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Riding Rage Over Israel to Online Prominence

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Jackson Hinkle has cultivated an online persona so incendiary that he has been kicked off YouTube, Twitch and Instagram.He rages on undaunted, even...
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This Artificially Intelligent Pin Wants to Free You From Your Phone

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On a recent afternoon, I held a bagel in front of me and said: “Look and tell me if this is healthy.”A monotone...
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Computer Theorist Wins $1 Million Turing Award

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Computers seem methodical, deliberate and utterly predictable. But they can also behave in ways that are completely random. As researchers build increasingly powerful...
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Now Hiring: Sophisticated (but Part-Time) Chatbot Tutors

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After her second child was born, Chelsea Becker took an unpaid, yearlong leave from her full-time job as a flight attendant. After watching...
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What Happened When a German Car Factory Went All Electric

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Zwickau, a city in Germany’s east, may not be as famous as Detroit, but its economy has revolved around internal combustion engines since...
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Beeper Messaging App Is Acquired as a Bet on a Regulatory Shift

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Beeper, the app that brought iPhone messaging features to Android smartphones, has been acquired by Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, to support the...
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Tesla Settles Lawsuit Over a Fatal Crash Involving Autopilot

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Tesla on Monday settled a lawsuit that blamed the automaker’s driver-assistance software for the death of a California man in 2018, averting a...
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Teen Girls Confront an Epidemic of Deepfake Nudes in Schools

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Westfield Public Schools held a regular board meeting in late March at the local high school, a red brick complex in Westfield, N.J.,...
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Google to Tone Down Message Board After Employees Feud Over War in Gaza

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For nearly 14 years, an online message board called Memegen has served as a virtual water cooler for Google employees.Memegen has been a...
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Maryland Passes 2 Major Privacy Bills, Despite Tech Industry Pushback

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The Maryland Legislature this weekend passed two sweeping privacy bills that aim to restrict how powerful tech platforms can harvest and use the...
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