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OpenAI Unites With Jony Ive in $6.5 Billion Deal to Create A.I. Devices (Wed, 21 May 2025)
OpenAI said it was buying IO, a start-up founded by Mr. Ive, the designer of the iPhone, to usher in a new era of artificial intelligence hardware.
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Fortnite Returns to Apple’s App Store After Scoring a Legal Victory (Thu, 22 May 2025)
Apple kicked the popular game out of the App Store nearly five years ago, prompting a court battle that was partially resolved on Tuesday.
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Google Unveils ‘A.I. Mode’ Chatbot, Signaling a New Era for Search (Tue, 20 May 2025)
The tech giant is taking its next big step in artificial intelligence by adding interactive capabilities to its flagship product.
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Elon Musk Plans ‘a Lot Less’ Spending as He Edges Away From Politics (Tue, 20 May 2025)
He spent hundreds of millions to elect President Trump. But now he’s less visible in Washington, says he’ll spend less on future elections and is even posting less about Mr. Trump on social media.
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Here’s What Meta Argued to Fend Off Monopoly Claims in Landmark Trial (Wed, 21 May 2025)
The social media company called only a handful of witnesses as it sought to prove it helped Instagram and WhatsApp after acquiring them.
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Laurene Powell Jobs Cuts 10% of Jobs at Emerson Collective (Wed, 21 May 2025)
Ms. Powell Jobs has privately said her philanthropy needed to practice more austerity, according to people who heard her remarks.
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A.I.-Generated Reading List in Chicago Sun-Times Recommends Nonexistent Books (Thu, 22 May 2025)
A summer reading insert recommended made-up titles by real authors such as Isabel Allende and Delia Owens. The Sun-Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer have apologized.
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British Retailer M&S Says Cyberattack Will Cost It $400 Million (Wed, 21 May 2025)
The company also said it would take several more weeks to resolve issues relating to the attack, which came to light last month.
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Fortnite’s Darth Vader Is A.I.-Powered. Voice Actors Are Rebelling. (Tue, 20 May 2025)
The actors’ union that began striking against video game companies last summer has filed an unfair labor practice charge against Epic Games, the creator of Fortnite.
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Trump’s Gulf Trip Also Brought Benefits to Elon Musk (Tue, 20 May 2025)
The world’s richest man inked new deals as he tagged along on President Trump’s tour of the Gulf.
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G.M. Stops Exporting Cars to China (Mon, 19 May 2025)
The decision affects relatively few vehicles because the vast majority that General Motors sells there are made in that country.
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How Miami Schools Are Leading 100,000 Students Into the A.I. Future (Mon, 19 May 2025)
After initially banning artificial intelligence chatbots, schools are embracing the tools. Miami, the third-largest U.S. school district, shows how.
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How to Travel Without a Phone (Mon, 19 May 2025)
Leaving your device at home might seem daunting, but it can result in a deeper connection to a place and more authentic interactions with locals.
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Apple’s Alibaba A.I. Deal Provokes Washington’s Resistance (Sat, 17 May 2025)
The Trump administration and congressional officials have raised concerns about a deal to put a Chinese company’s artificial intelligence on iPhones.
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Peter Lax, Pre-eminent Cold War Mathematician, Dies at 99 (Mon, 19 May 2025)
As the computer age dawned, he saw how the new technology could be harnessed to mathematics to solve problems in everything from designing weapons to predicting the weather.
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Grok Chatbot’s ‘White Genocide’ Responses Blamed on xAI Employee (Fri, 16 May 2025)
Grok, the chatbot operated by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, was providing the responses about South Africa to unrelated questions.
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OpenAI Unveils Codex, a New Tool for Computer Programmers (Fri, 16 May 2025)
The tool, Codex, will be able to handle multiple tasks at the same time, the company said. OpenAI is also in talks to acquire a coding tool called Windsurf for $3 billion.
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Data Centers’ Hunger for Energy Could Raise All Electric Bills (Fri, 16 May 2025)
Individuals and small businesses may end up bearing some of the cost of grid upgrades needed for large electricity users, a new report found.
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Ed Helms Answers Your Hard Questions (Fri, 16 May 2025)
A star of “The Office” comes to our office to answer your most pressing questions about tech.
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Nine Federally Funded Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed Everything (Mon, 19 May 2025)
The U.S. is slashing funding for scientific research, after decades of deep investment. Here’s some of what those taxpayer dollars created.
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Why We’re Unlikely to Get Artificial General Intelligence Anytime Soon (Fri, 16 May 2025)
The titans of the tech industry say artificial intelligence will soon match the powers of humans’ brains. Are they underestimating us?
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Does Meta Have a Social Media Monopoly? Here’s What the U.S. Has Argued. (Thu, 15 May 2025)
The government showed hundreds of internal documents as it sought to prove that the social media company bought Instagram and WhatsApp to neutralize a threat.
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S.E.C. Investigating Whether Coinbase Misstated Its User Numbers (Thu, 15 May 2025)
The inquiry continued even after the commission dropped a lawsuit accusing Coinbase of illegally marketing digital currencies to the public.
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Colorado Air Traffic Controllers Lost Contact With Some Airplanes Monday (Thu, 15 May 2025)
Controllers switched frequencies and planes were “safely separated,” officials said. The 90-second outage on Monday followed communications problems at Newark’s airport.
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