She raised concerns about her company's contracts with ICE. Then she lost her job:
Billie Little had worked for Thomson Reuters for about two decades. She was fired after questioning whether federal immigration agents unlawfully used their products.
The surprising origin of 4 features that superglue kids — and adults — to screens:
Taken together, these four features can create a trancelike state that can keep us stuck on social media apps or video games for hours. Children are particularly vulnerable.
Apple's Tim Cook to step down as CEO:
Tim Cook says he'll step down as Apple's CEO in September, becoming the company's executive chairman. He will be replaced by John Ternus, Apple's senior vice president of hardware engineering.
Tim Cook to step down as Apple CEO. In letter, describes 15 years of emails:
The 65-year-old Cook will turn over CEO duties to Apple's head of hardware products, John Ternus, in September. Cook will remain with the company as executive chairman.
These robots can figure out how to do a task after watching humans do it:
Swiss scientists have published research showing AI-informed robots can learn how to self correct and teach other robots how to behave. It raises questions of consciousness in artificial intelligence.
A humanoid robot sprints past the human half-marathon world record in Beijing race:
The winner from Honor, a Chinese smartphone maker, completed the race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, running faster than the human world record in a show of China's technological leaps.
New data show TikTok engagement as a key indicator of long-term box office success:
New data shows opening weekend matters less as TikTok buzz drives long-term box office. Studios and theaters are leaning into the trend as the industry rebounds from pandemic losses, strikes and streaming pressure.
Tired of waiting for your EV to charge up? One Chinese company has a novel solution:
Chinese car company NIO is putting up EV battery swapping stations all around the world. NPR took a ride in one car for the experience.
The Labor Department wants to teach you to use AI more. Here's what we found:
The short course provides solid basics for using AI. But it also misidentifies AI products, links out to bad advice and raises ethical concerns about the products it promotes
A Polymarket trader made $300,000 betting on Biden's pardons, a new analysis shows:
In the final hours of President Biden's term, an anonymous prediction market trader placed lucrative bets on who would be pardoned even as the odds were nearly zero.
