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Riding Rage Over Israel to Online Prominence

Jackson Hinkle has cultivated an online persona so incendiary that he has been kicked off YouTube, Twitch and Instagram.He rages on undaunted, even...

This Artificially Intelligent Pin Wants to Free You From Your Phone

On a recent afternoon, I held a bagel in front of me and said: “Look and tell me if this is healthy.”A monotone...

Computer Theorist Wins $1 Million Turing Award

Computers seem methodical, deliberate and utterly predictable. But they can also behave in ways that are completely random. As researchers build increasingly powerful...

Now Hiring: Sophisticated (but Part-Time) Chatbot Tutors

After her second child was born, Chelsea Becker took an unpaid, yearlong leave from her full-time job as a flight attendant. After watching...

What Happened When a German Car Factory Went All Electric

Zwickau, a city in Germany’s east, may not be as famous as Detroit, but its economy has revolved around internal combustion engines since...

Beeper Messaging App Is Acquired as a Bet on a Regulatory Shift

Beeper, the app that brought iPhone messaging features to Android smartphones, has been acquired by Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, to support the...

Tesla Settles Lawsuit Over a Fatal Crash Involving Autopilot

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...

Teen Girls Confront an Epidemic of Deepfake Nudes in Schools

Westfield Public Schools held a regular board meeting in late March at the local high school, a red brick complex in Westfield, N.J.,...

Google to Tone Down Message Board After Employees Feud Over War in Gaza

For nearly 14 years, an online message board called Memegen has served as a virtual water cooler for Google employees.Memegen has been a...

Maryland Passes 2 Major Privacy Bills, Despite Tech Industry Pushback

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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