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AI beats human forecasters in tournament predicting 30 tech ventures
For decades, the idea that artificial intelligence can beat humans at number-crunching tasks like high-frequency trading has been widely accepted. But strategic foresight—the ability to predict the success of high-stakes, ...
May 26, 2026
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Quantifying forks in Bitcoin mining—and their energy cost
Creating new cryptocurrency requires large amounts of computing power, which is used to solve cryptographic puzzles in what is known as proof-of-work mining. When two computers attempt to solve the same puzzle, the first ...
May 26, 2026
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Pope Leo XIV compares AI to the Industrial Revolution, as new alternatives to big AI firms take shape
With the release of his encyclical letter Magnifica Humanitas on May 25, 2026, Pope Leo XIV has signaled that he wants the church to respond to artificial intelligence much as a predecessor, Pope Leo XIII, responded to upheavals ...
May 26, 2026
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AI's growing footprint raises fire safety challenges for data centers
Over the past decade, the ability of artificial intelligence to speed up complex processes has made it a key tool in engineering research. Many people associate AI with cloud computing, but its growth requires expanding infrastructure, ...
May 26, 2026
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Online age checks create a pointless privacy risk
New cybersecurity research indicates that one of the world's leading age verification providers collects and shares highly sensitive personal data—including facial photos and device fingerprints—with third parties. The research ...
May 25, 2026
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Workers' information shared with third-party companies, new research reveals
Companies are sharing workers' identifiable information and online activity with third-party companies, including Microsoft, Google and Facebook, using employee monitoring software known as "bossware," new Northeastern University ...
May 22, 2026
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Technology usually creates jobs for young, skilled workers. Will AI do the same?
At any given time, technology does two things to employment: It replaces traditional jobs, and it creates new lines of work. Machines replace farmers, but enable, say, aeronautical engineers to exist. So, if tech creates ...
May 21, 2026
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Why the US EV battery supply still depends on imports despite domestic mining push
As electric vehicle (EV) adoption grows in the United States and globally, the demand for EV batteries and their critical materials—such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, and graphite—is expected to surge dramatically. This makes ...
May 21, 2026
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Why steel decisions before 2030 matter: Early coal exit could save $800 billion
Investing before 2030 to pivot away from coal in steel production is now 53%, or roughly 800 billion US dollars cheaper than what it would cost to reduce the same amount of emissions later on in other parts of the economy ...
May 21, 2026
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Nearly everything we use online is owned by big tech. There's a better way forward
Globally, users of digital media are increasingly locked into a handful of operating systems, app stores, and communication platforms. Most of us must choose between Apple, Windows, or Android. All of these are owned by American ...
May 21, 2026
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Airbnb expands into hotels, cars, groceries
Airbnb, facing tighter local regulations on short-term home rentals, announced Wednesday it is adding boutique hotels, car rentals and grocery delivery to its app in a bid to transform itself into a one-stop travel shop.
May 21, 2026
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Musk's empire as SpaceX counts down to Wall Street liftoff
Elon Musk defines himself as an engineer trying to save humanity, while his critics call him a far-right showman who overpromises and underdelivers.
May 20, 2026
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Elon Musk sued OpenAI and lost. But the core question of the case remains unanswered
On Monday, a nine-member federal jury in Oakland, California, took less than two hours to dismiss Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman.
May 19, 2026
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Musk loses blockbuster OpenAI suit as jury says too late
A federal jury ruled Monday that billionaire Elon Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI and its co-founders, delivering a decisive victory to the ChatGPT startup and ending one of Silicon Valley's most closely watched courtroom ...
May 18, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Dark patterns on the web are designed to manipulate you. Why aren't they all illegal?
You open a free app to do one simple thing. Before you even start, a full-screen message asks whether you want to try the paid version. The "Start free trial" button is large, bright and hard to miss. The option to keep using ...
May 18, 2026
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Internet
Meta's new tools allow parents to better supervise their kids' social media accounts. Will they work?
Tech giant Meta recently announced a set of new features to give parents greater oversight of how their children use Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Horizon.
May 18, 2026
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Jury to decide fate of Musk's blockbuster suit against OpenAI
Deliberations begin Monday in the blockbuster trial pitting Elon Musk against AI giant OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, whom Musk accuses of abandoning the company's founding mission.
May 18, 2026
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Big risks and rewards in upcoming IPOs at SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic
Wall Street is licking its chops over an unprecedented slate of massive IPOs set to arrive in the coming months, beginning with Elon Musk's SpaceX in June.
May 17, 2026
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Closing arguments in blockbuster trial pitting Musk against OpenAI
Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI presented closing arguments Thursday in a blockbuster trial where the verdict could hobble ChatGPT's parent company in the breakneck race for AI supremacy.
May 15, 2026
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Business
In an era when workers are returning to offices, here's how Dropbox is making remote jobs work
Many companies ended remote work arrangements that began during the coronavirus pandemic despite resistance from employees who grew accustomed to working from home.
May 14, 2026
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Business
JUSTIFI tool could unlock value in energy productivity projects
Energy productivity—the measure of how much economic value is generated for every unit of energy used—can be underestimated when multiple benefits are overlooked.
May 14, 2026
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Meta launches WhatsApp 'incognito' mode to address privacy concerns for AI chats
Meta Platforms said Wednesday it's rolling out an "incognito" mode for WhatsApp users to have private conversations with its AI chatbot, a move intended to ease privacy concerns about sensitive information that users share ...
May 13, 2026
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Musk 'wanted 90%' of OpenAI, Altman tells feisty tech titan trial
Elon Musk was obsessed with trying to control OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company's CEO Sam Altman said Tuesday at a blockbuster trial that saw him spar with lawyers representing the world's wealthiest man.
May 13, 2026
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South Korea floats AI profit social tax as tech giants boom
A top South Korean official has proposed a tax on AI profits to be redistributed among society as a semiconductor boom drives massive earnings for tech giants Samsung Electronics and SK hynix.
May 12, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Americans love their iPhones (though sometimes they wish they could live without them)
The American obsession with the iPhone is complicated, as most love-hate relationships are.
May 12, 2026
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