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New York City turns to AI-powered scanners in push to keep guns out of the subway system

New York City is turning to AI-powered scanners in a new bid to keep guns out of its subway system
31 minutes ago
Gun detection machines are tested at the Fulton Street transit station before a news conference with New York Mayor Eric Adams, Friday, July 26, 2024, in New York. New York City is turning to AI-powered scanners in a new bid to keep guns out of its subway system. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
39 minutes ago

Senators call on Federal Trade Commission to investigate automakers' sale of driving data to brokers

Two U.S. senators are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate automakers selling customers’ driving data to brokers who package it and then sell it to insurance companies
39 minutes ago
July 26

Justice Department defends group's right to sue over AI robocalls sent to New Hampshire voters

The federal Justice Department is defending the legal right to challenge robocalls sent to New Hampshire voters that used artificial intelligence to mimic President Joe Biden’s voice
July 26
FILE - Steve Kramer is seated Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at Superior Court, in Laconia, N.H., during his arraignment in connection with charges of voter suppression and impersonating a candidate. The federal Justice Department has filed a statement of interest in a civil lawsuit against Kramer and others, defending the legal right to challenge the calls.(AP Photo/Steven Senne, Pool, File)
July 25

OpenAI tests ChatGPT-powered search engine that could compete with Google

OpenAI is testing a ChatGPT-powered search engine that could put the artificial intelligence company in direct competition with search giant Google and affect the flow of internet traffic seeking news and other timely information
July 25
FILE - The OpenAI logo appears on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen with random binary data, March 9, 2023, in Boston. San Francisco-based OpenAI said Thursday, July 25, 2024, it is releasing a preview of the SearchGPT to a small group of users and publishers for feedback. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
July 25

Company says manufacturing problem was behind wind turbine blade breaking off Nantucket Island

The maker of a massive wind turbine blade that broke apart off Nantucket Island says a manufacturing problem was responsible
July 25
FILE - Giant wind turbine blades for the Vineyard Winds project are stacked on racks in the harbor, July 11, 2023, in New Bedford, Mass. The maker of a massive wind turbine blade that broke apart off Nantucket Island and washed up on the beaches says a manufacturing problem was responsible. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
July 25

Video game actors are now on strike. Here's why

More than 2,500 video game voice actors and motion capture performers are going on strike after negotiations with game industry giants that began nearly two years ago failed to result in an agreement
July 25
SAG-AFTRA committee members and members of the board gather for a news conference at the SAG-AFTRA headquarters in Los Angeles on Thursday, July 25, 2024. Hollywood's video game performers voted to go on strike Thursday, throwing part of the entertainment industry into another work stoppage after talks for a new contract with major game studios broke down over artificial intelligence protections. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia)
July 25

Video game performers will go on strike over artificial intelligence concerns

Hollywood’s video game performers are going on strike, throwing part of the entertainment industry into another work stoppage after talks for a new contract with major game studios broke down over artificial intelligence protections
July 25
FILE - SAG-AFTRA signage is seen on the side of the headquarters in Los Angeles on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023.Hollywood's video game performers voted to go on strike Thursday, July 25, 2024, throwing part of the entertainment industry into another work stoppage after talks for a new contract with major game studios broke down over artificial intelligence protections. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel,File)
July 25

Video game actors vote to strike over artificial intelligence concerns in latest entertainment industry work stoppage

Video game actors vote to strike over artificial intelligence concerns in latest entertainment industry work stoppage
July 25
July 25

North Korean charged in ransomware attacks on American hospitals

Federal authorities say a North Korean military intelligence operative has been indicted in a conspiracy to hack into American medical centers, military bases and even NASA
July 25
Federal prosecutors announced Thursday, July 25, 2024, that they have indicted a North Korean national in a conspiracy to hack hospitals, military bases and NASA, in Kansas City, Kan. Rim Jong Hyok is wanted by the FBI. (AP Photo/Nick Ingram)
July 25

An alleged member of a North Korean military intelligence agency has been indicted in conspiracy to hack U.S. hospitals

An alleged member of a North Korean military intelligence agency has been indicted in conspiracy to hack U.S. hospitals
July 25
July 25

