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Oct 30, 2024
X's crowdsourced fact-checking program, Community Notes, has been hailed as a bold idea for social media. Research shows it's failing at a crucial moment.
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Oct 29, 2024
Apple's AI still doesn't do much — and sometimes acts quite dumb. We tested the new features in iOS 18.1 to find out what works well and still needs work.
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Oct 29, 2024
Most e-waste is never recycled. Data center upgrades for artificial intelligence projects could significantly add to the problem, researchers say.
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Oct 29, 2024
Republicans are posting more, getting followed more and much more likely to go viral now that the world's richest Trump supporter is running the show.
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Oct 29, 2024
At least 1,800 fake accounts on the social media platform X are praising Azerbaijan, a major oil and gas producer, according to an analysis shared with The Washington Post.
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Oct 28, 2024
Apple's AI still doesn't do much — and sometimes acts quite dumb. We tested the new features in iOS 18.1 to find out what works well and still needs work.
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Oct 28, 2024
Apple's AI still doesn't do much — and sometimes acts quite dumb. We tested the new features in iOS 18.1 to find out what works well and still needs work.
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Oct 28, 2024
Workers say using AI tools like ChatGPT every day supercharges their efforts and saves them time on the job.
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Oct 27, 2024
Musk denied working in the United States illegally, following a Washington Post report and comments from President Joe Biden on his immigration path.
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Oct 27, 2024
The tightening relationship between Donald Trump and Space X CEO Elon Musk has caught the attention of space policy analysts wondering about U.S. aspirations to get to Mars.
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Oct 27, 2024
Billions of political text messages have been sent this year, and many want them gone. These tips can help.
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Oct 26, 2024
Campaigns and PACs are funneling record funds into social media firms that work with creators. But these influencers operate in a regulatory vacuum.
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Oct 25, 2024
The candidates' and their staffs were targeted by a Chinese attack on communications, but it was not immediately clear if attempts were successful.
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Oct 25, 2024
A pro-Trump super PAC, America PAC, is getting a lot of attention because of its celebrity founder: Elon Musk. The richest man in the world has become increasingly central to former president Donald Trump's campaign.
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Oct 25, 2024
A pro-Trump super PAC, America PAC, is getting a lot of attention because of its celebrity founder: Elon Musk. The richest man in the world has become increasingly central to former president Donald Trump's campaign.
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Oct 25, 2024
The Harris-Walz campaign was also targeted by a Chinese attack on the candidates' communications, but it was not immediately clear if attempts were successful.
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Oct 25, 2024
Most technology companies have added children's safety features -- but they're often poorly designed and ineffective.
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Oct 24, 2024
The teen was influenced to "come home" by a personalized chatbot developed by Character.AI that lacked sufficient guardrails, the suit claims.
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Oct 24, 2024
Liam Payne's death brought on real grief for Gen Z fans. The only ones who understand how they process it -- sometimes with dark humor -- are fellow Directioners.
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Oct 24, 2024
The cutting-edge satellite system stands to gain billions of dollars more in contracts and subsidies as Trump favors space investment.
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Oct 24, 2024
The Biden administration will use a national security memo to direct agencies to embrace artificial intelligence, as the United States competes with China.
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Oct 24, 2024
The Biden administration will use a national security memo to direct agencies to embrace artificial intelligence, as the United States competes with China.
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Oct 24, 2024
For the first time in decades, the Federal Aviation Administration recognized a new category of aircraft, an electric vehicle that can take off and land vertically.
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Oct 23, 2024
With a massive divorce settlement from Google's Sergey Brin, the former Democrat is remaking herself as a pro-Trump ‘Make America Healthy Again' wellness guru.
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Oct 23, 2024
With a massive divorce settlement from Google's Sergey Brin, the former Democrat is remaking herself as a pro-Trump ‘Make America Healthy Again' wellness guru.
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Oct 22, 2024
Alcon Entertainment alleges that Musk and Tesla made an AI image for their robotaxi unveiling that's based on "Blade Runner 2049."
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Oct 22, 2024
New AI audio technology allows anyone to duplicate a human voice and create a podcast in minutes. Is it as good as the real thing?
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Oct 22, 2024
A Twitch spokesperson said the platform disabled some sign-ups in Israel and the Palestinian territories after Oct. 7, 2023, in a bid to stop the spread of violent imagery.
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Oct 22, 2024
Instagram and Threads blocked accounts sharing public data on Mark Zuckerberg's and Donald Trump's private planes. A similar move on X stirred up a free-speech firestorm.
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Oct 22, 2024
Radiohead's Thom Yorke, actress Julianne Moore and novelist Kazuo Ishiguro joined creatives protesting use of their work to train algorithms without consent.
