OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) 鈥� A federal judge has denied Elon Musk’s request for a court order blocking OpenAI from converting itself to a for-profit company but said she could expedite a trial to consider Musk’s claims against the ChatGPT maker and its CEO. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled late Tuesday that 鈥淢usk has […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� A cybercrime crew stole then resold more than 900 digital tickets to Taylor Swift concerts and other pricey events on StubHub, according to prosecutors in New York. The international scam involved people working in Jamaica for a firm contracted by the online ticket marketplace, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said Monday. […]
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) 鈥� Molly Kelly was stunned to discover in June that someone she knew had used widely available 鈥渘udification鈥� technology to create highly realistic and sexually explicit videos and images of her, using family photos that were posted on social media. 鈥淢y initial shock turned to horror when I learned that the […]
Uber will shift into a new gear in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday when its ride-hailing service will begin dispatching self-driving cars to pick up passengers. The autonomous option is being provided through a partnership that brings together Uber and robotaxi pioneer Waymo, which already sells self-driving vehicle rides through its own app in Phoenix, San […]
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) 鈥� Outside Beacon Hill Middle School in the Atlanta suburb of Decatur, like along hundreds of roadsides across Georgia, the unblinking eye of a camera tickets drivers who speed through a school zone. Supporters say cameras slow down drivers and provide constant enforcement that understaffed police departments can’t equal. But some state […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has paused offensive cyberoperations against Russia by U.S. Cyber Command, rolling back some efforts to contend with a key adversary even as national security experts call for the U.S. to expand those capabilities. A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive operations, on Monday confirmed […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The CIA is headed to the South By Southwest festival to share tips on finding innovative solutions to complex challenges. America’s preeminent spy agency will deliver a presentation Sunday on creative problem solving at the annual SXSW music festival and tech conference held in Austin, Texas, the CIA announced Monday. The typically […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump is due to announce Monday that chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to invest $100 billion in the United States, according to a person familiar with the plans who was not authorized to speak publicly. TSMC, the world鈥檚 biggest semiconductor manufacturer, produces chips for companies including Apple, Intel […]
Melania Trump is heading to Capitol Hill on Monday for a roundtable discussion with members of Congress and others on a bill could speed the removal of intimate imagery posted online without an individual’s consent, or revenge porn. It will be her first solo public appearance since she resumed the role of first lady on […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Elon Musk’s car company is required each year to report to investors all the bad things that could happen to it, and the latest version lists every imaginable threat from costly lawsuits to out-of-control battery fires to war and another epidemic. But there鈥檚 barely any mention in the latest annual update […]
Thousands of Microsoft 365 customers reported having issues with services like Outlook on Saturday. In a series of posts on the social platform X, the company said it was investigating the issue, which affected various Microsoft 365 services. 鈥淲e鈥檝e identified a potential cause of impact and have reverted the suspected code to alleviate impact,鈥� Microsoft […]
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) 鈥� Microsoft is closing down Skype, the video-calling service it bought for $8.5 billion in 2011. The tech giant said Friday it will retire Skype in May and shift some of its services to Microsoft Teams, its flagship videoconferencing platform. Skype users will be able to use their existing accounts to log […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) 鈥� The owner of a North Carolina company pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to trying to sell electronic devices that have military applications to China without having a required U.S. government license, authorities said. David C. Bohmerwald, who was formally charged in October with violating the Export Control Reform Act […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) 鈥� A federal judge is weighing whether to block a Florida law from going into effect that would ban social media accounts for children under 14 and require parental permission for 14- and 15-year-olds. The measure was one of the most restrictive bans on kids鈥� social media use in the country when […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� Nvidia on Wednesday reported a surge in fourth-quarter profit and sales as demand for its specialized Blackwell chips which power artificial intelligence systems continued to grow. For the three months that ended Jan. 26, the tech giant based in Santa Clara, California, posted revenue of $39.3 billion, up 12% from the […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� Workplace communications platform Slack experienced an outage Wednesday morning as thousands of users reported they were unable to use the service. The tech company, based in San Francisco, said it was investigating reports of trouble connecting or loading Slack. On an update on the company’s website, Slack said it had 鈥渄etermined […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Amazon on Wednesday unveiled a generative-AI infused Alexa that it says will allow the popular voice assistant to have more personality, check a user鈥檚 tone and even plan romantic dates. But unlike before, when Alexa was offered for free on any Alexa-enabled devices, customers will have to pay Amazon a monthly […]
Wall Street is once again fixated on Nvidia, as the main player in the artificial intelligence mania is set to report earnings after the bell Wednesday and give an update on demand for its semiconductors, which are used to power AI applications. This will be Nvidia’s first earnings report since a Chinese upstart, DeepSeek, upended […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Shortly after becoming Wired’s global editorial director in 2023, Katie Drummond acted on an early-morning idea. With a presidential election coming, the tech-focused news outlet needed a team to report on technology’s intersection with politics. She couldn’t have predicted how much the decision would pay off. Wired has attracted broad attention […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) 鈥� U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says it鈥檚 critical that the nation be out in front when it comes to artificial intelligence, and that means having reliable and affordable sources of electricity to meet the growing demands of the technology sector. Wright made the comments Tuesday before touring Sandia National Laboratories. On […]
BOSTON (AP) 鈥� Sensitive financial and health data belonging to millions of veterans and stored on a benefits website is at risk of being stolen or otherwise compromised, according to a federal employee tasked with cybersecurity who was recently fired as part of massive government-wide cuts. The warning comes from Jonathan Kamens, who led cybersecurity […]
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) 鈥� Connecticut lawmakers passed emergency legislation Tuesday prohibiting state agencies and municipalities from purchasing or using Chinese and Russian drones while also imposing restrictions on where drones can be operated in the state. The bill comes amid bipartisan concern in Washington, D.C., about possible threats to U.S. national security posed by foreign […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Five Microsoft employees were ejected from a meeting with the company’s chief executive for protesting contracts to provide artificial intelligence and cloud computing services to the Israeli military. The protest on Monday came after an investigation by The Associated Press revealed last week that sophisticated AI models from Microsoft and OpenAI had […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they were refusing to use their technical expertise to 鈥渄ismantle critical public services.鈥� 鈥淲e swore to serve the American people and uphold our oath to the Constitution across presidential administrations,鈥� the 21 staffers […]
