Biden administration probes three Chinese companies over data access

The Biden administration is investigating China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom over concerns the firms could exploit access to American data through their U.S. cloud and internet businesses by providing it to Beijing, three sources familiar with the matter said.

The companies still have a small presence in the United States, for example, providing cloud services and routing wholesale U.S. internet traffic. That gives them access to Americans’ data even after telecom r

Tesla is recalling the Cybertruck due to issues with the windshield and trunk bed trim

Tesla once again is issuing a physical recall for its Cybertruck.

Tesla is calling back 11,688 of its electric trucks due to a faulty front windshield wiper that could make it hard for the driver to see in certain conditions. It’s also recalling 11,383 of the Cybertrucks over an issue with the adhesion of the trunk bed trim, si

Notion releases new tools to make website building easier

Users of Notion, the digital tool commonly used for note-taking, brainstorming, and corporate knowledge-sharing, will now find it easier to build public websites with the platform.

On Tuesday, the company revealed a new feature called Notion Sites, which lets users make sites available through their own domain names, customize site navigation and search options, specify metadata that shows up on search engines and social media, and connect Google An

Why experts are using the word ‘bullshit’ to describe AI’s flaws

Since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022 we’ve known that artificial intelligence language models are prone to spewing falsehoods, otherwise known as hallucinations

The AI companies have been telling us that it’s a problem that can be cured. And with the use of techn

How Siri could actually win the AI assistant wars

The most exciting Apple Intelligence feature has nothing to do with generating canned text or impromptu emoji.

While you’ll be able to do both of those things in iOS 18, Apple’s also playing a longer game, building a genuine A

White House praises $1.5 billion Microsoft-G42 deal for cutting Huawei ties

Microsoft’s deal to invest $1.5 billion in artificial intelligence firm G42 is “generally a positive development” because it forced the United Arab Emirates-based company to sever ties to China’s Huawei, a White House official said on Monday.

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Record labels sue AI companies Suno and Uncharted Labs

The biggest U.S. record labels are suing two artificial intelligence startups, marking a major step in the music industry’s battle to prevent its unlicensed intellectual property from being used to train generative AI models.

The Recording Industry Association of America filed two lawsuits on Monday against Suno AI and Uncharted Labs, which makes Udio AI, on behalf of Universal

TikTok owner ByteDance and Broadcom are developing an advanced AI chip, sources say

China’s ByteDance is working with U.S. chip designer Broadcom on developing an advanced AI processor, two sources familiar with the matter said, a move that would help TikTok’s owner secure sufficient supply of high-end chips amid

Inside the staggering rise of sextortion schemes targeting teen boys

In the excruciating hours after her 17-year-old son Jordan DeMay was found dead of an apparent suicide in March of 2022, Jennifer Buta wracked her brain for an explanation. 

“This is not my happy child,” Buta remembers thinking, recalling the high school football player who used to delight in going shopping with his mom and taking long walks with her around Lake Superior, not far from their Michigan home. “I’m banging my head asking: What happened?

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Apple could face a hefty fine for its breach of EU tech rules

European Union antitrust regulators charged on Monday that Apple breached the bloc’s tech rules, a charge that could result in a hefty fine for the iPhone maker which also


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