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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Machine learning & AI
Button‑pushing explorers: How to grasp that AI agents can do amazing things while knowing nothing
The nonprofit ARC Prize Foundation on May 1, 2026, released the results of a new benchmark: a test of an AI system's ability to solve a game. The results were striking—humans scored 100%, while the most advanced AI systems ...
May 12, 2026
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Business
EU court sides with Italy over publishers' rights vs Meta
The European Court of Justice sided Tuesday with Italy against technology giant Meta in defending the rights of online publishers, saying they could negotiate compensation with digital platforms.
May 12, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
AI doesn't create bias, it inherits it. How do we ensure fairness when it comes to automated decisions?
If artificial intelligence (AI) systems shape decisions that affect people's lives, they should do so fairly. This should be a given considering that potential applications for AI include automated hiring systems, as well ...
May 12, 2026
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Business
Amazon looks to redefine a need for speed with 30-minute deliveries
More than 20 years after it redefined fast shipping, Amazon is preparing to raise the bar on consumer expectations again by offering to fulfill customers' most urgent product needs in a half-hour or less for an extra fee.
May 12, 2026
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Security
Deal reached with hackers to delete data stolen from the Canvas educational platform
The company that operates online learning system Canvas said it struck a deal with hackers to delete the data they pilfered in a cyberattack that created chaos for students, many of them in the middle of finals.
May 12, 2026
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Robotics
Machines with the ability to 'feel' currently in development as we enter next frontier of AI
New artificial intelligence (AI) technologies currently in development could lead to an imminent future where machines no longer just process and analyze information, but can feel. In his new book "Perceptive Machines," futurologist ...
May 12, 2026
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Engineering
Operational test demonstrates 100% electric furnace for ceramic frit melting, on its way to 1,500°C
CIRCE—the Technology Center has coordinated the design and construction of an electric furnace for ceramic frit melting that has successfully completed its first operational tests. This milestone is the result of the joint ...
May 12, 2026
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Telecom
Quantum dot emitter delivers near-identical telecom photons at 40 million per second
Quantum technologies, devices that perform specific functions leveraging quantum mechanical effects, could soon outperform their classical counterparts on some tasks. Quantum emitters, devices that release individual particles ...
Engineering
Solar-powered gel pulls drinking water from the air
Scientists in recent years have sought to efficiently draw moisture from ambient air and condense it into potable water using materials made of salt and absorbent polymers. But these materials, known as hydrogels, until now ...
May 11, 2026
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