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Hyundai pauses X ads over pro-Nazi content on the platform
The automaker Hyundai said it had paused its advertising on Elon Musk’s social media app , X, after a sponsored post from the company appeared next to antisemitic and pro-Nazi posts. Hyundai...
US likely to enact a law soon that could ban TikTok nationwide
Legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S . unless it cuts ties with its Chinese parent company is on a path to quickly get to President Joe Biden’s desk and be signed into law. According ...
Google fires 28 workers in aftermath of protests over big tech deal with Israeli government
Google has fired 28 employees in the aftermath of protests over technology that the internet company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war , further escalating tensions surroundi...
State senator from San Jose pushes new driverless vehicle bill
A state senator from the Bay Area is continuing a drive to get communities more control over driverless cars on their own streets. As it stands now, communities cannot say where driverless cars...
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/california/new-driverless-vehicle-bill/3512818/
Major psychology group says infinite scrolling, other social media features are ‘particularly risky' to youth mental health
A top psychology group is urging technology companies and legislators to take greater steps to protect adolescents’ mental health, arguing that social media platforms are built for adults and a...
Tesla laying off more than 10% of workforce. Here's why
Tesla announced Monday it’s cutting more than 10,000 jobs . The Bay Area automaker said that within the last couple of months, it’s seen fewer than expected deliveries, a falling stock pric...
Instagram begins blurring nudity in messages to protect teens and fight sexual extortion
Instagram said it’s deploying new tools to protect young people and combat sexual extortion, including a feature that will automatically blur nudity in direct messages. The social media plat...
Google faces more lawsuits over privacy
Google recently settled a massive privacy lawsuit. But now, the Silicon Valley tech giant is being hit with more cases. Google’s Chrome browser “incognito mode,” a place to search on Goog...
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/tech/google-lawsuits-privacy/3506396/
Google unveils new AI-powered tools at Las Vegas conference
Google is already diving deeper into AI-powered technology with plans to roll out more tools for everyone, unveiling its latest plans Tuesday at the Google Cloud Next conference in Las Vegas. I...
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/tech/google-ai-powered-tools/3505866/
Tesla settles lawsuit over Apple engineer's death in a crash involving its Autopilot software
Tesla has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a Silicon Valley engineer who died in a crash while relying on the company’s semi-autonomous driving software. The size of the settlement...
Uber Eats now uses Waymo's self-driving cars to offer driverless deliveries
The driverless car company Waymo has partnered with Uber Eats to debut a driverless meal delivery service in select neighborhoods in Phoenix, which includes Chandler, Mesa, and Tempe. Custome...
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/tech/uber-waymo-driverless-deliveries/3500454/
Browsing in incognito mode doesn't protect you as much as you might think
Although a private browsing mode known as “Incognito” in Google’s widely used Chrome browser has been available for nearly a decade, a legal settlement involving the way it works has cast ...
Google to purge billions of files containing personal data in settlement of Chrome privacy case
Google has agreed to purge billions of records containing personal information collected from more than 136 million people in the U.S. surfing the internet through its Chrome web browser. The ...
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/tech/google-purge-billions-of-files/3497653/
Samsung says it needs to ‘redefine' its voice assistant Bixby with generative AI upgrade
Samsung could add generative artificial intelligence technology to its voice assistant Bixby, a top executive at the company told CNBC. Samsung’s Bixby is across the company’s devices, from ...
Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago. People thought it was Google's April Fool's Day joke
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Fool’s Day not long after starting their company more than a quart...
Robot disguised as a coyote or fox will scare wildlife away from runways at Alaska airport
A headless robot about the size of a labrador retriever will be camouflaged as a coyote or fox to ward off migratory birds and other wildlife at Alaska’s second-largest airport, a state agency...
Big brands could pivot easily if TikTok goes away. For many small businesses, it's another story
If content creators and corporate executives made TikTok videos about the platform’s possible U.S. demise, disco diva Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” could supply the soundtrack. S...
