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Amazon scraps partnership with surveillance company after Super Bowl ad backlash
2+ hour, 27+ min ago (280+ words) Amazon's smart doorbell maker Ring has terminated a partnership with police surveillance tech company Flock Safety. The announcement follows a backlash that erupted after 30-second Ring ad that aired during the Super Bowl featuring a lost dog that is found…...
People — and robots — are getting ready to celebrate the Lunar New Year in China
5+ hour, 17+ min ago (380+ words) By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Friday was dress rehearsal day for four cute humanoid robots, each about 95 centimeters (3 feet) tall at a mall in western Beijing. Curious onlookers stopped to watch. Each robot got a colorful lion costume and within minutes the…...
Musk vows to put data centers in space and run them on solar power but experts have their doubts
1+ week, 1+ day ago (814+ words) By BERNARD CONDON and MATT O'BRIEN The world's richest man said he wants to put as many as a million satellites into orbit to form vast, solar-powered data centers in space " a move to allow expanded use of artificial intelligence…...
One Tech Tip: Escape the AI junk crowding your social media and music streams
1+ week, 2+ day ago (815+ words) By KELVIN CHAN, AP Business Writer AI slop seems to be everywhere. Low-quality digital content made with artificial intelligence has flooded our feeds, screens and speakers. Is there anything we can do about it? If you want fewer cartoonish videos…...
Google adds AI image generation to Chrome browser, side panel option for virtual assistant
2+ week, 2+ day ago (317+ words) By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, Associated Press Google is empowering its Chrome browser with the ability to alter imagery and a virtual assistant to help with online tasks as part of its push to turbocharge its digital services with more artificial intelligence…...
Meta pauses teen access to AI characters
2+ week, 6+ day ago (186+ words) Meta is halting teens" access to artificial intelligence characters, at least temporarily, the company said in a blog post Friday. Meta Platforms Inc., which own Instagram and WhatsApp, said that starting in the "coming weeks," teens will no longer be…...
The coming winter storm: There’s an app for that. But how reliable is it and what’s inside?
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (810+ words) By SETH BORENSTEIN and TAMMY WEBBER Smartphone weather apps that summarize their forecasts with eye-popping numbers and bright icons may be handy during mild weather, but meteorologists say it's better to listen to human expertise during multi-faceted, dangerous winter storms…...
Under Armour looking into data breach affecting customers’ email addresses
3+ week, 21+ hour ago (227+ words) A woman walks hand in hand with a young boy past an Under Armour retail store on April 12, 2025 in Shenzhen, China. (Photo by Cheng Xin/Getty Images) The breach is believed to have happened late last year, and affected 72 million…...
4 in 5 small businesses had cyberattacks last year and almost half of those were AI powered
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1216+ words) One more reason things cost more today: cybercrime. A survey by the Identity Theft Resource Center, a San Diego-based education and victim resource nonprofit, found that 38% of small businesses hit by a cyberscam or breach in the previous 12 months passed…...
Sales of a powerful Nvidia AI chip to China gets the greenlight, with conditions
4+ week, 2+ day ago (236+ words) The Trump administration placed new security requirements on Nividia's semiconductor sales to China, but essentially greenlighted the export of its powerful H200 artificial intelligence chips to Chinese buyers. Nvidia must ensure that there is an adequate supply in the U.S., and the…...