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New design sets a high standard for post-quantum readiness.

SB 243 requires chatbot developers to institute safeguards including notifications that a chatbot isn’t human.

Governor Gavin Newsom signed a batch of bills to regulate online services on Monday

Today Apple announced that the Apple TV+ streaming service will now be called Apple TV. The company said the rebranding...

The court has agreed to hear oral argument in the cases below. Note that CVSG designates cases where there was a call for the views of the solicitor general. View […]

After spending a week with Meta’s new display-embedded smart glasses, I’m convinced that Apple made the right call pivoting from the so-called Vision Air to spectacles. Also: The company begins reshuffling its executive team, and its latest product launch is imminent.

No significant impact is expected on Taiwan's semiconductor industry from China's new curbs on rare earths as they differ from the metals needed for the chip sector, the island's economy ministry said on Sunday.

Over the last two years, Nvidia has used its ballooning fortunes to invest in over 100 AI startups. Here are the giant semiconductor's largest investments.

: Artificial intelligence works when humans use it wisely

We're expecting to see the latest MacBook Pro, along with a new iPad Pro and Vision Pro, in the coming weeks.

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI’s new tool lets users make realistic AI videos of dead public figures like Kobe Bryant and Michael Jackson. Many have responded with crude and racist memes.

Google says it now processes more than 1.3 quadrillion tokens every month with its AI models. But this headline number mostly reflects computing effort, not real usage or practical value, and it raises questions about Google's own environmental claims.

Explore OpenAI's staggering financial commitments and the challenges that may trigger a Wile E Coyote moment for AI.

The obvious reason why the latest brain rot phrase is driving non-Gen Alphas up the wall.

My cancer is back. This is disappointing but not unexpected; of the 2/3 of people who survive their first bout with ovarian cancer, 80% usually have it recur at some point. For me it was sooner tha…

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Until Sequoia, it was simply downloaded and installed as any other software update. Since then it has changed frequently and its behaviour can now confuse.

Hollywood producer Robert Simonds leads the deal, subject to Israeli and U.S. regulatory review.

Superionic materials promise greater range, faster charges and more safety.

Beijing’s trade curbs and President Trump’s tariff threats show how quickly calm can give way to confrontation between the two largest economies.

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Apple is reportedly close to a deal with computer vision startup Prompt AI, beating out Elon Musk's xAI to secure talent and tech to be used in Apple Intelligence and HomeKit Secure Video.

Thanks to Extended Security Updates, you don't have to make the switch to Windows 11 just yet.

“I’m about to just toss the whole thing…”…