Georgia Power Co. announced one of its two new reactors reached self-sustaining nuclear fission on Monday. The announcement is a key step toward reaching commercial operation of nuclear energy in...
Cellphone inventor Martin Cooper, who placed the first mobile call on April 3, 1973, remains hopeful the technology can transform lives, but he’s also concerned about its impact. “We don’t ...
The U.S. government has reached a rare bipartisan agreement to invest $52 billion to develop advanced computer chips. Factories, autos, appliances, electronics, toys, toothbrushes, and weapons sy...
Two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court this week challenge Section 230, a 1996 law that protects tech companies from liability for material posted on their networks. The cases are part of a glob...
ChatGPT has spurred lively conversations about the role of educational technology. While some colleges and universities are cracking down on ChatGPT, the AI-powered chatbot, other educators belie...
Artificial intelligence programs like ChatGPT can now produce convincingly human-sounding essays with minimal effort from users. It’s a massive timesaver – and an ethical quandary.
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Google is fighting misinformation with “prebunking” videos that show how to recognize false online claims. Not only are they easy to produce they also have the potential to reach millions of ...
Facebook announced that it will be restoring former President Donald Trump’s personal account in the upcoming weeks. This marks the end of a two-year suspension that was implemented following t...
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments next month on whether federal law protects the harmful content the tech industry pushes out through social media. Public entities seek to hold the...
Google terminated 12,000 positions by email Friday, in the wake of other large-scale layoffs at Amazon and Meta. The Silicon Valley giant is undergoing waves of hiring freezes and layoffs as the ...
At least 24 U.S. states have banned TikTok from being downloaded on state-owned devices. Security concerns are rising that ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns the app, can access user data s...
Robotic dogs, moving pillows, and AI-powered strollers – all these inventions were displayed this week at CES, the Consumer Electronics Show. The Las Vegas event showed innovation from startups...
Twitter CEO Elon Musk posted the results of a Twitter poll and of the 17.5 million users who responded, a majority said he should step down. Mr. Musk has been using controversial, unscientific po...
Twitter suspended the accounts of several journalists who had written about owner Elon Musk and an account that tracked the location of his private jet. Mr. Musk says sharing his personal whereab...
Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council, a group of human and civil rights advisers formed in 2016, was disbanded by email from Elon Musk before a scheduled meeting. The email said Twitter was “re...
Twitter is a valuable tool for disaster response worldwide, though its function could be at risk if new policies from Elon Musk lead to service delays, or even crashes. Humanitarian aid activists...
Initiatives across Asia are tackling misinformation using on-the-ground training and civil society engagement to cater to the needs of communities. They are filling a fact-checking gap left by te...
Twitter engineers are leaving the company in droves after Elon Musk asked them in an email to either commit to “hardcore” work or resign. Doubts over the company’s future persist after Mr. ...
As economic downturn leads to desperate cost-cutting measures at Meta, Mark Zuckerberg has made major layoffs. The Facebook parent company has struggled to keep profits up amid pressure from regu...
Twitter has never been known for civil discourse. But as Elon Musk rearranges its structure at breakneck speed, experts are calling attention to the platform’s legacy.