In five experiments, encouraging people to use search engines to evaluate the veracity of fake news posts increased the likelihood of them being rated as true — Data voids in search results can lead down rabbit holes that bolster belief in fake news — Politics
How excess heat from Meta's hyperscale data center in Odense, opened in 2020, helps heat roughly 11,000 homes in the Danish city — Big Tech data centers are not only being used to power the internet but also to heat people's homes. But who's really winning when Facebook keeps you warm at night?
A look at South Korea's AI industry, one of the world's most competitive and diverse, as startups train on Korean language and culture to compete with US giants — While they lag behind their U.S. counterparts, their focus on non-English languages could help loosen the American grip on artificial intelligence.
The UK Supreme Court rules that AI can't be a patent “inventor”, rejecting a bid to register patents by US computer scientist Stephen Thaler, in a landmark case — An American computer scientist on Wednesday lost his bid to register patents over inventions created …
A look at the tech sector's longevity obsession, with Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman, Larry Page, and others pledging millions of dollars to firms pursuing longer life — Tech titans, venture capitalists, crypto enthusiasts and AI researchers have turned longevity research into something between the hottest science and a tragic comedy.
In Google's $700M settlement in Utah et al v. Google, an estimated 102M US Android users will split $630M and an additional $70M will go to other claims — Google will pay consumers from all 50 states to settle a lawsuit over its app store practices — Tens of millions of U.S. consumers …
TSMC Chair Mark Liu plans to retire in 2024, replaced by CEO C.C. Wei, set to become one of the most influential executives in tech; shareholders must approve — - C. C. Wei will become chairman of Apple's chipmaking partner — Wei is poised to lead the world's most advanced chipmaker
Q&A with Deepu Talla, Nvidia's VP and GM for Embedded and Edge Computing, on the role of generative AI in robotics, designing humanoid robots, trends, and more — A version of this q&a first appeared in TechCrunch's free robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here.
How conservationists are using an AI tool called CeruleanAI, developed by the Coral Restoration Foundation, to analyze 3D maps of reefs and monitor restoration — Time is running out to save the world's coral reefs, so conservationists are turning to every tool they can to protect vanishing reefs — including AI.
Disney, WBD, and other studios are licensing more content to Netflix in return for much-needed cash, but are holding back their most popular movies and shows — When building their own streaming companies, many entertainment studios ended lucrative licensing deals with Netflix.
A profile of Dr. Shih Chin-tay, who led Taiwan's foray into chip production in the 1970s after joining the Industrial Technology Research Institute in Hsinchu — When 23-year-old Shih Chin-tay boarded a plane for the United States in the summer of 1969, he was flying to a different world.
An interview with Tim Sweeney about Epic's win over Google and his concerns that Google will “get away with continuing their scheme” through “fake” remedies — ‘Fortnite’ maker's boss Tim Sweeney hopes court will avoid ‘fake’ remedies following landmark legal win over tech giant
Jared Perlo / NBC News : A US bill seeks to ban exports of DUV lithography tech to China, whose imports of chipmaking equipment reportedl...
