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Sam Altman-backed startup makes optical scanner to detect people from AI
Have you ever ever needed a cell system designed solely to scan your eyeballs? No, that sounds a bit of creepy? Nicely, that is too dang dangerous, since you're getting…
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WASHINGTON — When he invaded Ukraine, Vladimir Putin almost certainly expected a quick, decisive conquest…
Watch Jiminy Cricket become Pinocchio’s conscience in an exclusive clip from Disney+’s live-action remake
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G.O.P. Declares Jan. 6 Attack ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’
WASHINGTON — The Republican Party on Friday officially declared the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on…
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Adults or Sexually Abused Minors? Getting It Right Vexes Facebook
The number of reports of suspected child sexual abuse has grown exponentially in recent years. The high volume, up from…
Biden Invokes Defense Production Act to Boost Critical Mineral Supply
The United States imported more than half its supply of at least 46 minerals in 2020, and all of its…
Hugs to Boring
This week, a company I never think about scooped up another one I had forgotten existed. It was a reminder…
Ben McKenzie, “O.C.” Star, Pivots to Crypto Critic
ROCKDALE, Texas — Ben McKenzie was driving his father’s silver Subaru through Texas farmland, talking in breathless bursts about money:…
Turing Award Won by Programmer Who Paved Way for Supercomputers
In the late 1970s, as a young researcher at Argonne National Laboratory outside Chicago, Jack Dongarra helped write computer code…
How War in Ukraine Roiled Facebook and Instagram
Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, took an unusual step last week: It suspended some of the quality controls that…
Pro-Russia Tweets in India Spark Suspicions of an Influence Campaign
In the days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, thousands of Twitter accounts shared messages of support for Vladimir V. Putin,…
Uber Close to Deal for Partnership With San Francisco Taxi Outfit
SAN FRANCISCO — Uber’s plan to lure more taxis onto its platform in the next several years could soon take…