In the 1990s, the U.S. government limited what young people could see online, but lost a court fight challenging those rules. Now it’s happening again.
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States’ Push to Protect Kids Online Could Remake the Internet
New age restrictions for minors on sites like TikTok and Pornhub could also hinder adults’ access to online services.
Unions Representing Hollywood Writers and Actors Seek Limits on A.I. and Chatbots
As labor contract negotiations heat up in Hollywood, unions representing writers and actors seek limits on artificial intelligence.
What Is Bluesky and Could It Replace Twitter?
Some Twitter users are rushing to join Bluesky, a social platform funded by Jack Dorsey, a founder of Twitter.
Lyft Employees Told to Return to Office as New C.E.O. Lays Out Vision
A day after nearly 1,100 people were laid off, the struggling company told its remaining workers to prepare for a series of changes.
Sensitive data is being leaked from servers running Salesforce software
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Servers running software sold by Salesforce are leaking sensitive data managed by government agencies, banks, and other organizations, according to a post published Friday by KrebsOnSecurity. At least five separate sites run by the state of Vermont permitted access to sensitive data to anyone, Brian Krebs reported. The state’s Pandemic Unemployment...
Nuke-launching AI would be illegal under proposed US law
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a nuclear mushroom cloud. (credit: Midjourney) On Wednesday, US Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Representatives Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), Don Beyer (D-Va.), and Ken Buck (R-Colo.) announced bipartisan legislation that seeks to prevent an artificial intelligence system from making nuclear launch decisions. The Block Nuclear Launch by Autonomous Artificial Intelligence...
Intel loses $2.8 billion in another not-great quarter, down 36% year over year
Enlarge / Intel’s flagship desktop CPU, the Core i9-13900K. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Intel has released its financial results for the first quarter of 2023, and the numbers aren’t good: The company brought in $11.7 billion, a drop of 36 percent from Q1 of 2022. Because of the decline in revenue, Intel lost $2.8 billion, the...
Amazon’s Growth Is Slow but Good Enough
The company, reporting a 9 percent revenue increase for the first quarter, is the latest Big Tech company to top Wall Street’s financial expectations.
As Regulators Block Tech Deals, They Increasingly Look to the Future
British regulators cited the newness of the cloud gaming field to block Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision, a shift in antitrust strategy.