Using liquid air for grid-scale energy storage
As the world moves to reduce carbon emissions, solar and wind power will play an increasing role in electricity grids. But those renewable sources only generate electricity when it's sunny or windy. So to ensure a reliable ...
Apr 10, 2025
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Google accused of harming kids by secretly grabbing data from school-provided tech products
Google is secretly using its education products, including those used in many Bay Area schools, to identify students individually, track their online activity including sites they visit and links they click, and "steal" their ...
Apr 10, 2025
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Digital tech's rapid pace outstrips safety research, say researchers
Scientific research on the harms of digital technology is stuck in a "failing cycle" that moves too slowly to allow governments and society to hold tech companies to account, according to two leading researchers in a new ...
Apr 10, 2025
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Business
Apple has few incentives to start making iPhones in US, despite Trump's trade war with China
President Donald Trump's administration has been predicting its barrage of tariffs targeting China will push Apple into manufacturing the iPhone in the United States for the first time.
Apr 10, 2025
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Google, with potential breakup looming over its search monopoly, backs down from muzzling workers
Google, with key hearings starting this month in a blockbuster anti-monopoly court case that could lead to its breakup, agreed to lift a gag order banning its employees from talking about the lawsuit, a union representing ...
Apr 10, 2025
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Coalition urges California attorney general to halt OpenAI's for-profit restructuring
A coalition of California nonprofits, foundations and labor groups are raising concerns about ChatGPT maker OpenAI, urging the state attorney general to halt the artificial intelligence startup's plans to restructure itself ...
Apr 10, 2025
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Microsoft says it's 'slowing or pausing' some AI data center projects, including $1B plan for Ohio
Microsoft said it is "slowing or pausing" some of its data center construction, including a $1 billion project in Ohio, the latest sign that the demand for artificial intelligence technology that drove a massive infrastructure ...
Apr 10, 2025
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UK government urged to tackle inequality in 'low-carbon tech' like solar panels and electric cars
The UK government needs to go beyond offering subsidies for low-carbon technologies (LCTs) like electric cars and solar panels for energy and heating, if it is to meet its net-zero targets by 2050, a new report from the University ...
Apr 10, 2025
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TikTok fuels ByteDance revenue as US ban looms: report
TikTok's international revenue boomed last year as China-based parent ByteDance faced a deadline to sell the app or have it banned in the United States, The Information reported on Thursday.
Apr 10, 2025
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Samsung under pressure as US tariffs rattle South Korean economy
Sipping tea on her break outside a Samsung Electronics factory in northern Vietnam, worker Nguyen Thi Mai said she had heard about US President Donald Trump's tariffs, but hoped it would not affect business.
Apr 10, 2025
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Internet
What would happen if the US's Section 230 went away? Exploring 'the law that built the internet'
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, passed in 1996 as part of the Telecommunications Act, has become a political lightning rod in recent years. The law shields online platforms from liability for user-generated ...
Apr 9, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
User-centered app development: Experts suggest balancing feedback with developer intuition
How do apps improve? For some of today's most popular applications, it's by listening to their customers.
Apr 9, 2025
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US takes aim at Zuckerberg's social media kingdom
Barring any eleventh-hour intervention, social media juggernaut Meta will stand trial next week facing serious US government allegations that it abused its market power to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp before they could ...
Apr 9, 2025
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Software
Tucking into tuk tuk data: How an automated system can help tourism transport thrive
In Lisbon's busy streets, tuk tuk companies have been slow to adapt to the digital age. Many rely on what researchers consider outdated and error-prone manual processes for managing their fleets of tourist transport vehicles. ...
Apr 9, 2025
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Chile and South Africa could be green hydrogen exporters, but setting up industries with debt is dangerous
Vast amounts of renewable energy are needed to produce green hydrogen, a new form of energy made by splitting water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen using renewable power.
Apr 9, 2025
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Business
Delta to trim capacity in light of weakening travel demand
Delta Air Lines withdrew its full-year profit forecast Wednesday and shelved some planned capacity hikes, pointing to a weakening demand outlook amid recession worries and whipsawing trade wars.
Apr 9, 2025
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Author of explosive Meta memoir to star at US Senate hearing
The former Facebook employee behind a scathing book about parent company Meta will testify Wednesday before US senators keen to establish whether the social networking giant ever collaborated with the Chinese government.
Apr 9, 2025
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Facing US competition, EU suggests loosening AI, data rules
The EU said Wednesday it is considering streamlining artificial intelligence and data rules as part of a broader push to help European businesses keep up with US and Chinese rivals.
Apr 9, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Apple customers dash to stores to buy iPhones ahead of tariffs
The Trump administration's threat of massive new tariffs has sent Apple Inc.'s share price plummeting, but it has also brought a short-term benefit: customers rushing to retail stores to buy iPhones.
Apr 8, 2025
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Dual-class stock gives US social media company controllers nearly as much power as ByteDance has over TikTok
When Congress passed a law in 2024 to ban TikTok unless it came under U.S. ownership, lawmakers argued that the app's Chinese parent company posed national security concerns. The Trump administration, which had granted the ...
Apr 8, 2025
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Samsung forecast beats market expectations for first quarter
Samsung Electronics on Tuesday unveiled a record first quarter sales forecast and said it saw a better-than-expected performance for profits, beating market expectations.
Apr 8, 2025
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The music industry is battling AI—with limited success
The music industry is fighting on platforms, through the courts and with legislators in a bid to prevent the theft and misuse of art from generative AI—but it remains an uphill battle.
Apr 7, 2025
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