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News Articles: Technology

FILE - Elon Musk listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Oval Office of the White House, May 30, 2025, in Washington.

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  • Technology

Malaysia, Indonesia become first to block Musk's Grok over AI deepfakes

Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk's xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images.

January 12, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
An original still image (left) from an eyewitness video shows the masked ICE agent who shot Renee Nicole Good. Users on social media "unmasked" the agent using Grok (right). Experts warn that AI cannot "unmask" individuals. NPR is publishing both images to show how AI is being used to manipulate images of news events.

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  • National

AI images and internet rumors spread confusion about ICE agent involved in shooting

While the agent wore a mask in videos taken of the event, he appeared to be unmasked in many social media posts. That image appeared to have been generated by xAI's generative AI chatbot, Grok.

January 09, 2026
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
Pro-Trump influencer and YouTuber Benny Johnson being interviewed in Phoenix earlier this year. Johnson is one of many political influencers with close ties to the Trump administration.

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  • Politics

Pro-Trump influencers take a victory lap amid fallout from viral video alleging fraud

The swift policy and political repercussions the video helped propel illustrate the symbiotic relationship between online content creators and the Trump administration's policy goals.

January 07, 2026
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By:
  • Jude Joffe-Block
A supporter of ousted Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro carry his portrait during a rally outside the National Assembly in Caracas on Jan. 5, 2026.

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  • Technology

A $400,000 profit on Maduro's capture raises insider trading questions on Polymarket

Online sleuths have tried to uncover who placed a winning bet on the Venezuelan leader's arrest to no avail. Still, prediction market watchers say the bet appears suspicious.

January 06, 2026
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Idaho-based Micron Technology is one of the world's top makers of RAM chips and it has benefited from increased demand.

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  • Business

Memory loss: As AI gobbles up chips, prices for devices may rise

Demand for memory chips currently exceeds supply and there's little chance of that changing anytime soon. More chips for AI means fewer available for other products such as computers and phones. That could drive up those prices too.

December 30, 2025
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  • John Ruwitch
This year Alaska Airlines joined the long list of airlines forced to ground their planes because of IT outages.

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  • National

Why do airline computer systems fail? What the industry can learn from meltdowns

Alaska Airlines is the latest airline to ground its planes because of an IT meltdown. We talked to industry leaders about why these systems fail, and what airlines can learn from past disruptions.

December 26, 2025
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  • Joel Rose
Three versions of Activision's Call Of Duty games are seen on sale at a Best Buy store in Mountain View, Calif., in 2011. Vince Zampella, one of the creators behind the best-selling video games, has died at age 55.

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  • Obituaries

Vince Zampella, video game pioneer behind megahit Call of Duty, dies at 55

One of Vince Zampella's crowning achievements was the creation of the Call of Duty franchise, which has sold more than half a billion games worldwide.

December 23, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
With reported months-long consulate and embassy delays, Google and Apple say employees on H-1B visas should stay put in the U.S. right now to avoid the risk of getting stranded abroad. The latter tech company's headquarters campus is seen in Mountain View, Calif.

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  • Technology

Apple, Google tell workers on visas to avoid leaving the U.S. amid Trump immigration crackdown

With months-long consulate and embassy delays being reported, the two tech companies say staying put in the U.S. right now could prevent workers from getting stranded in their home countries.

December 22, 2025
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  • Bobby Allyn
Cesium beam clocks (left) and hydrogen masers are among the types of atomic clocks used by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to determine official U.S. time.

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  • Science

How a power outage in Colorado caused U.S. official time to be 4.8 microseconds off

Officials said the error is likely too minute for the general public to clock it, but it could affect applications such as critical infrastructure, telecommunications and GPS signals.

December 22, 2025
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  • Joe Hernandez
The WeSemiBay Semiconductor Ecosystem Expo in Shenzhen, China.

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  • Business

In the shadow of U.S. export controls, China rallies its own chip industry

The chip industry in China is hustling to overcome a Western tech choke hold, even as President Trump appears poised to loosen U.S. chip restrictions.

December 19, 2025
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  • John Ruwitch
TikTok company offices in Culver City, Calif. on Sept. 30, 2025. A deal to sell the American part of the company to a group of U.S. investors was signed on Dec. 18.

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  • Technology

TikTok signs deal to give U.S. operations to Oracle-led investor group

The agreement aims to resolve a yearslong standoff between the popular social media platform and the U.S. government over national security concerns tied to China's parent company, ByteDance.

December 18, 2025
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  • Bobby Allyn
The Experimental Breeder Reactor II at Idaho National Laboratory. Several companies are now pursuing experimental reactor designs in the hopes of upending the nuclear power industry.

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  • Technology

Trump's rush to build nuclear reactors across the U.S. raises safety worries

A new program at the Department of Energy is pushing the development of nearly a dozen new reactor designs at breakneck speed.

December 17, 2025
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  • Geoff Brumfiel
<em>Ailsa Ostovitz, left, and her mother, Stephanie Rizk, at their home in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. In mid-November, Rizk met with Ostovitz's teachers to discuss accusations that her daughter had used AI to do some of her schoolwork.</em>

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  • Education

Teachers are using software to see if students used AI. What happens when it's wrong?

School districts from Utah to Ohio to Alabama are spending thousands of dollars on these tools, despite research showing the technology is far from reliable.

December 16, 2025
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  • Lee V. Gaines
Bryan Lagarde, founder of Project NOLA, stands in front of a wall of screens displaying feeds from the nonprofit's extensive crime camera network at its headquarters in New Orleans on Dec. 4. The system monitors thousands of cameras citywide to assist law enforcement and enhance public safety.

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  • Technology

Live cameras are tracking faces in New Orleans. Who should control them?

A private non-profit operates over 200 cameras with live facial recognition in New Orleans. The system raises questions about privacy, legal authority and who should control surveillance technology.

December 16, 2025
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By:
  • Martin Kaste
Roomba robot vacuums made by iRobot are displayed on a shelf at a Target store in California.

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  • Business

Roomba maker files for bankruptcy, weighed down by debt and tariffs

iRobot, the U.S. firm that had robots vacuuming homes, will be taken over by its China-based supplier. It's assuring owners that devices will keep working as usual.

December 15, 2025
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  • Alina Selyukh
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