AI Mode excels at tasks like product research for online shopping. But it falls short on basic web searches.
Amazon and The New York Times Announce an A.I. Licensing Deal
In 2023, The Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. Now its editorial content will appear across Amazon platforms.
AI video just took a startling leap in realism. Are we doomed?
Last week, Google introduced Veo 3, its newest video generation model that can create 8-second clips with synchronized sound effects and audio dialog—a first for the company’s AI tools. The model, which generates videos at 720p resolution (based on text descriptions called “prompts” or still image inputs), represents what may be the most capable consumer...
Nvidia Earnings: Revenue Tops $44 Billion Despite Sales Limits to China
The company continued to grow fast in its most recent quarter despite new rules restricting the sale of A.I chips to China.
Thousands of Asus routers are being hit with stealthy, persistent backdoors
Thousands of home and small office routers manufactured by Asus are being infected with a stealthy backdoor that can survive reboots and firmware updates in an attack by a nation-state or another well-resourced threat actor, researchers said. The unknown attackers gain access to the devices by exploiting now-patched vulnerabilities, some of which have never been...
Texas Requires Apple and Google to Verify Ages for App Downloads
The state’s governor signed a new law that will give parents more control over the apps that minors download, part of a raft of new legislation.
Meta’s Fate Now Rests With a Judge
A landmark antitrust trial accusing the social media giant of cementing its dominance through acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp has concluded.
Rape Charge Is Dropped Against Dan Price of Gravity Payments
The owner of Gravity Payments became a prominent progressive figure on social media after raising the minimum pay at his company to $70,000.
Tech’s Trump Whisperer, Tim Cook, Goes Quiet as His Influence Fades
Apple’s chief executive has gone from winning President Trump’s praise to drawing his ire, deepening the company’s woes in a very bad year.
SpaceX Starship Loses Control on Test Flight 9 as Rocket Re-enters Earth
Much was riding on Flight 9 for Elon Musk’s giant moon and Mars rocket after debris from January and March flights fell into the Atlantic Ocean, disrupting air travel.