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News Articles: Technology

Willis Gibson at the 2023 Classic Tetris World Championship

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A 13-year-old in Oklahoma may have just become the 1st person to ever beat Tetris

Before last month, no human had ever been known to beat the original Nintendo version of Tetris. Artificial intelligence had done so, but then came Willis Gibson, who only needed 39 minutes.

January 03, 2024
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  • Diba Mohtasham
Cruise rolled out hundreds of its robotaxis in San Francisco this year.

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  • Business

Driverless car startup Cruise's no good, terrible year

After rapidly expanding its self-driving car program, things took a disastrous turn for Cruise when one of its robotaxis struck a pedestrian.

January 02, 2024
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  • Dara Kerr
Climate change is driving more frequent and intense wildfires. Companies and researchers are using AI to both detect wildfires early, and to help prevent megafires.

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  • Climate

4 ways AI can help with climate change, from detecting methane to preventing fires

Many companies, researchers and governments are using artificial intelligence as a tool to help with climate solutions. Here are four ways AI is now used to combat global warming.

January 02, 2024
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  • Julia Simon
Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts is shown joining other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022.

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  • Law

Chief Justice Roberts casts a wary eye on artificial intelligence in the courts

Roberts focused on the promise and shortcomings of artificial intelligence in the courts in his annual report that made no mention of Supreme Court ethics or legal cases involving Donald Trump.

January 01, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Michael Cohen arrives at New York Supreme Court for former President Donald Trump's civil business fraud trial on Oct. 25, 2023 in New York. Cohen says he unwittingly passed along to his attorney bogus artificial intelligence-generated legal case citations he got online before they were submitted to a New York judge.

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  • Law

Michael Cohen says he unwittingly sent AI-generated fake legal cases to his attorney

Donald Trump's onetime personal lawyer and fixer says he passed along to his attorney bogus artificial intelligence-generated legal case citations he got online before they were submitted to a judge.

December 30, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Google agreed on Thursday to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit claiming that it continued spying on people who used the "incognito" mode in its Chrome browser — along with similar "private browsing" modes in other browsers — to track their internet use.

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  • Business

Google settles $5 billion privacy lawsuit over tracking people using 'incognito mode'

The class-action lawsuit said Google misled users into believing that it wouldn't track their internet activities while using 'incognito mode.' Terms of the settlement weren't disclosed.

December 30, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Elections for many national governments and the European Parliament, seen here in Brussels in 2020, will take place in 2024. Experts warn that these elections are ripe targets for bad actors seeking to disrupt democracy.

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  • Elections

2024 elections are ripe targets for foes of democracy

Billions of people around the world are expected to head to the polls in 2024. But experts warn that these elections are ripe targets for bad actors seeking to disrupt democracy.

December 29, 2023
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  • Shannon Bond
The New York Times filed a federal lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft seeking to end the practice of using its published material to train chatbots.

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  • Law

'New York Times' sues ChatGPT creator OpenAI, Microsoft, for copyright infringement

The Times is the first major news publisher to take OpenAI to court over the use of its copyright material in its popular chatbot. The suit follows months of tense negotiations between the two sides.

December 28, 2023
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  • Bobby Allyn
This illustration photo shows an Apple Watch 9 displaying the blood-oxygen level detection settings, in Los Angeles, on Tuesday.

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  • Business

U.S. appeals court grants Apple's request to pause smartwatch import ban

The stay temporarily halts an import ban on some watches as Apple appeals a U.S. International Trade Commission ruling that it infringed on the patents of medical technology company Masimo.

December 27, 2023
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  • Natalie Schachar
A research participant in the Levi Lab at University California, Berkeley undergoes treatment for amblyopia using virtual reality.

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  • Health

Virtual reality gives a boost to the 'lazy eye'

To treat amblyopia, or lazy eye, doctors typically prescribe a patch to cover the stronger eye and make the brain learn to work with the weaker one. Virtual reality offers a new approach.

December 27, 2023
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  • Anna Marie Yanny
A bitcoin ATM is seen in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 13, 2022. Virtual currencies like bitcoin are recovering from a tough period partly on rising hopes that bad actors have been weeded out and that confidence can return to the sector.

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  • Business

After a brutal stretch, a remarkable thing is happening: Cryptocurrencies are surging

Bitcoin and other digital currencies are rallying, emerging from a stormy period with the conviction that crypto is here to stay.

December 27, 2023
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  • David Gura
Satya Nadella at the Axel Springer Award at Axel Springer Neubau on Oct. 17, in Berlin.

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  • Technology

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella discusses the promise and potential perils of AI

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella about the opportunities and potential dangers of artificial intelligence.

December 27, 2023
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  • Steve Inskeep
Martin Luther King Jr. waves to supporters on August 28, 1963, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on the Mall in Washington, D.C. Activists marked 60 years since the march in 2023.

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  • History

2023 was a year of big anniversaries

In 2023, we marked 20 years since the Iraq War, 50 years since the birth of hip-hop, and 60 years since the JFK assassination. Here's a roundup of historical events we wrote about over the past year.

December 23, 2023
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  • James Doubek
People shop for Nike shoes at a store in New York.

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  • Business

Nike will lay off workers as part of $2-billion cost-cutting plan

The company slashed its sales forecast and said it plans to cut up to $2 billion in costs over three years. Slowing sales in China are a big reason why.

December 22, 2023
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  • Alina Selyukh
GPB News NPR

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  • Technology

TV stations are upgrading their over-the-air signals, but the rollout has been bumpy

A decade and a half after TV stations shut down analog broadcasts and fully transitioned to digital, the industry is once again making major changes to the way stations transmit over-the-air signals.

December 20, 2023
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  • Matt Sepic
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