23ANDME BANKRUPTCY IGNITES PRIVACY WORRIES OVER MILLIONS IN DNA DATA

In a quiet South San Francisco office, a biotech outfit that once promised to unlock ancestry secrets through a spit tube has hit a financial wall, thrusting the genetic records of millions into an uncertain spotlight.

FBI SOUNDS ALARM AS TESLA VANDALISM SWEEPS THE NATION

Picture a quiet Houston evening, the hum of traffic fading as a Tesla owner strolls back to their sleek electric auto, only to freeze at the sight of shattered glass and slashed tires glinting under a streetlight.

OPENAL UNLEASHES AI IMAGE GENERATION INSIDE CHATGPT

In a bustling San Francisco lab, a team of engineers flips a switch, and a chatbot once known for spinning text begins painting pictures with the finesse of a digital artist. This week, OpenAl rolled out a bold upgrade, embedding its latest Al picture-making tool, GPT-4o, directly into ChatGPT, a move that turns casual chats into a canvas for crafting vivid visuals.

New Siri THE FUTURE OF PERSONAL ASSISTANCE BEYOND SCREENS

We all dream of a personal assistant so intuitive and seamlessly integrated into our lives that it feels less like a tool and more like a companion, efficient yet warm, robust yet comforting.

CHINESE EV POWERHOUSE BYD ECLIPSES TESLA WITH RECORD 2024 EARNINGS

Imagine a bustling Shenzhen street, electric autos humming past, their sleek lines catching the sun as a factory churns out the future on four wheels.

LOSSLESS AUDIO LANDS ON AIRPODS MAX WITH ULTRA-LOW LATENCY

Picture yourself easing into a quiet evening, slipping on AirPods Max as a crisp piano chord spills out, every note landing pure and unfiltered, straight from the studio’s heart.

SOFTWARE GIANT SAP RISES AS EUROPE'S TOP FIRM AMID GERMAN MARKET SURGE

In a bustling tech hub nestled in Walldorf, Germany, a software titan has climbed to a new peak, its ascent fueled by a roaring German stock market and a knack for weaving artificial intelligence into the fabric of business operations.

NAPSTER SOLD FOR $207 MILLION TWO DECADES AFTER COLLAPSE

Software firm Infinite Reality has acquired Napster for $207 million, marking a revival for the music streaming service over two decades after its original collapse under legal pressure.

APPLE DONATES $4 MILLION AS TIM COOK VISITS DEEPSEEK'S HOMETOWN

Software giant Apple has committed $4 million to bolster app development training in China, aligning the pledge with a visit by CEO Tim Cook to Hangzhou, a bustling tech hub and birthplace of the AI startup DeepSeek.

MAC POWERS SEVERANCE SEASON TWO EDITING PROCESS

Software giant Apple has revealed how its Mac systems drove the editing process for the second season of the acclaimed thriller series “Severance,” highlighting the precision behind the show’s gripping finale.

WAZE ON IOS AXES GOOGLE ASSISTANT AFTER YEAR OF UNFIXED ISSUES

Software firm Google has pulled the plug on its Assistant integration within the Waze navigation app for iPhone users, ending a feature plagued by persistent glitches for over a year.

GAMESTOP SHUTTERS STORES IN DROVES TO POUR CASH INTO BITCOIN

Across a quiet strip mall in suburban Chicago, a familiar logo flickers out as metal shutters clang down on yet another GameStop outlet, part of a sweeping retreat that’s reshaping the video game retailer's footprint.

LARGE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS DETECTED ON MARS RAISE LIFE QUESTIONS

In the windswept expanse of Gale Crater, NASA's Curiosity rover drilled into a slab of Martian bedrock, uncovering the largest organic substances ever detected on the Red Planet.

WWDC 2025 DATE SET AS TECH AWAITS WORLD IOS 19, MACOS 16, WATCHOS 12 AND MORE

In a sleek Cupertino boardroom, engineers and execs finalize a schedule that's got the tech sphere humming with anticipation.