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Oct 22, 2024
Hundreds of people have griped to the FCC about data caps on home internet service. Here's why they persist, and how to have your say.
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Oct 22, 2024
Radiohead's Thom Yorke, actress Julianne Moore and novelist Kazuo Ishiguro joined creatives protesting use of their work to train algorithms without consent.
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Oct 22, 2024
How good are your defenses against election misinformation? Test your instincts to see how you compare to other Post readers.
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Oct 21, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris has long backed initiatives to fight online abuse against women. Now, activists hope she will do it in the White House.
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Oct 20, 2024
Key members of Kamala Harris's inner circle are deploying across the country for fundraisers, private meetings and meals as part of an aggressive charm offensive to win back the support of the tech industry leaders who say they felt burned by President Joe Biden.
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Oct 19, 2024
In the final sprint to Election Day, dollars and eyeballs are flocking to prediction markets that offer ever-changing odds of Trump or Harris winning the race.
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Oct 19, 2024
In the final sprint to Election Day, dollars and eyeballs are flocking to prediction markets that offer ever-changing odds of Trump or Harris winning the race.
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Oct 18, 2024
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking into the driver-assistance system available in more than 2 million vehicles.
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Oct 18, 2024
Most people don't intend to spread false online rumors, but we all do it -- and we all can play a role in stopping it.
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Oct 18, 2024
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking into the driver-assistance system available in more than 2 million vehicles.
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Oct 17, 2024
Hackers took control of the account and posted a message saying the agency had approved bitcoin exchange-traded funds for listing on national exchanges.
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Oct 17, 2024
Scammers are targeting teens by obtaining their intimate photos. Instagram added some features to combat it.
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Oct 17, 2024
Scammers are targeting teens by getting hold of their intimate photos. Instagram added some features to combat it.
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Oct 16, 2024
The Justice Department announced the defense contractor has agreed to three years of independent monitoring after violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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Oct 16, 2024
The U.S. government says two brothers targeted big U.S. corporations, a hospital and an Israeli defense system in a mostly ideologically driven operation.
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Oct 16, 2024
The cloud computing and retail giant signed a deal to buy electricity generated by small modular reactors.
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Oct 16, 2024
AI has made it extraordinarily simple to copy someone's voice — allowing thousands of audio impersonations, known as "deepfakes," to flood the internet.
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Oct 16, 2024
Call it a "shadowban" or "algorithmic suppression," but companies are tight-lipped about what gets blocked from algorithmic feeds.
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Oct 16, 2024
Our tech columnist investigates how Meta's Instagram, Facebook and Threads suppress content related to the election. Even discussing how to vote isn't safe.
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Oct 15, 2024
And why the backlash to Meta AI, LinkedIn and PayPal's new advertising business is a healthy thing.
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Oct 15, 2024
Billionaire Elon Musk's super PAC is using an old-school strategy heavy on door-knocking and mail shots — but his erratic management style has caused problems.
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Oct 14, 2024
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer apologized for putting a chip on the extended tongue of an influencer in a video that a Catholic organization called a mockery of Communion.
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Oct 13, 2024
OpenAI's Ben Nimmo is being relied on to ferret out foreign adversaries who are using ChatGPT to spread election-related misinformation and stoke chaos.
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Oct 12, 2024
NASA is set to launch a jumbo spacecraft, Europa Clipper, to see if an icy moon of Jupiter has the characteristics of a habitable world.
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Oct 12, 2024
Politics and technology play into the question of whether billionaire's satellite internet should get a boost in flood-ravaged North Carolina.
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Oct 12, 2024
Google and Meta targeted Omaha as a digital frontier. But their plans to push the energy transition forward there are not working out. A coal plant is filling the void.
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Oct 11, 2024
The serious breach of telecommunications companies has affected "probably now about 10 or 12" firms, two people familiar with the investigation said.
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Oct 11, 2024
Internal communications of app employees were revealed in a version of a state lawsuit where redacted portions were visible.
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Oct 11, 2024
Internal communications of app employees were revealed in a version of a state lawsuit where redacted portions were visible.
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Oct 11, 2024
Or maybe technology-themed songs like a "Hamilton"-inspired musical about software are so earnest that they're great?
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Oct 11, 2024
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his company's robotaxi will "probably" be in production before 2027 — and predicts it will cost less than $30,000.
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Oct 11, 2024
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his company's robotaxi will "probably" be in production before 2027 — and predicts it will cost less than $30,000.
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Oct 10, 2024
China is increasingly targeting down-ballot races in America, spreading divisive and antisemitic claims about politicians on the social media platform X.
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Oct 10, 2024
China is increasingly targeting down-ballot races in America, spreading divisive and antisemitic claims about politicians on the social media platform X.
