A new House measure attempts to force the Senate’s hand on passing legislation to ban TikTok or mandate the app’s sale.
Category: Computers and the Internet
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Rusty Foster Tracks Media Gossip From an Island in Maine
Rusty Foster could never live in New York. But his hit newsletter, Today in Tabs, is an enduring obsession of the city’s media class.
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Inside Washington’s Role in Microsoft’s Big AI Deal With G42
The White House laid the ground work for Microsoft’s $1.5 billion investment in an Emirati artificial intelligence start-up, a deal meant to box out Beijing.
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Microsoft Makes High-Stakes Play in Tech Cold War With Emirati A.I. Deal
Microsoft plans to invest $1.5 billion in G42, an Emirati company with ties to China, as Washington and Beijing maneuver to secure tech influence in the Gulf.
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A.I. Has a Measurement Problem
Which A.I. system writes the best computer code or generates the most realistic image? Right now, there’s no easy way to answer those questions.
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Microsoft and NetEase to Relaunch Warcraft and Other Games in China
The deal between the gaming company Blizzard, now owned by Microsoft, and the Chinese giant NetEase renews a partnership that lapsed more than a year ago.
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Internet Traffic Dipped as Viewers Took in the Eclipse
Internet traffic dropped by 40 percent or more during the eclipse in states in the path of totality, including Maine, New Hampshire and Ohio, Cloudflare found.
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Tesla Settles Lawsuit Over a Fatal Crash Involving Autopilot
A Tesla driver’s family had sought damages for the 2018 crash, which happened while the carmaker’s driver-assistance software was in use.
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Teen Girls Confront an Epidemic of Deepfake Nudes in Schools
Using artificial intelligence, middle and high school students have fabricated explicit images of female classmates and shared the doctored pictures.
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Google to Tone Down Message Board After Employees Feud Over War in Gaza
The company is making changes to a popular message board called Memegen that some employees say sounds a lot like censorship.