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YouTube’s extremist rabbit holes are deep but narrow

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Silicon Valley’s wealthiest want to build their own city outside of San Francisco

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DOJ is suing SpaceX for years of workplace discrimination

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These bathroom-cleaning bots won’t replace human janitors any time soon

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The US is investing more than $1 billion in carbon capture, but big oil is still involved

Copy of Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' behind glass case

School district uses ChatGPT to help remove library books

Waymo's autonomously driven Jaguar I-PACE electric SUV

Self-driving taxis get the green light on 24/7 service in San Francisco

Zoom app icon of smartphone home screen

Zoom could be using your ‘content’ to train its AI

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The US ends incandescent lightbulb sales—with brighter days ahead

Med school students during a white coat ceremony at the University of Minnesota in 2022, before the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action in admissions

The Supreme Court ruling to end affirmative action will make US doctors less diverse

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

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Google’s AI contractors say they are underpaid, overworked, and ‘scared’

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AI plagiarism detectors falsely flag non-native English speakers

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Massachusetts proposes ban on the sale of cell phone location data

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The US Patent Office accidentally leaked thousands of filers’ home addresses

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Electric Vehicles

Volvo is the latest automaker to hop on the Tesla EV-charging bandwagon

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This weird robot uses living bugs as gripping tools

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The US charts a plan for universal internet access by 2030

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Amazon tricked millions into renewing Prime subscriptions, FTC lawsuit claims

Livestream screenshot of repairs to I-95 collapse.

Join thousands of people watching I-95 repairs in 24/7 livestream

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Twitter is the least safe social media site for LGBTQ people, GLAAD says

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Reddit protesters plan to ‘blackout’ indefinitely

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The EU just took a huge step towards regulating AI

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Thousands of Reddit communities have gone dark—here’s why

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FCC slaps voter suppression robocall scammers with a record-breaking fine

Radio host sues ChatGPT developer over allegedly libelous claims

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An FTC one-two punch leaves Amazon and Ring with a $30 million fine

Big Tech’s latest AI doomsday warning might be more of the same hype

Big Tech’s latest AI doomsday warning might be more of the same hype

Colorado River low water levels after drought and evaporation in Lake Powell, Utah, seen from above

Every drop of the Colorado River counts. So what about evaporation?

A sign that reads "Protect Our Waters" outside of the US Supreme Court before a rally to call for protection of the Clean Water Act on October 3, 2022. As the term began, the court was hearing arguments in the case of Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency.

Wetlands lose some environmental protections in new Supreme Court ruling

By Laura Baisas

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A notorious spyware program was deployed during war for the first time

Close Up Of Teenage Girl Wearing Wristbands Using Mobile Phone At Home

US Surgeon General warns of a ‘profound risk of harm’ for kids on social media

Facebook webpage showing unavailable account error message.

Meta fined record $1.3 billion for not meeting EU data privacy standards

Montana is the first state to ‘ban’ TikTok, but it’s complicated

Biden speaking at lectern.

US crypto firms might soon pay taxes for exorbitant energy use

Unarmed missle test launch time lapse at night

AI should never be able to launch nukes, US legislators say

A mangrove tree in Florida to represent blue carbon and the ocean's power to fight climate change

Blue carbon is a natural climate solution with big potential

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin photographed on the moon during Apollo 11 by Neil Armstrong

Lunar laws could protect the moon from humanity

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The ‘TikTok ban’ is a legal nightmare beyond TikTok

A DIY-rocket club’s risky dream of launching a human to the edge of space

Private Space Flight

A DIY-rocket club’s risky dream of launching a human to the edge of space

By Sarah Scoles

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Utah teens will need parents’ permission to use social media

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Soup with a side of biometrics: Amazon One is coming to Panera

OpenAI’s newest ChatGPT update can still spread conspiracy theories

US government gives TikTok an ultimatum, warning of ban

Outdoor photo of FTC building exterior with sign

The FTC has its eye on AI scammers

Chest of police officer in uniform wearing body camera next to police car.

Police are paying for AI to analyze body cam audio for ‘professionalism’

Screenshot of deepfaked news anchor for fake news channel

This fictitious news show is entirely produced by AI and deepfakes

A debris shield floats in space outside the International Space Station.

Say hello to the Commerce Department’s new space traffic-cop program

System Security Specialist Working at System Control Center

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

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

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

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

Homeless campsite downtown Los Angeles, California.

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

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

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

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

Sediment running into a river in Alabama from a solar farm construction site. Aerial view.

The hard truth of building clean solar farms

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YouTube introduces ‘timeout’ penalty to curb toxic comments

Light show in the night sky over a brightly lit Doha, Qatar during the 2022 World Cup

FIFA’s sustainability upgrades in Qatar won’t last beyond the World Cup

By Sahar Arshad

Pregnant woman with brown hair in a pink hospital gown about to give birth in a bed

We don’t really know how many pregnant people are dying in the US

By Maria Parazo Rose

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the stage at COP27 in Egypt

Why the 1.5-degree-Celsius climate goal still matters

a man with white hair and a short beard waves at a presidential election rally

Brazil’s presidential election is a win for the Amazon—and the planet

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Tiny conifer plants growing out of the Sheenjek River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

The 2022 midterm elections could shake the course of environmental action in the US

Endangered species Karner blue butterfly on a flower bud

Why the Endangered Species Act is often too little, too late