NVIDIA PLANS BILLIONS FOR U.S. CHIP PRODUCTION OVER FOUR YEARS

Picture a sun-soaked stretch of Arizona desert, where a sprawling plant hums with the pulse of tomorrow’s tech, silicon wafers gleaming under the watchful eyes of engineers.

NYC jails death count rises as Rikers' closure receives new roadmap

Two people died in or immediately after NYC Department of Correction (DOC) custody this past week as the city jail population surpassed 7,000.

After sterling World Championships, sledder Mystique Ro looks towards the Olympics

The 2026 Olympic Winter Games are less than a year away, and after podium finishes at the recent International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Championships in Lake Placid, U.S. skeleton athlete Mystique Ro is feeling inspired. She earned a silver medal in women's skeleton and a gold medal in skeleton mixed team partnering with Austin Florian.

March Madness becomes sadness for St. John’s after loss to Arkansas

As the final seconds ticked away in the St. John’s men’s basketball team’s season, this past Saturday, RJ Luis Jr. and Kadary Richmond sat on the bench, their faces marked by disappointment, but for different reasons.

Pandemic solutions: COVID-19 sheds light on systemic biases Black physicians face

Is the United States prepared for the next pandemic? Bird flu cases are on the rise, newly elected President Donald Trump recently removed the United States from the World Health Organization, and Robert F. Kennedy, who has a history of propagating vaccine misinformation, and attempted to suppress COVID-19 vaccine authorizations during the pandemic, is now running the Department of Health and Human Services.

Despite the $4M allocation of funds to the city's public schools, arts education advocates say it is not enough

The executive director of the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable, Kimberly Olsen, recently called on the City Council and mayor to prioritize funding for arts education in NYC schools and communities during a recent City Council hearing.

Smoke, Jazz Gallery, Roulette, JOHJASZ

It seems like just yesterday the trumpeter and composer Jeremy Pelt, was a young musician first arriving in New York City looking to make his way through the competitive jazz waters.

Book Review: PLUNDERED: How Racist Policies Undermine Black Homeownership in America

From the moment Black people arrived in on what would become United States soil, governmental policies rooted in race have impacted our lives.

NYU women's basketball scores second consecutive national championship

New York University (NYU) was determined to repeat as NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Champions, and they did with a 77-49 victory over Smith College.

Q&A with mayoral candidate State Senator Zellnor Myrie

New York State Senator Zellnor Myrie, 38, is a candidate in this year's crowded mayoral race against the incumbent Eric Adams.

AmNews wins multiple NY Press Assoc. Awards

The New York Amsterdam News was once again recognized by its own citywide, I peers, this time by the New York Press Association.

Secretary Rubio comes calling amid policy concerns from Caricom

The plethora of requests for a senior U.S. official to meet with Caribbean Community leaders to discuss radical policy changes from Washington have been rewarded with a swing through the region by Secretary of State Marco Rubio this week.

The Knicks are holding steady with the East's No. 3 spot still unsettled

The NBA Eastern Conference's No. 1 and No. 2 postseason seeds have been virtu-ally determined, although their order is still undecided. When the league's sched-ule tipped-off last night (Wednesday), the Cleveland Cavaliers sat atop of the East at 58-14 followed by the Boston Celtics, which were 53-19, a five-game divide.

Côte d'Ivoire breaks stereotypes, becomes tourism hub

ASSINIE-MAFIA, Côte d'Ivoire - For many years, the Western media has portrayed Africa poorly through a \"crisis-centric\" lens of war, corrupt government officials, and poverty.

Chicago celebrates new museum for Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Ladies Auxiliary

This year's Women's History Month will end with a special celebration in Chicago honoring the legacy of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP), the female extension of the first chartered Black labor union in the U.S.

'Nickel Boys' actor Trey Perkins on passion and resilience

Born on an Air Force base in Nebraska and raised in Belleville, IL, a suburb of St. Louis, MO, actor Treyvoyn \"Trey\" Perkins was just like any other kid in many ways.