FCC pursues new rules for AI in political ads, but changes may not take effect before the election

The Federal Communications Commission has advanced a proposal that would require political advertisers to disclose their use of artificial intelligence in broadcast television and radio ads
July 25
FILE - People are reflected in a window of a hotel at the Davos Promenade in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 15, 2024. The Federal Communications Commission has advanced a proposal that would require political advertisers to disclose their use of artificial intelligence in broadcast television and radio ads. But it's unclear whether new regulations may be in place before the November presidential election. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
July 25

NASA says no return date yet for astronauts and Boeing capsule at space station

Officials say two NASA astronauts will remain at the International Space Station until engineers finish working on problems plaguing their Boeing capsule
July 25
FILE - This photo provided by NASA shows the Starliner spacecraft docked to the Harmony module of the International Space Station, orbiting 262 miles above Egypt's Mediterranean coast, on June 13, 2024. (NASA via AP, File)
July 25

No return date yet for NASA astronauts until engineers finish working on problems on Boeing capsule, officials say

No return date yet for NASA astronauts until engineers finish working on problems on Boeing capsule, officials say
July 25
July 25

Microsoft's World of Warcraft development workers are unionizing

More than 500 workers behind the popular video game franchisee “World of Warcraft” are unionizing
July 25
FILE - Gamers test out computer games at the Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, on Aug. 22, 2017. More than 500 workers behind the popular video game franchisee “World of Warcraft” are joining the Communications Workers of America, the union announced Wednesday, July 24, 2024. Microsoft subsidiary Blizzard Entertainment, World of Warcraft's publisher, has recognized the union. (Oliver Berg/DPA via AP, File)
July 25

Meta's Oversight Board says deepfake policies need update and response to explicit image fell short

Meta's Oversight Board says the company failed to take down an AI-generated intimate image of an Indian female public figure that violated its policies until the board got involved
July 25
FILE - The Meta logo is seen at the Vivatech show in Paris, France, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. Meta failed to take down an AI-generated intimate image of an Indian female public figure that violated its policies until the company's review board got involved, the panel said in a decision on two deepfake cases released Thursday, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
July 25

Small stocks are about to take over? Wall Street has heard that before.

After getting trounced by their larger rivals for years, some of the smallest stocks on Wall Street have shown much more life recently
July 25
Trader Gregory Rowe works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, July 22, 2024. After getting trounced by their larger rivals for years, some of the smallest stocks on Wall Street have shown much more life recently. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
July 25

Japanese automaker Nissan lowers its profit forecast amid incentive, inventory woes

Nissan has lowered its full fiscal year outlook after the Japanese automaker reported a 73% decline in profit in the April-June quarter compared to the previous year
July 25
FILE - Logos at a Nissan showroom are seen in Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, March 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
July 25

India and UK launch tech initiative as new British foreign minister makes his first official visit

India and Britain are launching a new technology security initiative expected to boost economic growth and deepen collaboration on critical technologies
July 25
This photo obtained from the Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar's X account shows British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, left, with Jaishankar in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (X via AP)
July 25

A neurological disorder stole her voice. Jennifer Wexton takes it back on the House floor.

A rare neurological disorder robbed Rep. Jennifer Wexton of her ability to speak clearly
July 25
In this image from video Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Va., uses an AI program on her iPad to speak in the chamber of the House of Representatives, Thursday, July 25, 2024 at the Capitol in Washington. A rare neurological disease robbed Wexton of her ability to speak clearly. But with the help of a powerful artificial intelligence program, the Virginia Democrat usee a clone of her voice to deliver what is believed to be the first speech on the House floor ever given via a voice cloned by artificial intelligence, thrusting Wexton into a broader debate about over artificial intelligence. (House Television via AP)
July 24

Phone lines down in multiple courts across California after ransomware attack

Several courts across California have lost their phone lines after a ransomware attack targeting the Superior Court of Los Angeles County
July 24
July 24

Appeals judges rule against fund used to provide phone services for rural and low-income people

