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Close up of Bing search engine homepage on computer screen

Microsoft is betting ChatGPT will make Bing useful

Screenshot of deepfaked news anchor for fake news channel

This fictitious news show is entirely produced by AI and deepfakes

Black gas stove and two burning flames close-up

Hydrogen is supplementing natural gas, but critics remain wary

Quadcopter drone propelling itself underwater in swimming pool

This amphibious robot can fly like a bird and swim like a fish

Twitter’s latest bad idea will kill vital research and fun bot accounts

Bat hanging upside down from branch

Bat-like echolocation could help these robots find lost people

A first-person view of a television loading Netflix as a person puts their legs on a coffee table.

Prepare for the great Netflix password-sharing crackdown

Screenshot from Netflix anime 'Dog and Boy'

Netflix used AI-generated images in anime short. Artists are not having it.

Close up of medicine jar tipped over with pills spread on glass table

GoodRx fined $1.5 million for allegedly selling users’ health data

Infrared heat comparison photo of vine robot moving towards heat source

This heat-seeking robot looks and moves like a vine

System Security Specialist Working at System Control Center

The DOJ is investigating an AI tool that could be hurting families in Pennsylvania

Several people are carrying sacks filled with food and clothing to prepare for evacuation after their house was flooded in Indonesia

Indonesia activates a disaster-relief chatbot after destructive floods

OTC NASA Satellite Earth Station Carnarvon Western Australia

A college student built an AI to help look for alien radio signals

Press photo of Waymo self-driving car waiting at intersection for pedestrians

San Francisco is pushing back against the rise of robotaxis

Worker in protective gear takes a sample at steel furnace

New factory retrofit could reduce a steel plant’s carbon emissions by 90 percent

Four legged robot running alongside man on sandy beach

This Korean robodog proves running on sand isn’t just for ‘Baywatch’

Black gloves typing on laptop keyboard in front of screen showing computer code

Hive ransomeware extorted $100 million from victims. The DOJ just hit back.

Close-up of chess board mid-game

Turn your iMessages into a chessboard with this new add-on

Golden retriever sitting on couch in front of laptop

Chewy is doggedly trying to expand into pet telehealth

Black and white photo of Albert Einstein

‘Historical’ AI chatbots aren’t just inaccurate—they are dangerous

Lego man liquid-metal model standing in mock jail cell

Watch this metallic material move like the T-1000 from ‘Terminator 2’

Google AdWords homepage close up with hovering mouse cursor

The Justice Department is coming for Google’s digital ad domination

NuScale small modular reactor nuclear plant concept art

The next generation of US nuclear plants could be tiny but powerful

Bottles of pills, one spilling, close-up

Amazon’s RxPass will help you buy generic medication, but only if you’re a Prime member

Graphic of click beetle and robotic actuators

Acrobatic beetle bots could inspire the latest ‘leap’ in agriculture

Homeless campsite downtown Los Angeles, California.

This app helped police plan raids. Hackers just made the data public.

Scenic orange sunset sky background

Mexico bans solar geoengineering tests after US startup’s unsanctioned ‘science project’

Silhouette of three business executives in high rise conference room

CEOs are already using ChatGPT to write their emails

Rows of desktop computers in computer lab

Building ChatGPT’s AI content filters devastated workers’ mental health, according to new report

Boston Dynamics Atlas bipedal robot tossing toolbag up to human on construction scaffolding in warehouse

Boston Dynamics’s bipedal robots can throw heavy objects now

Close-up of woman's hand stamping official document

Why the State Department is the new ambassador for the Calibri font

Many popular carbon offsets don’t actually counteract emissions, study says

Many popular carbon offsets don’t actually counteract emissions, study says

Scientist holding syringe next to wheeled robot with biological sensor

This robot gets its super smelling power from locust antennae

Swarm of mosquitos in flight in a grassy field

Bug brains are inspiring new collision avoidance systems for cars

Lighting bolts across hills during thunderstorm

Swiss scientists successfully used lasers to divert lightning bolts

Meta sues data-scraping firm for selling user data to LAPD

Electric Car in Charging Station.

Electric Vehicles

Self-driving EVs use way more energy than you’d think

Woman using her mobile phone , city skyline night light background

Popular youth mental health service faces backlash after experimenting with AI-chatbot advice

Airplane taking off from runway

A massive FAA glitch grounded all US flights today

Car submerged in flooded street

Electric Vehicles

Saltwater is a lithium-ion battery’s worst enemy. This aqueous prototype embraces it.

Interior of Virgin Orbit Boeing 747 plane containing rocket

A historic first satellite launch in the UK has failed

John Deere finally agrees to let farmers fix their own equipment, but there’s a catch

John Deere finally agrees to let farmers fix their own equipment, but there’s a catch

The Best CES Gear That's Available

The best products at CES 2023 you can actually buy now

overhead angle of teen using smartphone in front of laptop on table

Seattle schools sue social media companies over students’ worsening mental health

Sunlight shining on solar recycling system experiment

Scientists just got one step closer to solar-powered recycling plants

Hackers could be selling your Twitter data for the lowball price of $2

Concept rendering of two Mercedes-Benz EVs charging at public station

Electric Vehicles

Mercedes-Benz makes a hefty promise to install 2,500 EV fast chargers across the US

Amazon warehouse worker on assembly line boxing packages

Amazon’s layoffs will cut nearly twice as deep as previously warned

Apple introduces AI audiobook narrators, but the literary world is not too pleased

Apple introduces AI audiobook narrators, but the literary world is not too pleased

Lawyer and client listening to judge in the court room

This AI chatbot will be playing attorney in a real US court

CES 2023 Day One sliced header

The coolest new tech and gadgets from CES 2023 Day 1

By Brandt Ranj, Amanda Reed, Stan Horaczek, Tony Ware

Concept image of solar power farming satellite orbiting above Earth

A potentially revolutionary solar harvester just left the planet

Gloved hand holding iKnife cancer detecting surgical tool

This surgical smart knife can detect endometrial cancer cells in seconds

Robot putting golf ball across indoor field into hole

Meet Golfi, the robot that plays putt-putt

Southwest plane being loaded with baggage on tarmac

You can blame Southwest Airlines’ holiday catastrophe on outdated software

Two hummingbirds hovering above a pink flower

Reverse-engineered hummingbird wings could inspire new drone designs

Close up of Facebook homepage with friend request

Meta will pay $725 million for a single Cambridge Analytica privacy settlement

The insignia of Tesla on the steering wheel of the plug-in electric car Model 3

Tesla driver blames self-driving mode for eight-car pileup

Extreme cold is blasting half the US this weekend

Extreme cold is blasting half the US this weekend

By Laura Baisas

‘Avatar 2’s high-speed frame rates are so fast that some movie theaters can’t keep up

Hand holding smartphone displaying phone call from unknown number.

Two men set up a scam that sent billions of robocalls. They may have to pay $300 million.

3M announces it will cease making ‘forever chemical’ PFAS by 2026

Macro photo of a silkworm eating a mulberry leaf

Silkworm-inspired weaving techniques can produce better nanofibers

Gamer playing Fortnite on laptop using video game controller

‘Fortnite’ owner agrees to $520 million FTC settlement in messy child privacy case