Mary Meeker says AI and higher education need to team up
Influential tech investor Mary Meeker published a new report Monday calling for the tech industry, government, and higher education to all work together to advance artificial intelligence during what...
View Article‘With fear for our democracy, I dissent’: Read Sotomayor’s grim response to...
Richard Nixon once said that “when the president does it, that means it’s not illegal.” Now the U.S. Supreme Court has more or less affirmed that stance. The high court ruled on Monday that...
View ArticleBiden’s tailpipe emissions rules are at risk. Here’s why
A U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting federal regulatory powers to interpret ambiguous laws could undermine President Joe Biden’s effort to cut tailpipe emissions from the nation’s vehicle fleet, two...
View ArticleIs Chewy the next meme stock? Roaring Kitty sends the online pet-goods...
Just weeks after Keith Gill—the leader behind the famous 2021 GameStop short squeeze—staged an eventful return to the internet, it looks like he’s got his sights set on a brand-new source of...
View ArticleTesla deliveries are expected to fall for the second straight quarter
Tesla‘s June-quarter deliveries likely fell 3.7%, the first time the top EV maker is set to post two straight quarters of decline, as it deals with stiff competition in China and slow demand due to a...
View ArticleEU says Meta’s paid ad-free option breaks its digital competition rules
European Union regulators accused social media company Meta Platforms on Monday of breaching the bloc’s new digital competition rulebook by forcing Facebook and Instagram users to choose between...
View ArticleAmazon sidesteps a Bezos-funded carbon offsets standard for a more ambitious one
Amazon has become the first company to sidestep a global standard for verifying carbon offsets that was developed by a non-profit funded largely by the U.S. technology conglomerate’s founder and...
View ArticleApple declares the iPhone X and original AirPods ‘vintage’—and they’re on the...
One of the most iconic iPhone models is entering a new phase of life as Apple takes another step toward sunsetting it forever. The company has reclassified the iPhone X, along with the original...
View ArticleStates split on requiring gun store sales to have special credit card tracking
Beginning Monday, a California law will require credit card networks like Visa and Mastercard to provide banks with special retail codes that can be assigned to gun stores in order to track their...
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Meta’s making a change to the way it labels AI on its apps. Here’s why
Meta is making a change to how it labels AI content. The parent company of Facebook and Instagram announced in an updated blog post that it’s changing its labeling from “Made with AI” to “AI info,”...
View ArticleExtreme heat is threatening the livelihood of India’s garbage pickers
The putrid smell of burning garbage wafts for miles from the landfill on the outskirts of Jammu in a potentially toxic miasma fed by the plastics, industrial, medical and other waste generated by a...
View ArticleUN: Only 17% of global targets to improve life are achievable by 2030
The United Nations warned Friday that only 17% of its 169 targets to improve life for the world’s more than 7 billion people are on track to be reached by the 2030 deadline. U.N. Secretary-General...
View ArticleRedbox owner’s bankruptcy filing is the final nail in the coffin for DVDs
Those red DVD kiosks peppering Walgreens across the country may have reached their end. Last week, media company Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, which owns Redbox, filed for Chapter 11...
View Article3 ways AI can smooth our inevitable move to a 4-day workweek
The amount of time people spend “at work” has changed significantly over the last few centuries. Robert Whaples, a professor of economics at Wake Forest University has mapped out the history of hours...
View ArticleMultiple pet food recalls this week spark fears of bacterial infections:...
Two separate pet food recalls have been posted this week by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over fears of bacterial contamination that could cause illness in the animals, and in some cases,...
View Article$504 million will be granted to tech hubs nationwide, thanks to the Biden...
The Biden administration said Tuesday that it was providing $504 million in implementation grants for a dozen technology hubs in Ohio, Montana, Nevada and Florida, among other locations. The money...
View Article36 million U.S. workers could be protected from excessive heat under this new...
The Biden administration proposed a new rule Tuesday to address excessive heat in the workplace, as tens of millions of people in the U.S. are under heat advisories due to blistering temperatures. If...
View ArticlePatelco Credit Union’s ‘serious’ security breach leaves customers without...
A security incident at Patelco Credit Union over the past weekend has left nearly half a million customers unable to access their accounts or make necessary transactions. Here’s the latest update and...
View ArticleMeta is against California’s AI bill. Here’s why
California lawmakers are considering legislation that would require artificial intelligence companies to test their systems and add safety measures so they can’t be potentially manipulated to wipe out...
View ArticleSpirit’s CEO is in the spotlight as Boeing searches for new leadership
Boeing’s long-awaited announcement that it will buy back its struggling supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, now shifts the focus of investors to the planemaker’s search for a new CEO. Boeing has been...
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