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Artificial intelligence technology is in an "industrial bubble," Amazon founder Jeff Bezos told a tech conference in Italy on Friday, but the benefits to society will be "immense."... Read more

A review reimagines solar-driven water electrolysis not as a mere hydrogen production technology but instead as a relatively versatile platform for sustainable chemical manufacturing, according to Professor Fatwa F. Abdi from the School of Energy and Environment at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK).... Read more

U.S. technology company Nvidia and Fujitsu, a Japanese telecommunications and computer maker, agreed Friday to work together on artificial intelligence to deliver smart robots and a variety of other innovations using Nvidia's computer chips.... Read more

OpenAI could now be the world's most valuable startup, ahead of Elon Musk's SpaceX and TikTok's parent company ByteDance, after a secondary stock sale designed to retain employees at the ChatGPT maker.... Read more

The staggering investments in artificial intelligence keep coming: Last week, AI chip giant Nvidia announced it would invest $100 billion to help OpenAI, the frontrunner in generative AI, build data centers.... Read more

Human trafficking rings are at their most dangerous when they masquerade as legitimate commercial activity. Illicit massage businesses (IMBs) are one of the most common ways in which exploitive networks operate in plain sight.... Read more

A Dutch court Thursday ordered Meta to ensure that Facebook and Instagram users in the Netherlands have "direct and easily available" access to a feed that is not based on algorithmic profiling.... Read more

Months after Elon Musk left the Trump administration to the relief of Tesla investors worried about boycotts, the world's richest man has announced some good news: Sales of Tesla cars are back.... Read more

DoorDash has finalized its acquisition of the U.K. food delivery company Deliveroo, saying Thursday that the boards of both companies approved the nearly $4 billion deal announced earlier this year.... Read more

The valuation of ChatGPT developer OpenAI soared to a chart-topping $500 billion in a deal for employees to sell a limited number of shares, financial media reported Thursday.... Read more

Video game publisher Electronic Arts (EA), one of the biggest video game companies in the world behind games such as The Sims and Battlefield, has been sold to a consortium of buyers for US$55 billion (about A$83 billion). It is potentially the largest-ever buyout funded by private equity firms. Not... Read more

Scammers are among the top political ad spenders on Meta's platforms, using deepfake videos of American politicians—including President Donald Trump—to promote fake government benefits, a watchdog group said Wednesday.... Read more

Dutch authorities told companies and organizations on Thursday they should not rely solely on chatbots to communicate with consumers, describing their use as "one of the biggest annoyances" customers face.... Read more

The UK government has renewed its demand for Apple to hand over data uploaded by its users to the cloud, the Financial Times reported Wednesday.... Read more

Scientists at PSI have created a dynamic database for vanadium, an important raw material. This metal has enormous potential for the energy transition. Vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFB) can store electricity for longer than the widely used lithium-ion technology.... Read more

Meta will begin using people's conversations with its artificial intelligence chatbot to tailor the ads and content they see on Facebook and Instagram, the social media giant announced Wednesday.... Read more

Concerns over the prevalence of online misinformation, including "fake news," and its implications for politics, business, and society at large have gained momentum in the last decade. The rise of social media, with its almost complete lack of barriers to disseminating content, has contributed to markedly diminished trust in the... Read more

Target is rolling out new self-checkout kiosks designed for blind and low-vision shoppers—and the retailer isn't keeping the technology to itself.... Read more

Dallas-Fort Worth is in the midst of a data center boom driven by artificial intelligence and everybody's talking about it.... Read more

Maryland officials say no ransom was paid and services have been fully restored in the wake of a ransomware attack that exposed personal data and disrupted bus services at the state's transportation agency.... Read more

Amazon on Tuesday unveiled the latest generation of connected products, featuring enhanced artificial intelligence capabilities designed to make interactions with AI more frequent and natural.... Read more

Facebook owner Meta on Wednesday defended its advertising model in a 550-million-euro trial in Spain over alleged breaches of EU data protection rules brought by more than 80 Spanish media organizations.... Read more

China kicked off Wednesday a new visa program aimed at attracting foreign talent in science and technology, part of ongoing efforts to position itself as a world leader in those sectors ahead of the United States.... Read more

An independent appeals body tasked with resolving disputes between social media platforms and EU users on Wednesday criticized a lack of cooperation from digital platforms, especially YouTube.... Read more

