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Yelp versus Google: An antitrust court fight plays out in San Francisco
San Francisco — For years, Yelp has complained about Google’s practices, alleging that the tech giant placed its own products above…
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Opinion: Silicon Valley is maximizing profit at everyone's expense. It doesn't have to be this way
A public battle has broken out among the titans of Silicon Valley. One side, led by Elon Musk, PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel and venture…
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Opinion: How bringing back the woolly mammoth could save species that still walk the Earth
As more species are pushed to the brink of extinction, conservationists are responding to our biodiversity crisis in new and sometimes…
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Uber will add driverless Cruise vehicles to its fleet in 2025
After losing its California operating license last year over safety concerns, the autonomous vehicle company Cruise will soon partner with…
Business
Deal reached in feud between California news outlets and Google: $250 million to support journalism but no new law
SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers intend to shelve legislation that would have required Google to pay news outlets for distributing their…
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Google loses major antitrust case over search, declared a monopoly by judge
In a major blow to Google, a federal judge on Monday ruled that the tech giant violated antitrust laws by illegally maintaining a monopoly…
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Justice Department sues TikTok for allegedly violating child privacy laws
The legal pressure on TikTok just got more intense. The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday sued TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance…
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U.S. Olympian couldn't pay her rent. Flavor Flav and Alexis Ohanian took care of it
Veronica Fraley is scheduled to compete at the Paris Olympics for the first time Friday. So now probably is not a good time for…
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How much does your city know about you? This Southern California city opens up
Rain was falling steadily as the group huddled underneath umbrellas outside the Mark Twain Neighborhood Library in Long Beach in early…
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Get paid or sue? How the news business is combating the threat of AI
Journalist Javier Cabral wanted to test Google’s much-hyped, experimental artificial intelligence-powered search results. So he typed out…
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Why some Silicon Valley investors are backing the Trump-Vance campaign
SAN FRANCISCO — For many years, Republicans and ardent supporters of former President Trump haven’t been super popular in Silicon Valley…
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Opinion: What's behind the AI boom? Exploited humans
When tech companies present their products as sleek autonomous computers, that ignores the labor powering the machines. Source link
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Keke Palmer defends Angela Simmons over controversial post with Oreo-filled bathtub
Angela Simmons is at the center of controversy again after posting a video on Instagram in which she’s lounging in a bathtub filled with…
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Opinion: Happy birthday, Amazon? Why one longtime user isn't celebrating the tech behemoth's 30th
I had just started my master’s degree in artificial intelligence when a classmate asked if I’d heard of Amazon, a new online bookstore…
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How Santa Clara chipmaker Nvidia became one of the world's most valuable companies in the AI boom
For more than a decade, with only a few interruptions, Apple held the title of the world’s most valuable company, becoming the first to…
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Foundation honoring 'Star Trek' creator offers million-dollar prize to develop AI that's 'used for good'
To boldly go where no man has gone before. That’s the mission of the USS Enterprise — and arguably the aim of a $1-million prize being…
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Opinion: As AI is embraced, what happens to the artists whose work was stolen to build it?
Amid the hype surrounding Apple’s new deal with OpenAI, one issue has been largely papered over: The AI company’s foundational models are,…
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California plans to enlist AI to translate healthcare information
Tener gripe, tener gripa, engriparse, agriparse, estar agripado, estar griposo, agarrar la gripe, coger la influenza. In Spanish, there…
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Phishing attack hits L.A. County public health agency, jeopardizing 200,000-plus residents' personal info
The personal information of more than 200,000 people in Los Angeles County was potentially exposed after a hacker used a phishing email to…
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Elon Musk blasts Apple's OpenAI deal over alleged privacy issues. Does he have a point?
When Apple holds its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, its software announcements typically elicit cheers and excitement from tech…
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Apple announces deal with OpenAI. Will it be a game-changer?
Apple is finally taking the plunge on AI. The company on Monday unveiled a suite of new artificial intelligence capabilities that will be…
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Op-comic: What one doctor learned as a guinea pig for AI
Advertisement Advertisement Nathan Gray is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and an…
Culture
How Netflix is using 'Too Hot to Handle' games to build its reality TV audience
Reality show contestants are fiercely protective of how they look on screen. For Chloe Veitch, one of the breakout stars of Netflix’s…
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OpenAI forms safety and security committee as concerns mount about AI
ChatGPT creator OpenAI on Tuesday said it formed a safety and security committee to evaluate the company’s processes and safeguards as…