A federal appeals court in New Orleans has ruled unconstitutional a method the Federal Communications Commission uses to fund telephone and broadband services for rural and low-income users
July 24
FILE - A man walks in front of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Jan. 7, 2015, in New Orleans. The court ruled Wednesday, July 24, 2024, that the method the Federal Communications Commission uses to fund telephone and broadband services for rural and low-income users is unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman, File)
July 24

Surprise Yellowstone geyser eruption highlights little known hazard at popular park

A surprise eruption of steam in a Yellowstone National Park geyser basin that sent people scrambling for safety as basketball-sized rocks flew overhead has highlighted a little-known hazard that scientists hope to be able to predict someday
July 24
This image provided by the National Park Service shows a boardwalk damaged by a hydrothermal explosion at Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (Jacob W. Frank/National Park Service via AP)
July 24

NASA telescope spots a super Jupiter that takes more than a century to go around its star

Astronomers have directly observed a super Jupiter around a nearby star
July 24
This image provided by the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in July 2024 shows the exoplanet Epsilon Indi A b captured in different infrared wavelengths by the James Webb Space Telescope. Light from the star Epsilon Indi A, whose position is indicated by star symbols, is blocked by a coronagraph allowing the orbiting planet to be visible. An international team led by Max Planck Institute for Astronomy’s Elisabeth Matthews in Germany collected the images in 2023 and published their findings Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in the journal Nature. (T. Müller (MPIA/HdA), E. Matthews (MPIA) via AP)
July 24

Floods and climate change blamed for surge in dengue in the Emirates as WHO warns of global spike

Since the United Arab Emirates witnessed its heaviest recorded rainfall ever three months ago, the desert nation has issued a multitude of warnings about dengue
July 24
FILE - A group of people work to recover an abandoned vehicle taken by floodwater caused by heavy rain in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, April 18, 2024. Since historic floods washed across the United Arab Emirates in April, this Mideast nation has been trying to contain an outbreak of dengue fever that activists say has struck the country's vast population of laborers the hardest. (AP Photo/Christopher Pike, File)
July 24

Delta CEO, in Paris for the Olympics, says outage-related cancellations should end Thursday

The chief executive of Delta Air Lines expects flight cancellations and delays that resulted from a global technology breakdown last week to be resolved by Thursday
July 24
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg talks with reporters at the White House, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Washington. U.S. regulators are investigating how Delta Air Lines is treating passengers affected by canceled and delayed flights as the airline struggles to recover from a global technology outage. Buttigieg announced the Delta investigation on the X social media platform Tuesday “to ensure the airline is following the law and taking care of its passengers during continued widespread disruptions. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
July 24

UN cultural agency rejects plan to place Britain's Stonehenge on list of heritage sites in danger

The United Nations’ cultural agency has rejected recommendations to place Stonehenge on the list of endangered world heritage sites over concerns that Britain’s plans to build a nearby highway tunnel threaten the landscape around the prehistoric monument
July 24
FILE - Revelers gather at the ancient stone circle Stonehenge to celebrate the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, near Salisbury, England, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. The United Nations’ cultural agency has rejected recommendations to place Stonehenge on the list of world heritage sites in danger over concerns that Britain’s plans to build a nearby highway tunnel threaten the landscape around the prehistoric monument. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
July 24

Meta takes down thousands of Facebook accounts running sextortion scams from Nigeria

Meta says it has removed about 63,000 Instagram accounts engaging in sexual extortion scams
July 24
FILE - A Meta Portal Go is displayed during a preview of the Meta Store in Burlingame, Calif., on May 4, 2022. 4. A deep dive into political ads on Facebook by researchers at Syracuse University has revealed a sprawling web of advertisements that contain misleading information or scams. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
July 24

CrowdStrike blames bug for letting bad data slip through, leading to global tech outage

CrowdStrike has blamed a bug in an update that allowed its cybersecurity systems to push bad data out to millions of customer computers
July 24
A technician works on an information display near United Airlines gates at Chicago O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Friday, July 19, 2024, after a faulty CrowdStrike update caused a major internet outage for computers running Microsoft Windows. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
July 24

Vietnam allows big companies to buy clean energy directly to meet their climate targets

