How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality for the 737 Max
by In February last year, a new Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max plane was on one of its first flights when an automated stabilizing system appeared …
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Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Use AI to See, Hear and Speak. What Are They Like?
What happens when a columnist and a reporter use A.I. glasses to scan groceries, monuments and zoo animals? Hilarity, wonder and lots of mistakes ensued.
A.I. Leaders Press Advantage With Congress as China Tensions Rise
In recent weeks, American lawmakers have moved to ban the Chinese-owned app TikTok. President Biden reinforced his commitment to overcome China’s rise in tech. And …
Amazon Adds $2.75 Billion to its Stake in Anthropic
Amazon said on Wednesday that it had added $2.75 billion to its investment in Anthropic, a start-up that competes with companies like OpenAI and Google …
Israel Deploys Expansive Facial Recognition Program in Gaza
The experimental effort, which has not been disclosed, is being used to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza, according to military officials and others.
The U.S. Investors Caught in the Scrum Over TikTok
For years, the U.S. investors who backed ByteDance, the Chinese internet company that owns TikTok, have wrestled with the complexities of owning a piece of …
DeSantis Signs Social Media Bill Barring Accounts for Children Under 14
Florida on Monday became the first state to effectively bar residents under the age of 14 from holding accounts on services like TikTok and Instagram, …
E.U. Takes Aim at Alphabet, Apple and Meta in Wide-Ranging Investigations
Alphabet, Apple and Meta were told by European Union regulators on Monday that they were under investigation for a range of potential violations of the …
X’s Lawsuit Against Anti-Hate Research Group Is Dismissed
A federal judge in California on Monday dismissed X’s lawsuit against a nonprofit organization that studies hate speech online, ruling that the social media company’s …
Inside Amira Yahyaoui’s Claims about Mos, a Student Aid Start-Up
As a Tunisian human rights activist in the 2000s, Amira Yahyaoui staged protests and blogged about government corruption. In interviews, she described being beaten by …