AIs impact and lack of coordinated regulation could change the course of history not necessarily for the good, warns Swiss banking watchdog
The urgency to regulate powerful AI has increased in recent times, as governments scramble to address the risks it might...
Lab Leak Is Not a Conspiracy Theory, Anthony Fauci Concedes
Former White House coronavirus advisor Anthony Fauci doesn't believe the lab leak explanation of COVID-19's origins is a conspiracy theory....
Why America Should Be More Like Sweden (It’s Not What You Think!)
I recently had a fascinating meeting with the Swedish ambassador to the United States, Urban Ahlin, who made me wonder...
Cops Detained the Wrong Guy. They Gave Him a Ticket Anyway.
Newly released body camera footage shows Aurora, Colorado, police forcing 44-year-old Teddy Pittman to the ground at gunpoint after mistaking...
AI will affect 60% of US jobs and worsen income inequality, IMF warns
Artificial intelligence will affect about 60% of all jobs in the US — and worsen income and wealth inequality, the...
How AI is changing gymnastics judging
Kaia Tanskanen in her blue leotard competes on uneven bars during the women's qualifications of the 2023 World Championships in...
Why everyone’s excited about household robots again
I have a chair of shame at home. By that I mean a chair in my bedroom onto which I...
Outperforming competitors as a data-driven organization
“Companies need to have the necessary data foundations, data ecosystems, and data culture to embrace an AI-driven operating model,” says Akhilesh...
The Download: super-efficient solar cells, and helpful robots
In November 2023, a buzzy solar technology broke yet another world record for efficiency. The previous record had existed for...
The FTC’s unprecedented move against data brokers, explained
“The FTC’s action is significant because of the prohibitions—barring the company from selling data about sensitive locations, rather than just...
Watch this robot cook shrimp and clean autonomously
The researchers taught the robot, called Mobile ALOHA (an acronym for “a low-cost open-source hardware teleoperation system for bimanual operation”),...
The race to get next-generation solar technology on the market
But the industry must ensure that every cell will be that durable; worldwide, companies manufacture hundreds of millions of solar...
Microsoft Tops Apple to Become Most Valuable Public Company
For more than a decade, Apple was the stock market’s undisputed king. It first overtook Exxon Mobil as the world’s...
At Sam’s Club, a Human Will No Longer Check Your Receipt at the Door
Buying things in bulk at wholesale retailers can be an all-day affair. Sam’s Club, the store chain owned by Walmart,...
Navigating AI skills: How organizations hire the right people to leverage generative AI
Generative artificial intelligence has emerged as a key technology to boost productivity for companies, showing remarkable growth and immense future...
Retailers take $100B hit over bogus returns: ‘Sent back box of bricks instead of TV’
Retailers — already hard-hit by rampant shoplifting — are facing another threat to their bottom line from scammers who are...
'Entitled' Gen Zers unprepared for workforce, experts say here's why
Videos of Gen Zers and Millennials complaining about the traditional 9-5 job have spread across social media platforms like wildfire...
Political Accountability Isnt Dead Yet
On September 22, when federal prosecutors accused Senator Robert Menendez of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, Representative...