SENATORS URGE $32 BILLION IN EMERGENCY SPENDING ON AI AFTER FINISHING YEARLONG REVIEW

A bipartisan group of four senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is recommending that Congress spend at least $32 billion over the next three years to develop artificial intelligence and place safeguards around it, writing in a new report released Wednesday that the U.S. needs to “harness the opportunities and address the risks” of the quickly developing technology.

THE FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE BUYING YOUR FIRST USED TESLA

It's a good time to be in the market for a used Tesla. Tesla's significant price cuts over the past year on its new cars have caused the prices of used Teslas to drop significantly.

WAYMO IS LATEST COMPANY UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR AUTONOMOUS OR PARTIALLY AUTOMATED TECHNOLOGY

The U.S. government’s highway safety agency has opened another investigation of automated driving systems, this time into crashes involving Waymo’s self-driving vehicles.

YOUNG SOUTH KOREANS ARE INCREASINGLY DRAWN TO BUDDHISM VIA SOCIAL MEDIA-SAVVY INFLUENCERS

A South Korean deejay dressed as a Buddhist monk bounced up and down on stage while playing electronic music and shouting: \"This too shall pass!\"

ROKU WILL STREAM WEEKLY MLB GAME ON SUNDAYS.VIEWERS WON'T NEED ONE OF THE SERVICE'S DEVICES

Roku will carry Major League Baseball games on Sundays beginning this week, and viewers will be able to watch for free and not be required to use a Roku device, the streaming service announced Monday.

WILL AI REPLACE DOCTORS WHO READ X-RAYS, OR JUST MAKE THEM BETTER THAN EVER?

How good would an algorithm have to be to take over your job?

GM'S CRUISE TO START TESTING ROBOTAXIS IN PHOENIX AREA WITH HUMAN SAFETY DRIVERS ON BOARD

General Motors’ troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit said it will start testing robotaxis in Arizona this week with human safety drivers on board.

GOOGLE UNLEASHES AI IN SEARCH, RAISING HOPES FOR BETTER RESULTS AND FEARS ABOUT LESS WEB TRAFFIC

Google this week rolled out a retooled search engine that will frequently favor responses crafted by artificial intelligence over website links, a shift promising to quicken the quest for information while also potentially disrupting the flow of money-making internet traffic.

SMALL, WELL-BUILT CHINESE EV CALLED THE SEAGULL POSES A BIG THREAT TO THE US AUTO INDUSTRY

A tiny, low-priced electric car called the Seagull has American automakers and politicians trembling.

INTEL EXEC ON BRINGING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INTO THE WORKPLACE

Artificial intelligence is just about everywhere you look these days — including the workplace.

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LOGIC PRO & FINAL CUT PRO: THE NEW HEIGHTS OF MOBILE COMPUTING

ILLNESS TOOK AWAY HER VOICE.AI CREATED A REPLICA SHE CARRIES IN HER PHONE

The voice Alexis “Lexi” Bogan had before last summer was exuberant.

VOICE-CLONING TECHNOLOGY BRINGING A KEY SUPREME COURT MOMENT TO 'LIFE'

Seventy years ago on Friday, no one outside of the U.S. Supreme Court building heard it when Chief Justice Earl Warren announced the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision on school desegregation.

OPENAI LAUNCHES GPTO, IMPROVING CHATGPT'S TEXT, VISUAL AND AUDIO CAPABILITIES

OpenAI’s latest update to its artificial intelligence model can mimic human cadences in its verbal responses and can even try to detect people’s moods.

US ENERGY PANEL APPROVES RULE TO EXPAND TRANSMISSION OF RENEWABLE POWER

Federal energy regulators this week approved a long-awaited rule to make it easier to transmit renewable energy such as wind and solar power to the electric grid — a key part of President Joe Biden’s goal to eliminate carbon emissions economy-wide by 2050.

TIKTOK SUES US TO BLOCK LAW THAT COULD BAN THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM

TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance are suing the U.S. over a law that would ban the popular video-sharing app unless it's sold to another company, arguing that it vaguely paints it as a threat to national security to get around the First Amendment.

