30, 2024
Want to discuss A Room with a View with Lena Dunham? Or hear Roxane Gay talking through Edith Wharton's Age of Innocence? Now you can, thanks to publishing outfit Rebind. The company was founded by John Dubuque, who hired a professor at Corpus Christi College, at the University of Oxford, to teach him the philosophical…
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Oct 30, 2024
Getting lash extensions can be an uncomfortable process, involving lying with tape under your eyes on a bed for two hours. Chief technology officer Nathan Harding co-founded Luum Lash when he realized it could be improved by using robots. Luum swaps sharp application instruments for soft-tipped plastic tools, uses a safety mechanism to detach instruments…
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Oct 30, 2024
Around 22 million Americans are exposed to loud noises during the workday. Ear protectors help, but block out conversations, too. To address that issue, 3M has developed the world's first self-charging protective communications headset, the Peltor WS Alert XPV Headset. The headset blocks outside noise but includes headphones and a microphone so workers can hear…
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Oct 30, 2024
Worldwide, 2.6 billion people don't have an internet connection. The mission of Taara, which sits within X, Alphabet's moonshot factory, is to bridge that gap. Taara uses beams of light to transmit data between small terminals, offering an alternative to traditional fiber optic cables in places where installing ground-based systems is tricky. The beams can…
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Oct 30, 2024
Keratin has been part of hair care routines since Brazilians popularized use of the smoothing protein. But the time-consuming treatment process is a short-term solution. "We created Virtue's Damage Reverse Serum to actually reverse and prevent future damage as opposed to just patching it up temporarily," says Virtue Labs CEO Jose Luis Palacios. The lightweight…
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Oct 30, 2024
NuFace's facial toning devices have been gaining popularity in recent years, but the latest model, the Trinity Complete, offers the combination of microcurrent and red light therapy, a hugely popular and study-backed skincare treatment. The handheld facial device has three magnetized attachments that promise to tighten facial muscles and smooth wrinkles. "As we get older,…
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Oct 30, 2024
Detecting Alzheimer's disease remains a challenge because its early symptoms can be subtle, but it's becoming more critical as new treatments emerge. Often by the time symptoms of memory loss and cognitive decline appear, the degenerative brain condition is more difficult to treat. AlzPath developed the first commercial blood test for ptau217 in the blood,…
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Oct 30, 2024
Large commercial buildings are teeming with data: humidity levels, ventilation rates, the boiler's water supply, and so on. BrainBox AI's ARIA is an AI platform that automates HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) optimization, looking for inefficiencies. The system constantly tracks data, makes forecasts, and then takes corrective action (such as lowering the indoor temperature).…
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Oct 30, 2024
Robotic Knee Relief
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Oct 30, 2024
Essential tremors, a medical condition where muscles contract and relax involuntarily, affect up to 200 million people worldwide. GyroGear, headquartered in London, this year launched the GyroGlove to help. The product, which has been approved as a medical device by the FDA, works using a gyroscopic spinning disc on the back of the hand that…
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Oct 30, 2024
It might have seemed an inevitable development, but your AirPods can now double as hearing aids. The FDA has cleared Apple's software update that turns iPhones into clinical-grade hearing tests—similar to the ones audiologists perform—and AirPods Pro 2 into hearing aids, if the test determines you have mild to moderate hearing loss. With the software…
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Oct 30, 2024
Five years ago, John Cho's father became paralyzed after a medical procedure went wrong, leaving him with few ways to exercise. So Cho, co-founder of the South Korean startup Kangsters, helped create one: Wheely-X, a wheelchair treadmill that pairs with apps (there's a mount for a digital tablet), offering workouts such as wheelchair racing games…
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Oct 30, 2024
As someone who stutters, Joris Castermans, the CEO and founder of Dutch startup Whispp, knew whispering helps with fluency. Castermans undertook the "really labor intensive" work of creating a dataset of phrases in both spoken and whispered speech, and then used that data to train an AI model that transforms whispered and raspy utterances into…
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Oct 30, 2024
"People who find it challenging to understand speech in noise just don't attend social events," says Tal Rosenwein, COO at OrCam, noting that the social isolation can lead to depression. The company's OrCam Hear helps cut through the noise—literally. Trained on hundreds of thousands of hours of audio, the AI-powered smart hearing aids, which are…
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Oct 30, 2024
Doctors spend an average of 15.5 hours per week on paperwork and administration, according to the 2023 Medscape Physician Compensation Report. "We have this huge public health emergency, and when you ask [doctors] what's crushing their soul, they all say it's paperwork," says Dr. Shiv Rao, CEO and founder of Abridge AI. That's the impetus…
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Oct 30, 2024
In a world of disinformation, Facticity.AI, an artificially intelligent fact-checking tool developed by Singapore start-up AI Seer, seeks to tip the scales in the truth's favor. Facticity's online tool, released in beta in June, checks claims in text and video, and provides references and links to reliable sources. The company claims 92% accuracy, beating competitor…
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Oct 29, 2024
If Democrats take a fresh look at crypto without judgment, they will see much that aligns with their ideals, writes Laura Shin.
