Democrats tread carefully when using AI

President Joe Biden‘s campaign and Democratic candidates are in a fevered race with Republicans over who can best exploit the potential of artificial intelligence, a technology that could transform American elections—and perhaps threaten democracy itself.

Still smarting from being outmaneuvered on social media by

Why ‘adult gap years’ may not work for the terminally online

Adult gap years are having a moment.

Last month, the Associated Press published a story about so-called mini sabbaticals, wherein people are leaving a job or making the most out of long-term unemployment. Doing so can greatly improve one’s mental health, according to the AP story, and can hel

Warren Buffett cautions shareholders AI scams could be the ‘growth industry of all time’

Warren Buffett cautioned the tens of thousands of shareholders who packed an arena for his annual meeting that artificial intelligence scams could become “the growth industry of all time.”

Doubling down on his cautionary words from last year, Buffett told the throngs he recently came face to face with the

Is giving Elon Musk a $56 billion compensation package—the most in history—the ‘fair’ thing to do?

Over the past couple of weeks, Tesla shareholders have been casting their ballots in one of the odder shareholder votes in corporate history: a vote to reinstate a massive $56 billion compensation package (the biggest in history) for Elon Musk that was put in place back in 2018 but was then thrown out by a Delaware judge in January. What makes the vote—the resu

Former Trump strategist Brad Parscale wants to use his AI tools to give his candidacy the edge in 2024

Donald Trump’s former campaign manager looked squarely into the camera and promised his viewers they were about to witness a bold new era in politics.

“You’re going to see some of the most amazing new technology in artificial intelligence that’s going to replace polling in the future across the country,” s

A lawsuit against Meta wants to give users an external tool to control their Facebook feed

Do social media users have the right to control what they see — or don’t see — on their feeds?

A lawsuit filed against Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. is arguing that a federal law often used to shield internet companies from liability also allows people to use external tools to take control of their

Want a job in AI? Start at your local community college

Josh Sinnott graduated from Arizona State University in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in business. He worked various jobs, including a bakery, Charles Schwab, and a local startup. At 26, in 2020, he decided to enroll in an inaugural associate degree program in AI at Chandler-Gilbert Community College (CGCC) outside of Phoenix.

“I was looking for a change of pace,” he said. “I wanted not only to upgrade and update my source of income, but I also had a

The book of Bitwarden: How the best free password manager is fending off tech giants

Kyle Spearrin had never developed a mobile app or browser extension when he started building Bitwarden as a fun side project in 2015.

Nearly nine years later, Spearrin’s humble attempt at a free, open-source password manager has become one of the most popular ways to keep online accounts secure. Wirecutter, PCWorld

3 hidden but powerful Microsoft Edge time savers

You’d be forgiven for using your favorite web browser day in and day out without really delving too deeply into its more esoteric features—especially since Microsoft Edge has plenty of well documented productivity power-ups to play with.

There are a few Edge features, however, that have been flying under the radar. That’s a shame, since they’re each

Israel-Hamas war cyberattacks are mostly felt by civilians

The news about the Israel-Hamas war is filled with reports of Israeli families huddling in fear from relentless rocket attacks, Israeli tanks, and artillery flattening buildings in the Gaza Strip,


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