Florida's DeSantis signs one of the country's most restrictive social media bans for minors
Florida will have one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors — if it withstands expected legal challenges — under a bill signed by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSa...
Silicon Valley AI company offers gun detection technology to schools
Artificial intelligence technology that detects weapons is now being offered for free to schools thanks to San Jose-based Iterate.ai , which developed the tech. The company originally created i...
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/tech/ai-company-gun-detection-schools/3491401/
TikTok bill faces uncertain fate as tech company carries out aggressive campaign against it
The young voices in the messages left for North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis were laughing, but the words were ominous. “OK, listen, if you ban TikTok I will find you and shoot you,” one said...
Fewer people are using Elon Musk's X as the platform struggles to attract and keep users, according to analysts
The number of people using X daily is falling, more than a year after tech billionaire Elon Musk bought the app formerly known as Twitter. Data from two research firms and figures published ...
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/tech/fewer-people-using-elon-musks-x-platform/3489818/
Truth Social may merge with public shell company, potentially giving Trump stock worth billions
Donald Trump ‘s return to the stock market could be right around the corner. All eyes are on a vote scheduled for Friday by shareholders of Digital World Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded ...
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/trump-truth-social-merger-go-public-nasdaq/3489049/
Apple sued by Biden administration over alleged iPhone ‘monopoly power'
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a landmark lawsuit against Apple on Thursday, accusing it of monopolizing the smartphone market. The civil suit, joined by attorneys general for 15 states ...
Neuralink shares video of patient playing chess using signals from brain implant
Neuralink streamed a live video on Wednesday that showed a patient using the company’s brain implant to move a mouse and play chess on a computer. Noland Arbaugh, 29, is the first human patien...
AI-aided virtual conversations with WWII vets are latest feature at New Orleans museum
An interactive exhibit opening Wednesday at the National WWII Museum will use artificial intelligence to let visitors hold virtual conversations with images of veterans, including a Medal of Hon...
Inside story of a rotten HP deal to be told in trial of fallen British tech star
An $11 billion acquisition that backfired on Silicon Valley pioneer Hewlett Packard more than a decade ago will be resurrected Monday during a trial that will explore whether the deal was an ille...
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/tech/rotten-hp-deal/3484393/
Apple is reportedly in talks to license Google's Gemini for generative AI on iPhones
Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, said that the two companies “are in active negotiations” for Gemini to power some new features coming to the iPhone software this year. App...
A bill that could ban TikTok passed in the House. Here's what to know
TikTok once again finds itself in a precarious position as lawmakers in Washington move forward with a bill that could lead to a nationwide ban on the platform. The House on Wednesday passed ...
New AI tools can record your medical appointment or draft a message from your doctor
Don’t be surprised if your doctors start writing you overly friendly messages. They could be getting some help from artificial intelligence. New AI tools are helping doctors communicate with ...
Most teens report feeling happy or peaceful when they go without smartphones, Pew survey finds
Nearly three-quarters of U.S. teens say they feel happy or peaceful when they don’t have their phones with them, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. In a survey published ...
TikTok creators are urging users to help #KeepTikTok
Thousands of TikTok users, many of whom say they’ve built entire livelihoods and communities on the app, are responding to the company’s plea to #KeepTikTok by urging against its potential b...
TikTok ‘assassins' game may put teens in danger, San Mateo police say
Teens playing a trending TikTok game called “Senior Assassins” are drawing police attention and could be at risk if the modified water guns they use are mistaken for real weapons, San Mateo p...
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/tiktok-assassins-game-teens-danger-san-mateo/3476859/
A bill that could lead to a nationwide TikTok ban is gaining momentum. Here's what to know
TikTok once again finds itself in a precarious position. This time, it comes in the form of legislation that would ban the popular social media platform if it doesn’t break ties with ByteD...
Bay Area ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets while working with Chinese companies
A former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China , the Justice D...
Ex-Google software engineer charged with stealing AI technology while working with Chinese companies
A former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence technology from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China , the Justice De...
