Technology
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Meta, in Its Biggest A.I. Push, Places Smart Assistants Across Its Apps
Users of Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Messenger will be able to turn to the new technology, powered by Meta’s latest…
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How a Crypto Compliance Officer Ended Up in a Nigerian Prison
Tigran Gambaryan, an American compliance official for the giant cryptocurrency exchange Binance, flew to Nigeria in February for a planned…
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Countdown Is On for the Bitcoin ‘Halving’
Bitcoin aficionados are hoping that a scheduled reduction in the number of new coins going into circulation will cause the…
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TikTok Bill Is Bundled With Aid to Ukraine and Israel
A new House measure attempts to force the Senate’s hand on passing legislation to ban TikTok or mandate the app’s…
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What a TikTok Ban Would Mean for the U.S. Defense of an Open Internet
Global digital rights advocates are watching to see if Congress acts, worried that other countries could follow suit with app…
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Microsoft Makes High-Stakes Play in Tech Cold War With Emirati A.I. Deal
Microsoft plans to invest $1.5 billion in G42, an Emirati company with ties to China, as Washington and Beijing maneuver…
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A.I. Has a Measurement Problem
There’s a problem with leading artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude: We don’t really know how smart they…
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Ready for a Chatbot Version of Your Favorite Instagram Influencers?
Instagram is testing a program that offers its top influencers the ability to interact with their followers over direct messages…
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Tesla Will Lay Off More Than 10% of Workers
Elon Musk’s electric car company reported a drop in sales in the first three months of the year, and its…
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This Artificially Intelligent Pin Wants to Free You From Your Phone
On a recent afternoon, I held a bagel in front of me and said: “Look and tell me if this…