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Bill Gates doesn’t regret his controversial climate memo
November 5, 2025
Last week, Bill Gates published a 17-page memo on his personal website that critics said pitted climate and public health efforts against each other, when they should instead be...
Elon Musk’s latest Tesla pay package could make him the world’s first trillionaire
November 4, 2025
Tesla shareholders have a limited time to vote on whether to approve a staggering pay package for chief executive Elon Musk that could award him nearly $1 trillion in...
Inside the race to train AI robots how to act human in the real world
November 2, 2025
CHENNAI, India — Now that artificial intelligence has mastered almost everything we do online, it needs help learning how we physically move around in the real world. A growing global army...
Universal Music Group settles with AI music startup Udio
October 30, 2025
Universal Music Group said Wednesday it has reached licensing agreements with artificial intelligence music startup Udio, settling a lawsuit that had accused Udio of using copyrighted music to train...
Leading AI company to ban kids from long chats with its bots amid growing concern about the technology
October 29, 2025
Character.AI, a platform for creating and chatting with artificial intelligence chatbots, plans to start blocking minors from having “open-ended” conversations with its virtual characters.The major change comes as the...
News Analysis: Trade deal or trade truce? Questions remain as Trump meets with China’s Xi
October 28, 2025
WASHINGTON — President Trump faces the most important international meeting of his second term so far on Thursday: face-to-face negotiations with Xi Jinping, who has made China a formidable economic and...
Grindr receives buyout offer to take dating app private
October 27, 2025
Grindr, the publicly-traded company behind the popular dating and social networking app for LGBTQ people, is closer to becoming private.On Friday, two of Grindr’s board members who are also...
EV truck maker Rivian is laying off hundreds amid a slowdown in demand
October 23, 2025
The electric truck and SUV company Rivian will lay off hundreds of employees in an attempt to save cash as federal support for electric vehicle adoption wanes under the...
Meta is cutting 600 jobs in its AI division
October 22, 2025
Meta is slashing roughly 600 jobs in its artificial intelligence unit as the tech giant aims to move faster to compete with its rivals.The company declined to comment on...
Driverless Waymo taxis under investigation after failing to stop for a school bus
October 21, 2025
Around 2,000 Waymo vehicles are under investigation after reports of one of the self-driving taxis navigating around a school bus while children disembarked. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...
Why did Amazon’s AWS outage disrupt Snapchat, Ring and many other services?
October 20, 2025
People struggled to access social media app Snapchat, online game Fortnite, payments app Venmo and other popular online services on Monday after an Amazon Web Services outage caused widespread...
Comedians cancel Dreamforce performance after Benioff draws backlash for Trump support
October 17, 2025
Comedians Kumail Nanjiani and Ilana Glazer dropped out of performing at Salesforce’s annual tech conference this week after the company’s chief executive Marc Benioff made controversial remarks that showed...