Canada to stop Facebook, Instagram advertising
The Canadian government will stop spending some $7.5 million per year on Facebook and Instagram ads amid a dispute over a new law on paying online news publishers that the Meta-owned platforms...
ChatGPT website traffic drops for first time in June
ChatGPT, the wildly popular AI chatbot launched in November, saw monthly traffic to its website and unique visitors decline for the first time ever in June, according to analytics firm Similarweb....
Bryan Johnson eats dinner at 11 a.m. to achieve 18-year-old body
A 45-year-old tech tycoon who spends upwards of $2 million per year to bio-hack his body into aging backwards said he eats dinner at 11 a.m. to achieve an 18-year-old...
Managing Type 1 Diabetes Is Tricky. Can AI Help?
There’s still a long road to AI-powered diabetes tech. Under both United States and United Kingdom medical device regulations, commercially available automated insulin delivery systems—without AI—fall in the highest risk...
New AI systems could speed up our ability to create weather forecasts
As climate change makes weather more unpredictable and extreme, we need more reliable forecasts to help us prepare and prevent disasters. Today, meteorologists use massive computer simulations to make their...
AI Could Change How Blind People See the World
For her 38th birthday, Chela Robles and her family made a trek to One House, her favorite bakery in Benicia, California, for a brisket sandwich and brownies. On the car...
When computer vision works more like a brain, it sees more like people do
From cameras to self-driving cars, many of today’s technologies depend on artificial intelligence to extract meaning from visual information. Today’s AI technology has artificial neural networks at its core, and...
Turbo-charging productivity in Asia: the economic benefits of generative AI
When it comes to the ability to generate, arrange, and analyze content, generative AI is a gamechanger—one with transformative social and economic potential. As a technology that is democratized—one that...
Meta won’t launch Twitter-like Threads app in European Union due to regulatory concerns
Meta has apparently skipped launching its highly anticipated Twitter-like app “Threads” in European Union countries as Mark Zuckerberg’s social media behemoth faces mounting regulatory pressure in the region, according to...
5 Uses for ChatGPT that Aren’t Fan Fiction or Cheating at School
AI is so powerful that it will inevitably destroy the world—at least, that’s what the people who sell AI software keep saying, and I can’t think of any reason why they...
Eric Schmidt: This is how AI will transform how science gets done
It’s yet another summer of extreme weather, with unprecedented heat waves, wildfires, and floods battering countries around the world. In response to the challenge of accurately predicting such extremes, semiconductor...
Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter-like app ‘Threads’ set to debut
Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter-like app “Threads” is reportedly set to launch on Thursday in a move that will escalate the Meta boss’s growing feud with embattled tech billionaire Elon Musk. A...
Apple loses London appeal in 4G patent dispute with Optis
Apple infringed two telecommunications patents used in devices including iPhones and iPads, London’s Court of Appeal ruled on Tuesday, dismissing the tech giant’s appeal in a long-running dispute with a...
US wants to limit China’s access to cloud services: report
The Biden administration is considering implementing a new rule that would block Chinese firms from using cloud-computing services such as those offered by US tech giants Amazon and Microsoft, according...
Meta loses as top EU court backs antitrust regulators over privacy breach checks
Meta Platforms on Tuesday lost its fight against a German data curb order that strikes at the heart of its business model as Europe’s top court backed the German antitrust...