Vietnam has passed a decree radically loosening the Communist Party-ruled state’s control on how electricity is sold to private companies
July 24
This photo shows power lines in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. Vietnam will let electricity-guzzling factories buy electricity from wind and solar power producers, helping big companies like Samsung Electronics meet their climate targets and relieving pressure on the country's overstrained grid. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
July 23

FTC orders 8 companies to provide information on 'surveillance pricing' practices

The Federal Trade Commission has ordered information from eight companies that the agency says offer products and services that use personal data to set prices based on a shopper’s individual characteristics
July 23
FILE - The Federal Trade Commission building is seen, Jan. 28, 2015, in Washington. The Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, that it's ordering eight companies that offer “surveillance pricing” to turn in information about their practices, as the agency investigates potential impacts on privacy and consumer protection. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
July 23

Surprise blast of rock, water and steam in Yellowstone sends dozens running for safety

A surprise eruption in Yellowstone National Park has shot steam, water and dark-colored rock and dirt an estimated 100 feet into the sky and sent people running for safety
July 23
In this photo released by the National Park Service, debris litter the damaged Biscuit Basin boardwalks after a hydrothermal explosion at Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., Tuesday, July 23, 2024. (National Park Service via AP)
July 23

Google's corporate parent still prospering amid shift injecting more AI technology in search

Google’s corporate parent Alphabet Inc. delivered another quarter of steady growth amid an AI-driven shift in the ubiquitous search engine that is the foundation of its internet empire
July 23
FILE - Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., on May 14, 2024. Alphabet reports earnings on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
July 23

Google's corporate parent posts another quarter of steady growth amid AI-driven shift in its dominant search engine

Google's corporate parent posts another quarter of steady growth amid AI-driven shift in its dominant search engine
July 23
July 23

Tesla's 2Q profit falls 45% to $1.48 billion as sales drop despite price cuts and low-interest loans

Tesla’s second-quarter net income fell 45% compared with a year ago as the company’s global electric vehicle sales tumbled despite price cuts and low-interest financing
July 23
FILE - The Tesla logo appears on an unsold 2020 Model X at a dealership, Feb. 2, 2020, in Littleton, Colo. Tesla's second-quarter net income fell 45% compared with a year ago as the company's global electric vehicle sales tumbled despite price cuts and low-interest financing. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
July 23

Cyber security startup Wiz reportedly rejects $23B acquisition proposal from Google

Wiz, a cloud security firm based in New York, has rejected a proposed $23 billion acquisition deal offered by Google parent Alphabet, according to a Wiz memo seen by CNBC
July 23
July 23

Google makes abrupt U-turn by dropping plan to remove ad-tracking cookies on Chrome browser

Google is dropping plans to eliminate cookies from its Chrome web browser, making a sudden U-turn on four years of work to phase out the technology that tracks users for ad purposes
July 23
FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2018 file photo, a woman walks past the logo for Google at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai. Google is dropping plans to eliminate cookies from its Chrome web browser, making a sudden U-turn on four years of work to phase out the technology that tracks users for ad purposes. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
July 23

US is investigating Delta's flight cancellations and faltering response to global tech outage

U.S. airline regulators have opened an investigation into Delta Air Lines, which is still struggling to restore operations on Tuesday, more than four full days after a faulty software update caused technological havoc worldwide and disrupted global air...
July 23
Travelers stand in line at a Delta Air Lines counter at Reagan National Airport on Friday, July 19, 2024, in Arlington, Va. A global technology outage caused by a faulty software update grounded flights, knocked banks and media outlets offline, and disrupted hospitals, small businesses and other services on Friday, highlighting the fragility of a digitized world dependent on just a handful of providers. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
July 23

Google opts to keep third-party cookies in Chrome

After previously planning to phase out cookies, the company says it will introduce new privacy controls instead.
July 23
VIDEO:  Google opts to keep third-party cookies in Chrome
July 23

South Korean tech giant Kakao's founder arrested in stock price manipulation case

South Korean prosecutors have arrested the founder of the country’s tech giant Kakao Corp. on suspicion of stock price rigging during his company’s takeover of a major K-pop agency last year
July 23
Kim Beom-su, center, the founder of the country's tech giant Kakao Corp., leaves a courtroom after a warrant hearing at the Seoul Southern District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, July 22, 2024. (Yoon Dong-jin/Yonhap via AP)
July 23

