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An Internet Veteran’s Guide to Not Being Scared of Technology

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How could they protect themselves from A.I.?That was the question that Mike Masnick found himself fielding this summer in a WhatsApp chat with...
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Quantum Tech Intended for National Security Is Testing U.S. Alliances

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The Australian physicist shook the heavy metal box that resembled a beer cooler but held a quantum sensor. A computer screen showed that...
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Ford’s Profit Jumped in Second Quarter

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Ford Motor earned $1.9 billion from April to June, up from $667 million a year earlier, the company said on Thursday. Robust sales...
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Facebook’s Algorithm Is ‘Influential’ but Doesn’t Necessarily Change Beliefs, Researchers Say

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The algorithms powering Facebook and Instagram, which drive what billions of people see on the social networks, have been in the cross hairs...
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Blood of Young Mice Extends Life in the Old

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A team of scientists has extended the lives of old mice by connecting their blood vessels to young mice. The infusions of youthful...
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Elon Musk’s Quixotic Quest to Turn X Into an ‘Everything App’

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Four years ago, a billionaire tech executive leading one of the world’s pre-eminent social platforms laid out a vision to transform it into...
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Prosecutors Drop Campaign Finance Charge Against Sam Bankman-Fried

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Federal prosecutors pursuing the criminal case against the cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried said on Wednesday that they were dropping a charge that Mr....
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Slack Experiences a Widespread Outage, Company Says

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Slack, the messaging platform used by millions of people around the world, was experiencing what the company called an “outage” on Thursday.Reports that...
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What Happened When 15 of Twitter’s Top Celebrities Joined Threads

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Threads, the new social app from Meta, had a fast start this month when it racked up 100 million downloads in less than...
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Researchers Poke Holes in Safety Controls of ChatGPT and Other Chatbots

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When artificial intelligence companies build online chatbots, like ChatGPT, Claude and Google Bard, they spend months adding guardrails that are supposed to prevent...
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