Consumer & Gadgets
Last month, the Federal Trade Commission filed a major complaint in federal district court alleging that Amazon is an illegal monopoly. The FTC may be able to win its case. But given the limits of American antitrust law, ...
Oct 11, 2023
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Business
Over the summer, Apple said it would petition the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its case against Epic Games, the Cary-based developer of the popular title Fortnite.
Sep 28, 2023
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Business
There's been a lot of buzz around ChapGPT, Bard, and other generative AI tools since they burst into public view back in January. But not everyone is pleased with the rise of the chatbots. Many writers, artists, photographers, ...
Sep 23, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Google is finally extending the lifespan of older Chromebooks—the low-cost laptops used by school districts across the country—after years of limited software support sent thousands of those devices to the trash after ...
Sep 21, 2023
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Security
The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric hospitalizations, abusive parents, truancy—even suicide ...
Jul 5, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
ChatGPT—an artificial intelligence tool that can write essays, poems and emails on any subject with the click of a cursor—sent shockwaves throughout the education world when it was introduced late last year. Now, its ...
Feb 14, 2023
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Machine learning & AI
Under the fluorescent lights of a fifth grade classroom in Lexington, Kentucky, Donnie Piercey instructed his 23 students to try and outwit the "robot" that was churning out writing assignments.
Feb 14, 2023
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Engineering
In the "smood—smart neighborhood" project, 16 companies, four research institutions and an association have been working together, with the scientific support of Fraunhofer, on the future of energy-related renovation measures ...
Feb 3, 2023
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Security
The FBI and international partners have at least temporarily disrupted the network of a prolific ransomware gang they infiltrated last year, saving victims including hospitals and school districts a potential $130 million ...
Jan 26, 2023
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Internet
An intrusion into the computer systems of the Los Angeles school district began more than a month earlier than previously disclosed and likely exposed confidential information, including Social Security numbers, of more than ...
Jan 23, 2023
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