Cormac McCarthy

EY survey: Tech leaders to invest in AI, 5G, cybersecurity, big data, metaverse

Generative AI is of particular interest to leaders for the benefits of cost savings, efficiency and effectiveness....

Social Media Can Be a ‘Profound Risk’ to Youth, Surgeon General Warns

The NewsThe United States surgeon general, Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, issued a public advisory on Tuesday warning of the risks of social media...

BuzzFeed Tries to Ride the A.I. Wave. Who’s Hungry?

BuzzFeed parlayed the rising power of social media into a digital media business worth more than a billion dollars at its peak. But...

Emails, Chat Logs, Code and a Notebook: The Mountain of FTX Evidence

Snippets of computer code. More than six million pages of emails, Slack messages and other digital records. And a small black notebook, filled...

TikTok Sues Montana, Calling State Ban Unconstitutional

TikTok on Monday sued to block Montana from banning the popular video app, escalating its efforts to stop a prohibition that would be...

Silicon Valley, Cradle of Computer Chips, Gains Big New Research Center

Silicon Valley got its name from computer chips, but no longer plays a central role in shaping how they are made. A major...

Need ideas? Add an AI chatbot like Google Bard to the brainstorming process

Leverage prompts in your brainstorming process to benefit from the strengths of exploration engines such as Google...

Meta Fined $1.3 Billion for Violating E.U. Data Privacy Rules

Meta on Monday was fined a record 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) and ordered to stop transferring data collected from Facebook users in...

Google’s Photo App Still Can’t Find Gorillas. And Neither Can Apple’s.

Eight years after a controversy over Black people being mislabeled as gorillas by image analysis software — and despite big advances in computer...

China Bans Some Sales of Chips From U.S. Company Micron

Beijing on Sunday told Chinese companies that deal with critical information to stop purchasing products from Micron Technology, the U.S.-based manufacturer of memory...

Minnesota Passes Bill Seeking to Ensure Minimum Wage for Gig Workers

The Minnesota Senate passed a bill on Sunday that would guarantee drivers for Uber and Lyft a minimum wage and other benefits, sending...

Uber’s Diversity Chief Put on Leave After Complaints of Insensitivity

Uber has placed its longtime head of diversity, equity and inclusion on leave after workers complained that an employee event she moderated, titled...

Start-Ups Bring Silicon Valley Ethos to a Lumbering Military-Industrial Complex

Small, fast-moving U.S. tech firms are using the war in Ukraine to demonstrate a new generation of military systems but face the challenge...

The E-Sports World Is Starting to Teeter

Six years ago, the Madison Square Garden Company, a group that includes James Dolan, the owner of the New York Knicks and the...

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