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Oct 25, 2024
A survey by the Center for Youth and AI and YouGov suggests teens via the risks of AI as a top issue for lawmakers.
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Oct 21, 2024
The Facebook parent company will start using the tech to crack down on scams that use pictures of celebrities to look more legitimate as well as to better assist users who get locked out of their accounts.
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Oct 19, 2024
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which means it's the perfect time to learn how to protect yourself from scams.
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Oct 18, 2024
Artificial generative intelligence is no longer a distant speculation—it's an impending reality that carries enormous risk.
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Oct 16, 2024
On Tuesday, luminaries in the field of AI gathered at Serpentine North for the inaugural TIME100 Impact Dinner London.
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Oct 15, 2024
More than 20 surgeries have recently been completed by headset-wearing surgeons at UC San Diego Health.
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Oct 13, 2024
The Clock's current reading—29 minutes to midnight—shows just how close we are to a potential doomsday scenario, writes Michael Wade.
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Oct 10, 2024
Workers can shape the trajectory of AI's impact—but only if they have a voice in the technology's design and deployment.
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Oct 09, 2024
Meteorologists have found that AI forecasts of hurricanes are generated much more quickly, and are sometimes more accurate, than traditional forecasts.
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Oct 08, 2024
Cullen Hoback's new documentary argues Bitcoin's Satoshi Nakamoto has been hiding in plain sight all along.
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Oct 08, 2024
Cullen Hoback's new documentary argues Bitcoin's Satoshi Nakamoto has been hiding in plain sight all along.
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Oct 08, 2024
Multiple states filed lawsuits against TikTok, alleging it harms youth mental health by designing its platform to be addictive to kids.
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Oct 08, 2024
While AI and algorithms can be used to exploit the worst in us, they can also be used to strengthen what's best in us.
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Oct 08, 2024
The industry has poured unprecedented sums into shaping the 2024 elections. Will it work?
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Oct 03, 2024
Australia's government has increasingly pressured global tech firms to better police content for online safety, and said X didn't adequately crack down on child-abuse content.
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Oct 02, 2024
A new study contends leading AI labs like OpenAI, Meta and xAI have inadequate risk management
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Sep 30, 2024
California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed what would have become one of the most comprehensive policies governing the safety of AI in the U.S.
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Sep 25, 2024
They are the latest high-profile departures from the ChatGPT maker. CEO Sam Altman expressed his gratitude for Murati's service and said leadership changes are natural for a fast-growing company.
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Sep 25, 2024
The scammers sent WhatsApp messages and emails pretending to be Brad Pitt, promising future romantic relationships.
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Sep 25, 2024
This year, for the first time, TIME will debut a ranking of the World's Top GreenTech Companies, in partnership with Statista, a leading international provider of market and consumer data and rankings, alongside its second annual ranking of America's Top GreenTech Companies. These lists will recognize the most innovative, impactful, and successful companies whose aim…
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Sep 25, 2024
Right now, 2.6 billion people around the world are not online. That creates real world problems that harm public health, social equality and economic development.
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Sep 25, 2024
The viral message shared by hundreds of thousands of social media users, including a number of celebrities, won't legally protect your data.
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Sep 22, 2024
Investor Vinod Khosla spoke with TIME about the future of AI and his thoughts on regulation.
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Sep 20, 2024
AI is reshaping the efficiency of fast fashion, but experts warn it may also perpetuate overconsumption, pollution, and exploitation.
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Sep 18, 2024
What we know—and don't know—about the exploding pager and radio attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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Sep 17, 2024
The committee was created to advise OpenAI's board on "critical safety and security" decisions.
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Sep 17, 2024
A historically Black community in Memphis is already burdened by pollution. Musk's AI data center could further threaten the environment, locals say.
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Sep 17, 2024
News of separate teen accounts for those under 18 comes amid growing backlash against how social media affects young people.
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Sep 17, 2024
The parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp announced a new ban on RT and other outlets, days after the U.S. sanctioned Russian media entities.
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Sep 17, 2024
TIME100 AI honorees Ray Kurzweil, Chinasa T. Okolo, and Elizabeth Kelly, and Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar S participated in a TIME100 Impact Dinner panel.
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Sep 17, 2024
TIME100 AI honorees Lisa Su, Amba Kak, and King Willonius offered toasts at a TIME100 Impact Dinner.
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Sep 16, 2024
"Human-scale uncertainties make us more resilient, revealing weaknesses we did not know we had," writes Dr. Mithu Storoni.