Taiwan "will not agree" to making 50% of its semiconductors in the United States, the island's lead tariff negotiator said Wednesday, as Washington pressures Taipei to produce more chips on US soil.... Read more

If the future of the internet looks like a constant stream of amusing videos generated by artificial intelligence, then OpenAI just placed its stake in an emerging market.... Read more

OpenAI is turning ChatGPT into a virtual merchant that can help sell goods for Etsy and Shopify as the artificial intelligence company looks for new revenue in online commerce.... Read more

Artificial intelligence is transforming the creative process. AI can not only generate complex texts, high-quality images, and videos in just a few minutes. It can also support creative thinking and act as a research tool in the stages prior to artistic production. However, its adoption also raises ethical concerns around... Read more

In September 2024, Australia introduced a new classification approach for games with gambling-like content.... Read more

DoorDash is expanding its offerings, adding restaurant reservations and robot deliveries in some U.S. markets.... Read more

Dr. Mohammad Ali Rajaeifar and Daniel Philipp Mueller, TÜV SÜD, have co-authored a paper with Professor Oliver Heidrich from Newcastle University in Nature Energy that discusses the delay in the Delegated Act for CF declaration of EV batteries and its impact on industry and research stakeholders.... Read more

New research shows that understanding users' intentions—rather than simply increasing data volume—can improve the suggestions generated by YouTube's "black box" algorithms.... Read more

The European Union on Tuesday demanded Big Tech players including Apple and Google explain what action they are taking against financial scams online, as Brussels seeks to show it is not shying away from enforcing its rules.... Read more

Storing renewable energy in large batteries to help balance the energy market is technically feasible at large scale across the UK and EU, but it needs to overcome financial challenges affecting its long-term business viability, finds a new study by UCL researchers.... Read more

Amazon.com Inc. exercised "overwhelming control" over subcontracted drivers it claimed weren't its employees, U.S. labor board attorneys told a judge Monday.... Read more

Data center demand in Dallas is skyrocketing, with vacant space being snapped up almost as soon as it hits the market.... Read more

The White House on Monday said a US version of TikTok would feature a homegrown model of the app's prized algorithm, potentially clearing one of the main obstacles to keeping the Chinese-owned platform online in the United States.... Read more

Chipmaker Nvidia will invest $100 billion in OpenAI as part of a partnership announced Monday that will add at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia AI data centers to ramp up the computing power for the owner of the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.... Read more

President Donald Trump announced on Sept. 19, 2025, a preliminary agreement for the sale of a majority stake in TikTok from Chinese tech giant ByteDance to a group of U.S. investors following Trump's negotiation with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.... Read more

A £150 billion technology prosperity deal between the US and the UK was announced during President Donald Trump's recent state visit to the UK.... Read more

It is a sad fact of online life that users search for information about suicide. In the earliest days of the internet, bulletin boards featured suicide discussion groups. To this day, Google hosts archives of these groups, as do other services.... Read more

Financial institutions are constantly fighting off fraudsters who steal money from customer accounts. Banks spend millions each year to figure out who was responsible and keep customers from leaving; however, in most cases it's nearly impossible to figure out who committed the fraud.... Read more

Oracle has named Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia as CEOs, with current CEO Safra Catz becoming executive vice chair of the technology company's board.... Read more

Medical device manufacturer Exactech has agreed to pay $8 million to settle allegations that it concealed defects in a popular line of artificial knee implants, which have been blamed for thousands of patient injuries in lawsuits.... Read more

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his eldest son Lachlan could be among the investors who will take control of TikTok in the United States.... Read more

Google faced a fresh federal court test on Monday as US government lawyers asked a judge to order the breakup of the search engine giant's ad technology business.... Read more

Jury selection began Monday in a US government lawsuit accusing e-commerce giant Amazon of using tricks to enroll millions of customers into its Prime subscription service and then making it nearly impossible to cancel.... Read more

A deal for the Chinese parent company of popular video-sharing app TikTok to sell its US operations would see the creation of a board dominated by Americans, the White House said Saturday.... Read more

EU investigations into online platforms including X and Facebook to ensure they are protecting Europeans will be completed in the "coming weeks and months," EU digital chief Henna Virkkunen told AFP on Friday.... Read more

The White House issued a major clarification Saturday to its new H-1B visa policy that had rattled the tech industry, saying a $100,000 fee will be a "one-time" payment imposed only on new applicants.... Read more