Senate to consider bills that aim to protect children and teenagers online

The Senate will consider legislation this week that aims to protect children from dangerous online content, moving forward with what could become the first sweeping new regulation of the tech industry in decades
July 23
FILE — Isabella Cimato, 17, from left, Arianna Schaden, 14, and Sofia Harrison, 15, check their phones at Roosevelt Field shopping mall in Garden City, N.Y., on July 27, 2015. The last time Congress passed a law to protect children on the internet was in 1998, before Facebook, the iPhone and long before today's oldest teenagers were born. Now, a bill aiming to protect kids from the harms of social media, gaming sites and other online platforms appears to have enough bipartisan support to pass, though whether it actually will remains uncertain. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
July 22

Despite Musk's Trump endorsement, X remains a go-to platform for Democrats

A week after Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president, President Joe Biden’s team used Musk’s social media platform X — in addition to more neutral spaces such as Facebook and Instagram — to announce he is ending his campaign for reelection
July 22
FILE - The Twitter logo is seen on the awning of the building that houses the Twitter office in New York, on Oct. 26, 2022. The European Union says blue checkmarks from Elon Musk’s X are deceptive and that the online platform falls short on transparency and accountability requirements. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
July 22

Largest trial court in the US closes after ransomware attack, California officials say

California officials say the largest trial court in the country is closed after a ransomware attack shut down its computer system late last week
July 22
July 22

CrowdStrike says more machines fixed as customers, regulators await details

U.S. House leaders are calling on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify to Congress about the cybersecurity company’s role in sparking the widespread tech outage that grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and affected services ...
July 22
The logo for CrowdStrike and a Spirit Airlines webpage are shown on a computer screen and mobile phone screen, in New York, Friday, July 19, 2024. A global technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks offline and media outlets off air after a faulty software update disrupted companies and services around the world and highlighted their dependence on just a handful of providers. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
July 22

AI industry is influencing the world. Mozilla adviser Abeba Birhane is challenging its core values

“Scaling up” is a catchphrase in the artificial intelligence industry as tech companies rush to improve their AI systems with ever-bigger sets of internet data
July 22
(AP Illustration/Jenni Sohn)
July 22

Samsung drops default messenger app in Galaxy phones for Google Messages

Samsung announced it will no longer use Samsung Messages as a default messenger app for new phones.
July 22
VIDEO: Samsung drops default messenger app in Galaxy phones for Google Messages
July 21

Delta says cancellations continue as it tries to restore operations after tech outage

Airlines, including Delta Air Lines, continued to struggle to restore operations two days after a faulty software update caused technological havoc worldwide and resulted in several carriers grounding flights
July 21
Kaycee Friend, center, of Pendleton, Ore., waits in line at the Delta Terminal after her flight was cancelled, Friday, July 19, 2024, at Logan International Airport in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
July 21

Olympic marketing deal hopes to meet young fans where they are - on Roblox

The Olympics’ ever-expanding quest to draw in young fans is meeting them where they are — on Roblox
July 21
FILE - Victor Montalvo, also known as B-Boy Victor, of the United States, competes in the B-boy Red Bull BC One World Final at Hammerstein Ballroom, Nov. 12, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)
July 21

Travel chaos continues as global tech outage drags into 3rd day

Growing frustration persists for travelers across the country after the worldwide crash caused by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, leaving many with travel delays and cancellations.
July 21
VIDEO: Travel chaos continues as global tech outage drags into 3rd day
July 21

Small businesses grapple with global tech outages created by CrowdStrike

Businesses from airlines to hospitals have been grappling with faulty software update that caused technological havoc worldwide on Friday
July 21
A patron walks out of a Starbucks at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Friday, July 19, 2024, in Phoenix. A global technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks offline and media outlets off air after a faulty software update disrupted companies and services around the world and highlighted their dependence on just a handful of providers (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
July 20

California officials say largest trial court in US victim of ransomware attack

California officials say that a ransomware attack has shut down the computer system of the largest trial court in the country
July 20