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Sep 14, 2024
Governments can control access to the highly specialized chips that are needed to train the world's most advanced AI models.
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Sep 12, 2024
Beijing's directive comes as most major Chinese carmakers operating in other countries are looking to localize EV manufacturing to avoid tariffs.
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Sep 11, 2024
Taylor Swift's Instagram post endorsing Harris was just as focused on warning the public about the dangers of AI.
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Sep 11, 2024
Five trailblazers in the world of artificial intelligence on priorities for the year ahead
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Sep 11, 2024
The evolution of personal computing shows us why peak AI is still 50 years away.
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Sep 10, 2024
The Apple-Ireland case was by far the biggest in outgoing E.U. antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager's decade-long campaign against selective tax benefits to big firms.
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Sep 10, 2024
In an original decision in 2017, Google was fined for giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results.
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Sep 09, 2024
No specific age limit has been set yet for social media. The move is part of a push to protect children's mental health and shield them from inappropriate content online.
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Sep 09, 2024
As part of Nissan's plans to create cleaner and more sustainable vehicles, the Japanese car manufacturer has been trialing 'cool paint' technology in the hopes of lowering internal car temperatures and reducing energy usage.
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Sep 06, 2024
The AI revolution gives us unprecedented opportunity to reshape education, writes Dr. Timothy Shriver, Special Olympics chairman.
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Sep 06, 2024
In a Telegram post late Thursday, Durov defended himself against the French judicial investigation, suggesting that he shouldn't have been targeted personally.
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Sep 05, 2024
Global businesses are eyeing India's high-powered IT industry to nurture a robust AI ecosystem.
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Sep 05, 2024
Our second edition of the most influential people in AI features the best new additions to our community of AI leaders
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Sep 04, 2024
A handful of establishments are attempting to harness energy from intensive computing for greater societal use.
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Sep 03, 2024
Elon Musk's satellite-based internet service provider backtracked and said it would comply with Brazil's ban on his social media platform X.
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Sep 02, 2024
It may just make workers more efficient, writes the Associated Press's Paul Wiseman.
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Aug 31, 2024
Brazil started blocking Elon Musk's X early on Saturday, making it largely inaccessible on both the web and through its mobile app.
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Aug 30, 2024
It's a showdown between the world's richest man and a Brazilian Supreme Court justice.
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Aug 29, 2024
The landmark decision earlier this month could make judges more receptive to antitrust measures, especially for AI.
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Aug 28, 2024
A new peer-reviewed paper, shared exclusively with TIME, set out to map AI across the globe. The findings were stark.
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Aug 27, 2024
Why California's draft AI law SB 1047, supported by Elon Musk, should be passed
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Aug 27, 2024
Durov's detainment in France has implications for free speech and social media responsibility.
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Aug 27, 2024
Thanks in part to "friendshoring," Malaysia now rivals South Korea and Silicon Valley as a semiconductor powerhouse amid the AI boom.
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Aug 27, 2024
Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the messaging app, was arrested over allegations his platform is being used for illicit activity.
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Aug 27, 2024
"I regret that we were not more outspoken about it," the Meta CEO wrote in a letter to the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee.
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Aug 25, 2024
Pavel Durov, the Russian billionaire founder of Telegram, has long been a news-worthy figure.
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Aug 25, 2024
Pavel Durov, the Russian billionaire founder of Telegram, has been barred from leaving France following his arrest at a Paris airport.
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Aug 25, 2024
The founder and CEO of the popular encrypted messaging service Telegram was detained at a Paris airport, French media reported Sunday.
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Aug 22, 2024
Nearly 200 DeepMind workers signed a letter urging Google to drop military contracts, fearing AI misuse and violations of the company's own rules.
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Aug 21, 2024
The musician, entrepreneur and tech investor has launched a set of interactive radio stations themed around topics like sport, pop culture, and politics.
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Aug 17, 2024
After the major security breach confirmed Friday, experts recommend safeguarding sensitive information.
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Aug 16, 2024
After the confirmation of a significant data breach, here is how to know if your social security number has been compromised and how to protect your information.
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Aug 16, 2024
WhatsApp, the instant messaging application owned by Meta, released a new update this week.
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Aug 14, 2024
"There is no human relationship when one half of the encounter is a machine," writes Allison Pugh.
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Aug 12, 2024
The Trump campaign provided no specific evidence of Iran's involvement in the alleged cyber intrusion, but the FBI confirmed it is investigating the matter.
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Aug 12, 2024
Donald Trump recounted his assassination attempt and promised the largest deportation in U.S. history, in a conversation with Elon Musk that was plagued by technical glitches.
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Aug 07, 2024
In a letter shared exclusively with TIME, researchers argue AI systems pose "severe risks" if "developed without sufficient care and oversight."
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