Internet

Tech industry allowing 'deluge' of misinformation: RSF

Journalism is being battered by propaganda and increasingly sophisticated fakes, aided by AI software and a failure of oversight from tech companies, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Wednesday.

Energy & Green Tech

EXPLAINER: World Cup host Qatar relies on desalination

Arid and surrounded by the salt waters of the Persian Gulf, World Cup host Qatar is among the world's most water-stressed countries. The nation of 2.9 million people has no rivers, and receives less than four inches (10 centimeters) ...

Consumer & Gadgets

Meta removes fake accounts tied to pro-US influence campaign

A covert online persuasion campaign to cast the U.S. and its allies in a positive light in the Middle East and Central Asia—as well as to bash its adversaries—was disrupted by Meta Platforms Inc. and Twitter Inc., which ...

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