Cormac McCarthy

Taxes, Drugs and … TikTok?

On a recent summer day, Austin Knudsen, Montana’s attorney general, drove his red Buick from Helena, the state’s capital, to Boulder, a tiny...

Applying to College? Here’s How A.I. Tools Might Hurt, or Help.

I spent the last week talking with university officials, teachers and high school seniors about the dreaded college admissions essay.I cover education technology...

In Monitoring Child Sex Abuse, Apple Is Caught Between Safety and Privacy

In 2021, Apple was embroiled in controversy over a plan to scan iPhones for child sexual abuse materials. Privacy experts warned that governments...

Ban or Embrace? Colleges Wrestle With A.I.-Generated Admissions Essays.

Rick Clark, the executive director of undergraduate admission at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and his staff spent weeks this summer pretending to...

Meta May Allow Instagram, Facebook Users in Europe to Pay and Avoid Ads

Meta is considering paid versions of Facebook and Instagram that would have no advertising for users in the European Union, three people with...

We Used A.I. to Write Essays for Harvard, Yale and Princeton. Here’s How It Went.

A.I. chatbots can do a passable job of generating short essays. Whether their use on college applications is ethical is the subject of...

How SMBs Can Cut Through the Generative AI Hype

AWS Head of Innovation for SMBs, Ben Schreiner reminds business leaders to focus...

Consejos para que las escuelas y los docentes sobrevivan (y prosperen) con la IA

En noviembre pasado, cuando se lanzó ChatGPT, muchas escuelas se sintieron como si hubieran sido impactadas por un asteroide.A la mitad de un...

Starfield’s 1,000 Planets May Be One Giant Leap for Game Design

Starfield almost immediately nudges its players to the edges of the cosmos. In the opening hours of the role-playing video game, it’s possible...

Dutch E-Bike Brand VanMoof Bought Out of Bankruptcy by Scooter Maker

VanMoof, the Dutch e-bike maker that gained a zealous following but declared bankruptcy last month, has been acquired by Lavoie, an upscale electric...

Falsehoods Follow Close Behind This Summer’s Natural Disasters

As natural disasters and extreme environmental conditions became more commonplace around the world this summer, scientists pointed repeatedly to a shared driver: climate...

Use Your Phone as a Pocket Tutor for Study on the Go

Autumn is edging closer, and the return to a more regular office schedule looms for many people — and with it, the waiting...

Where Tech Investors Are Buying Up Land, Locals Are Worried

In a rural slice of California’s Solano County, between the cities of the Bay Area and Sacramento, rumors have been swirling for years...

A California Land Mystery Is Solved. Now the Political Fight Begins.

Jan Sramek was 15 years old the first time he tried to get a government to do something he wanted. Back then, he...

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