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Election lies are becoming popular on YouTube when things are looking the other way

The video site removed disinformation from 2020, fearing real-world harm. Now it amplifies and capitalizes on the 2024 falsehoods, researchers say.

Split onions are likely the source of the multi-state E.coli An outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounder burgers continues to grow, the Centers for Disease… Read More »Chopped onions are likely the cause of the E. coli outbreak at McDonald's, CDC says

The company's profit rose 11 percent to $24.7 billion, beating Wall Street expectations and its own forecasts.

Microsoft reported quarterly results that impressed investors and showed how resilient the company is even as it spends heavily on AI. Some investors were concerned… Read More »Microsoft reports big profits amid massive AI investments

The Silicon Valley company, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, said it has no plans to slow its investments anytime soon.

On Tuesday, Google's CEO revealed that AI systems now generate more than a quarter of the new code for its products, with human programmers overseeing… Read More »Google's CEO says more than 25% of new Google code is generated by AI

As their children face fraud charges, the parents of FTX's top leaders have described their disbelief at how the crypto exchange turned their lives upside… Read More »How FTX's young executives shattered their parents

Large language model-based coding assistant GitHub Copilot will transition from using only OpenAI's GPT models to a multi-model approach in the coming weeks, GitHub CEO… Read More »GitHub Copilot goes beyond OpenAI models and supports Claude 3.5, Gemini

The US government has tried to stop Chinese companies from acquiring certain advanced technologies, but concerns are growing that some products may have been routed… Read More »Despite American controls, TSMC chips ended up in devices from China's Huawei

Many animals, including humans, have developed a taste for alcohol in one form or another, but excessive consumption often leads to adverse health consequences. One… Read More »These hornets break down alcohol so quickly that they cannot get drunk

Phones used by Jared Kushner and Eric Trump were among those accessed by hackers as part of a counterintelligence effort conducted by a hacking group… Read More »Trump family members and Biden aides among Chinese hacking targets

Polestar has more than a few problems with the proposed rule, according to its public comments. First, the definition is too broad and “creates crippling… Read More »The ban on Chinese technology is so broad that American-made cars would be blocked, Polestar says

Studies have shown that non-citizen voting is essentially nonexistent in federal elections in the United States.

This capability makes the arc jet test facility unique in the world, but it still cannot fully reproduce the stresses a spacecraft's heat shield experiences… Read More »For some reason, NASA is treating Orion's heat shield problems as a secret

Eight years after Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election, foreign influence over American voters has become more sophisticated. That could have major consequences in… Read More »How Russia, China and Iran are meddling in the presidential elections