As the war between Israel and Hamas drags on, many on both sides have taken to social media to gather information and air their outrage. The impulse to do so is understandable: Political activism on social media provides people with an emotional outlet and gives them a sense that they can do something. The war is awful, and following it generates a sharp psychological need to get involved and do something.
In the past few years, my colleagues and I at UMass Boston’s Appl
Just four months ago, Cruise had reason to celebrate.
California regulators had approved the self-driving car company’s request to provide around-the-clock fared passenger service in San Francisco, marking a major win for a company that had been operating under strict guidelines. The company had permission up until then to charge for driverless rides covering a small percentage of the city’s streets between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Cruise was partly up against conc
Mung Chiang has been president of Purdue University for nearly a year now. During that time, the electrical engineer and former dean of Purdue’s College of Engineering has built on the work of his predecessor, former Indiana governor Mitch Daniels, to make Purdue one of the most tech-focused schools in America. With a main campus in West Lafayette, Indiana, and a handful more across the state, Purdue has more STEM students than any other large university (while also, by the way, having
Sebastian Siemiatkowski is a cofounder and CEO of Klarna, the Sweden-based company that’s one of the world’s biggest providers of buy now, pay later services to customers. Klarna started off in Europe and entered the U.S. market in 2015.
Buy now, pay later has become an increasingly popular option for consumers for purchases: Its usage is up 10-fold since the pandemic, and U.S. regulators see it as potentially a more sustainable way for borrowers to pay for purchases i
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Earlier this month, AT&T quietly published an extraordinary document. For the first time ever, the company released a “political congruency report.” The report, which covers the year 2022, looks at the “[s]tate and federal elected officials to whom AT&T or its Employee PACs have made political contributions” and compares the “voting re
Apple has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit that alleges the company misrepresented the abilities of its Family Sharing plans when it came to sharing app subscriptions with family members. Apple is settling the lawsuit for $25 million, pending court approval in 2024. Here’s what to know:
What was the lawsuit about?
At the heart of the lawsuit was an Apple feature called Family Sharing. The feature allows a subscriber to share services and content with up to
The European Union is looking into whether Elon Musk’s online platform X breached tough new social media regulations in the first such investigation since the rules designed to make online content less toxic took effect.
“Today we open formal infringement proceedings against @X” under the Digital Services Act, European Commissioner Thierry Breton said in a post on the platform Monday.
“The Commission will now investigate X’s sys
Depending on which late-model vehicle you own, your car might be watching you—literally and figuratively—as you drive down the road. It’s watching you with cameras that monitor the cabin and track where you’re looking, and with sensors that track your speed, lane position, and rate of acceleration.
Your car uses this data to make your ride safe, comfortable, and convenient. For example, the cameras can tell when you’ve been distracted

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You can do some amazing things with AI in a minute or less. Read on for eight ways to start making something new. They’re all free, fast, and fun.
1. Compose a 30-second song with Splash Pro
- Input: A few words to describe the kind
The world’s first 5G network launched in 2019, offering low-latency connectivity, faster data speeds, and higher data caps for mobile devices. While the issue of which country actually first launched 5G is up for debate— the U.S. and South Korea are still battling for bragging rights—there’s no dispute around the technology’s impact. The communications firm Ericsson said in its August 2023 Mobility Report that about 260 service providers have since launched