Hong Kong is safe from China’s Great Firewall—for now
To read more about how this injunction is specifically designed for Western Big Tech platforms, and the impact it’s likely...
A.I. Program Aims to Break Barriers for Female Students
Over the last 10 months, Chelsea Prudencio, a junior at Baruch College in Manhattan, got a crash course in artificial...
The Old-Fashioned Library at the Heart of the A.I. Boom
The two-story library has Oriental rugs, shaded lamps dotting its desks and rows of hardbacks lining its walls. It is...
Senators Propose $32 Billion in Annual A.I. Spending but Defer Regulation
A bipartisan group of senators released a long-awaited legislative plan for artificial intelligence on Wednesday, calling for billions in funding...
Google parent Alphabet unveils beefed-up AI chatbot as competition heats up
Google parent Alphabet on Tuesday showed how it is building on artificial intelligence across its businesses, including a beefed-up Gemini chatbot and...
McDonald’s is getting rid of free drink refills and more fast-food chains may follow
Empty cups and empty hearts.McDonald’s customers are bidding a bitter farewell to free drink refills, one of the latest casualties...
A New Law Is Making It Even Harder To Find Day Care in D.C.
Average toddler day care costs in Washington, D.C., exceed $24,000 a year, outstripping expenses in cities like New York and...
NYC's cops, firefighters, teachers and city worker pension funds have millions sunk in TikTok parent ByteDance
WASHINGTON Millions of dollars from US pension funds including those of New York’s police officers and firefighters are invested in...
Mark Zuckerberg appears to celebrate 40th birthday on $300M ‘Launchpad’ superyacht
Yacht-see!Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg reportedly flew to Panama to celebrate his 40th birthday — where the billionaire’s alleged brand-new $300...
Google’s Astra is its first AI-for-everything agent
Google is unveiling many more new AI capabilities beyond agents today. It’s going to integrate AI more deeply into Search...
Google Takes the Next Step in Its A.I. Evolution
Last May, Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive, said the company would use artificial intelligence to reimagine all of its products.But...
A.I.’s ‘Her’ Era Has Arrived
A lifelike artificial intelligence with a smooth, alluring voice enchants and impresses its human users — flirting, telling jokes, fulfilling...
Goldman Sachs CEO raises alarm on US debt: ‘Ability to spend without constraint is not unlimited’
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said that US policymakers need to put greater “focus” on the nation’s ballooning debt and...
Microsoft to face antitrust charges in Europe over Teams software dominance: report
Microsoft is reportedly facing a fresh antitrust crackdown by European regulators over its alleged use of anticompetitive tactics to boost...
More States Are Considering Lab-Grown Meat Restrictions
What we asked for: Illustration of lab-grown meat in a pop art style What Dall-E says it gave us: The...
Here Is Why a Federal Judge Rejected Hunter Biden’s Second Amendment Challenge to His Gun Charges
Last Thursday, a federal judge in Delaware rejected Hunter Biden's Second Amendment challenge to the three gun charges he faces...
Brace for Big Tax Hikes in 2026 Unless Congress Acts
Most Americans face tax hikes starting in 2026, and the increased federal tax bite will come about without Congress lifting...
The Download: OpenAI’s GPT-4o, and what’s coming at Google I/O
The news: OpenAI just debuted GPT-4o, a new kind of AI model that you can communicate with in real time...