Bill that could ban TikTok in the U.S. gains momentum in Congress
Nearly a year after TikTok’s CEO was grilled on Capitol Hill, House Republicans and Democrats are joining together on legislation that would force its parent company, China-based ByteDance, to...
SF robotics-AI company partners with Amazon on next generation of recycling
A San Francisco-based robotics company is front and center in a push to decarbonize after getting a huge boost from online retail giant Amazon. Glacier is a robotics-artificial intelligence com...
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/tech/sf-company-amazon-recycling/3473267/
Apple announces new MacBook Air laptops with its latest M3 chip
Apple on Monday announced new versions of its 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air laptops with its latest M3 chip. Apple said the new laptops offer sharper 1080p webcams, support for faster Wi-Fi ne...
Here's what tech giants are betting on next — from robot dogs to smartphones you can wear on your wrist
The Mobile World Congress, the world’s largest mobile show, is a place where device makers show off some of their latest innovations. Artificial intelligence took center stage, but there was a...
Bay Area companies get funding boost for humanoid robots
Some Bay Area-based companies just got a funding boost for humanoid robots. Figure AI, based in Sunnyvale, just notched venture investments to the tune of $675 million, valuing the company, whi...
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/tech/bay-area-companies-funding-boost-humanoid-robots/3467937/
Uber rolls out teen accounts in California with added safety features
All parents need a little help with carpool pickup and dropoff from time to time, and starting Thursday in California, Uber will be an option for teens. The ride-hailing giant is rolling out te...
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/tech/uber-teen-accounts/3467178/
Contra Costa County school district educates parents about AI in the classroom
A Contra Costa County school district says it’s fully embracing artificial intelligence, but understands there’s still a lot of unknowns when it comes to the emerging technology. “Two o...
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/tech/contra-costa-county-school-district-ai-classroom/3466957/
Tech companies aim to harness nuclear fusion in ways never been done before
Long hailed as an impossibility, harnessing nuclear fusion to power homes, businesses, cars and even airplanes is now widely viewed by scientists and engineers as a very real prospect that would ...
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/california-nuclear-fusion-cleaner-energy/3464587/
AI chatbots' inaccurate, misleading responses about US elections could threaten voter turnout, report finds
With presidential primaries underway across the U.S., popular chatbots are generating false and misleading information that threatens to disenfranchise voters, according to a report published Tue...
Samsung debuts a ‘smart ring' with health-tracking features — its first foray into the product category
Samsung’s Galaxy Ring, its latest wearable, is launching with tracking features including heart rate and sleep monitoring. Hon Pak, the head of the digital health team and Samsung Electronics,...
Chinese tech firm Lenovo shows off a laptop with a see-through screen
Chinese tech giant Lenovo showed off a prototype laptop on Monday that has a see-through screen. The technology is similar to augmented reality in some senses. AR has been popularized by glasses...
Huawei spin-off Honor shows off tech to control a car with your eyes and chatbot based on Meta's AI
Honor on Sunday showed off technology that allows a user to control a car just by using their eyes. Honor demonstrated eye-tracking technology in the Magic 6 Pro as it launched the device into i...
A hot pink Barbie flip phone is launching this summer
HMD, short for Human Mobile Devices, says it is launching a Barbie flip phone this summer, in a partnership with toy maker Mattel. It won’t be connected to the internet, making it a throwback ...
Smartphone giants like Samsung are going to talk up ‘AI phones' this year — here's what that means
Artificial intelligence phones: these are the buzzwords you’ll likely hear this year, as smartphone players look to jump on the AI hype to boost sales of their devices after a difficult stretc...
AT&T says US cellphone network outage was not caused by a cyberattack
AT&T said the hourslong outage to its U.S. cellphone network Thursday appeared to be the result of a technical error, not a malicious attack. The outage knocked out cellphone service for thousa...
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/att-outage-cyberattack-ruled-out/3461807/