DISNEY'S STREAMING BUSINESS TURNS A PROFIT IN FIRST FINANCIAL REPORT SINCE CHALLENGE TO IGER

India, Disney+Hotstar, it expects its combined streaming businesses to be profitable in the fourth quarter and to be a meaningful future growth driver for the company, with further improvements in profitability in fiscal 2025.

INSTACART PARTNERS WITH UBER EATS TO OFFER RESTAURANT DELIVERIES

Grocery delivery company Instacart is partnering with Uber Eats to offer a new perk to its customers: restaurant delivery.

RYAN GOSLING AND EMILY BLUNT ARE GREAT FUN IN 'THE FALL GUY

One of the worst movie sins is when a comedy fails to at least match the natural charisma of its stars. Not all actors are capable of being effortlessly witty without a tightly crafted script and some excellent direction and editing.

FRENCH CYBERWARRIORS READY TO TEST THEIR DEFENSE AGAINST HACKERS AND MALWARE DURING THE OLYMPICS

Just like the Olympic athletes, the cyberwarriors that will be crucial for the success of the Paris Games are deep into training for the big event.

NINTENDO TO ANNOUNCE SWITCH SUCCESSOR IN THIS FISCAL YEAR AS PROFITS RISE

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo said this week that it will make an announcement about a successor to its Switch home console sometime before March 2025.

US SEEKS INFORMATION FROM TESLA ON HOW IT DEVELOPED AND VERIFIED WHETHER AUTOPILOT RECALL WORKED

Federal highway safety investigators want Tesla to tell them how and why it developed the fix in a recall of more than 2 million vehicles equipped with the company’s Autopilot partially automated driving system.

SLOW TO EXPAND, INTERNET CASINO GAMBLING IS THE FUTURE OF US BETTING, INDUSTRY EXECS SAY

Internet casino gambling is legal in only a handful of states, but the industry is convinced it is the future of betting, even as some worry about cannibalizing physical casinos.

US LOOSENS SOME ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY RULES, POTENTIALLY MAKING MORE EVS ELIGIBLE FOR TAX CREDITS

The U.S.government loosened some rules governing electric vehicle tax credits, potentially making more EVs eligible for credits of up to $7,500 but leading critics to accuse the Biden administration of helping China.

FTX WILL RETURN MONEY TO MOST CUSTOMERS LESS THAN 2 YEARS AFTER CATASTROPHIC CRYPTO COLLAPSE

FTX says that nearly all of its customers will receive the money back that they are owed, two years after the cryptocurrency exchange imploded, and some will get more than that.

New-Gen iPads 2024 AIR AND PRO LINES BRING IDEAS TO LIFE LIKE NEVER BEFORE

At this year's Let Loose Event, Apple unveiled all-new iPad Airs, iPad Pros, and new accessories like the Apple Pencil Pro. These devices offer game-changing graphics and outrageous performance and showcase the powerful M4 chip for the first time.

VISION PRO UNVEILS MARVEL'S NEW INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE: 'WHAT IF...?

Walt Disney Company revealed an innovative addition to its Disney+ lineup, exclusive to Apple Vision Pro users.

APPLE'S QUARTERLY IPHONE SALES PLUNGE 10%, BUT STOCK PRICE SURGES ON DIVIDEND, STOCK BUYBACK NEWS

Apple last week disclosed its steepest quarterly decline in iPhone sales since the pandemic’s outset, deepening a slump that’s increasing the pressure on the trendsetting company to spruce up its products with more artificial intelligence.

ONE TECH TIP: HOW TO SPOT AI-GENERATED DEEPFAKE IMAGES

AI fakery is quickly becoming one of the biggest problems confronting us online.

WE KNOW LATE-NIGHT SCREENS ARE BAD FOR SLEEP. HOW DO YOU STOP DOOMSCROLLING IN BED?

Like many of us, Jessica Peoples has heard the warnings about excessive screen time at night. Still, she estimates spending 30 to 60 minutes on her phone before going to sleep, mostly scrolling through social media.