Privacy activist Max Schrems has won another legal fight against Meta, this time limiting how the company can use off-platform activity—and public statements—to target ads....
Despite opposition from Germany, the European Union will start imposing tariffs as high as 45 percent on Chinese-made electric vehicles. Elon Musk’s marque takes the smallest hit....
The next frontier in generative AI is video—and with Movie Gen, Meta has now staked its claim....
Companies keep rolling out AI features that boil down various kinds of text. They're making us dumber....
The retail apps have exploded in China and internationally thanks to bargain-basement pricing. But a potential import crackdown from the US and other countries could slow the momentum....
ChatGPT’s new canvas interface can suggest improvements to writing and code as well as make in-line changes....
Launched in 2017, Google Lens processes 20 billion visual searches a month. Now it will work with video and voice, too....
The Sundai Club meets once a month with a goal of pushing the limits of generative AI. Earlier this year, its members built me a handy tool for journalists....
After Telegram founder Pavel Durov’s arrest in France, the platform has made several changes that seemingly make it friendlier to authorities....
A little-known AI notebook tool from Google is going viral for its Audio Overviews that mimic the speech cadence of podcasters. Here’s how to try it out....
The home DNA testing boom is over, and 23andMe is running out of options....
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman is overseeing an overhaul that gives Copilot an empathetic voice, the ability to see, and more advanced reasoning skills....
Powered by OpenAI's latest models, Microsoft's Copilot assistant is becoming a lot more handy—and wants to be an "encouraging" digital coworker....
Downpours at Spruce Pine, North Carolina have taken the biggest known deposit of high-purity quartz offline, leaving the global tech supply chain potentially starved of an ingredient vital for making microchips....
Some owners of Tesla’s electric pickup truck paid for the feature when they purchased it last fall—and now it’s starting to kick in....
While big platforms like Reddit have signed deals with the AI giants, YouTube leaves licensing in the hands of individual creators. The “License to Scrape” program aims to give those streaming stars proper leverage....
After suing both Apple and Google over app store payment policies, Fortnite developer Epic Games now has its sights on Samsung....
X has left the board of GIFCT, an organization through which tech companies exchange information to keep violent content off the web. It's the latest in a series of episodes driving tension within the ranks....
The OpenAI CEO’s recent mini-manifesto argues (again) that AI will make the future impossibly bright. He could use a refresher course on the basics of human behavior....
The web’s collective memory is stored in the servers of the Internet Archive. Legal battles threaten to wipe it all away....
New Chinese regulation attempts to define how AI content labeling should work and stamp out AI-generated disinformation....
Workers have been sharing videos alleging the precarious working conditions that have allowed the Chinese ecommerce giant to target unstoppable growth....
As Israel intensifies its attacks on Lebanon, eerie messages have been arriving on the phones of civilians on both sides of the border, with authorities in each country accusing the other of psychological warfare....
Extended hours after the pandemic have put pressure on pilots in India, who are working longer hours without rest, but monitoring technology to help curb overworking is glitchy and hard to find....
At Meta’s Connect developer conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed off Orion, a futuristic pair of smart glasses that the company hopes will lead the next foundational shift in personal computing....
In a letter to the OpenAI team posted on X, Murati wrote that “this moment feels right” to step down....
Meta’s AI assistants can now talk and see the world. The company is also releasing the multimodal Llama 3.2, a free model with visual skills....
A compact and fully open source visual AI model will make it easier for AI to take control of your computer—hopefully in a good way....
In the first half of 2024, the report says, X received nearly 67 million reports of hateful conduct, and took action on more than 2,000 accounts....
He’s deep in the defense-startup world as a Founders Fund partner and Anduril cofounder. His bunker, though, isn’t fully prepped for the end times....