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Oct 10, 2024
China is increasingly targeting down-ballot races in America, spreading divisive and antisemitic claims about politicians on the social media platform X.
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Oct 10, 2024
A growing number of smartphones can send messages to space when disaster strikes.
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Oct 10, 2024
Elon Musk can't stop promising a fully autonomous Tesla. How close is he?
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Oct 10, 2024
Elon Musk can't stop promising a fully autonomous Tesla. How close is he?
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Oct 09, 2024
The company is working to get drugs on doorsteps in less than 24 hours by building pharmacies in existing same-day delivery facilities.
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Oct 09, 2024
The ban has also renewed a wider debate about how Russia's bureaucratic machine keeps frustrating the military effort.
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Oct 09, 2024
In late September, the inspector general identified 588 replacement parts that were operating beyond their planned operational lifetimes.
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Oct 09, 2024
Your carrier would love to charge you for using your phone overseas, but traveling with an eSIM can be much cheaper.
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Oct 08, 2024
A Washington court is mulling remedies after a landmark decision that Google's search engine is an illegal monopoly.
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Oct 08, 2024
A Washington court is mulling remedies after a landmark decision that Google's search engine is an illegal monopoly.
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Oct 08, 2024
The HBO documentary explores the mystery of bitcoin's creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, and suggests Peter Todd as a potential candidate.
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Oct 08, 2024
The Oversight Board, which is funded by Meta, is spinning off a new appeals center to handle content disputes from European social media users users.
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Oct 08, 2024
Police generally need a warrant to search your phone. The details, though, are a legal and practical minefield.
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Oct 08, 2024
The social media app is all about your personal data, likes and habits. Here's how to limit what it gathers.
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Oct 08, 2024
States accuse TikTok of using addictive features that harm children.
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Oct 08, 2024
Report finds Elon Musk's platform is fueling falsehoods and conspiracy theories that risk undermining rescue efforts — and preparations for Hurricane Milton.
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Oct 07, 2024
A U.S. judge ordered Google to open its Android app store to competition, following a jury verdict that the company broke monopoly laws.
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Oct 07, 2024
Google's NotebookLM turns documents you upload into an AI-generated ‘deep dive' podcast. Should you trust it?
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Oct 07, 2024
Campaign spending data shows that Republican ad dollars rule on the platform formerly known as Twitter, the opposite of the largest platforms.
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Oct 07, 2024
Google's NotebookLM turns documents you upload into an AI-generated ‘deep dive' podcast. Should you trust it?
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Oct 07, 2024
Google's NotebookLM turns documents you upload into an AI-generated ‘deep dive' podcast. Should you trust it?
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Oct 06, 2024
AT&T, Verizon and Lumen are among the companies breached by Chinese hackers in a sophisticated intrusion by the group dubbed Salt Typhoon, officials say.
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Oct 06, 2024
State laws regulating how payment apps protect stored funds vary, creating a confusing patchwork that's compounded by customer service challenges.
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Oct 05, 2024
Misinformation is adding to the chaos and confusion in many storm-battered communities. Social media platforms such as X have allowed the falsehoods to spread.
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Oct 05, 2024
As the tech industry pushes to build more giant facilities to power AI and the digital world, some communities are trying to block the projects — and winning.
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Oct 05, 2024
As the tech industry pushes to build more giant facilities to power AI and the digital world, some communities are trying to block the projects — and winning.
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Oct 04, 2024
A phone running Shazam is identifying 150 songs a day being playing around one San Francisco plaza.
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Oct 04, 2024
Meta says Movie Gen will enable users to create videos, edit existing clips, and create a video with a person's image.
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Oct 04, 2024
Mark Zuckerberg has remade his image from a dorky, democracy-destroying CEO into a cool, athletic AI visionary in the eyes of Silicon Valley tech founders.
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Oct 03, 2024
Don't stick your phone in the fridge. Do sign up for emergency text alerts.
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Oct 03, 2024
The Department of Energy is weighing a $1.6 billion loan guarantee for a plan to reopen the Three Mile Island nuclear plant with Microsoft as its sole customer.
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Oct 03, 2024
Are dating apps biased? After an experiment went viral on TikTok, Black women are changing their racial data on dating apps like Hinge to find better matches.
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Oct 02, 2024
The maker of ChatGPT announced it received $6.6 billion in new funding, valuing the company at $157 billion — one of the most valuable start-ups ever.
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Oct 02, 2024
Workplace AI tools can do tasks by themselves. Getting them to stop is the problem.
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Oct 01, 2024
The order hands agency chair Lina Khan a preliminary win in her legal campaign to rein in the power of Big Tech companies.
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Oct 01, 2024
OpenAI will let businesses use the latest voice technology in ChatGPT inside their own products, potentially expanding the number of people who interact with AI.
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