Silicon Valley got its name from computer chips, but it no longer plays a central role in shaping how they are made. A major supplier… Read More »Silicon Valley Selected $4 Billion Chip Research Center
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TikTok sued Monday to prevent Montana from banning the popular video app, stepping up its efforts to stop a ban that would be the first… Read More »TikTok is suing Montana for state ban
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Credit…Desiree Rios/The New York Times Eight years after a controversy over black people being falsely labeled as gorillas by image analysis software — and despite… Read More »Google’s Photos app still can’t find gorillas. And neither can Apple’s.
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Since ChatGPT debuted in November, hundreds of millions of people have experimented with the online chatbot, which can answer questions, write poetry, compose emails and… Read More »OpenAI introduces ChatGPT app for iPhone
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Small, fast-moving US tech companies are using the war in Ukraine to demonstrate a new generation of military systems, but face the challenge of selling… Read More »Tech start-ups are making their way to the US defense industry via Ukraine
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There are rules that people must agree to before joining Unloved, a private discussion group on Discord, the messaging service popular among video game players.… Read More »Extremism finds fertile ground in gamer chat rooms
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Twitter sent a letter to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Thursday accusing the tech giant of misusing the social media company’s data. In the letter,… Read More »Twitter accuses Microsoft of improper use of its data
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