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BOEING LAUNCHES NASA ASTRONAUTS FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER YEARS OF DELAYS

Boeing launched astronauts for the first time Wednesday, belatedly joining SpaceX as a second taxi service for NASA.

SOFTWARE GIANT SAP AGREES TO BUY WALKME FOR $1.5 BILLION CASH

German software giant SAP has agreed to buy WalkMe in an all-cash deal valued at about $1.5 billion.

NEW ORLEANS PLANS TO SPIFF UP AS HOST OF NEXT YEAR'S SUPER BOWL

New Orleans hosts its 11th Super Bowl next year and the preparations involve showcasing the city’s heralded architecture, music, food and celebratory culture while addressing its myriad challenges, including crime, pockets of homelessness and an antiquated drainage system.

GOOGLE MAKES FIXES TO AI-GENERATED SEARCH SUMMARIES AFTER OUTLANDISH ANSWERS WENT VIRAL

Google said it has made “more than a dozen technical improvements” to its artificial intelligence systems after its retooled search engine was found spitting out erroneous information.

AI IS IMITATING THE DEAD AND DYING, RAISING NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT GRIEVINGY

When Michael Bommer found out that he was terminally ill with colon cancer, he spent a lot of time with his wife, Anett, talking about what would happen after his death.

FORMER OPENAI EMPLOYEES LEAD PUSH TO PROTECT WHISTLEBLOWERS FLAGGING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RISKS

A group of OpenAI’s current and former workers is calling on the ChatGPT-maker and other artificial intelligence companies to protect employees who flag safety risks about AI technology.

HOW TO FIND THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN TELEMEDICINE AND IN-PERSON CARE

Patients can now see an array of doctors without leaving their recliner thanks to telemedicine.

GM PROMOTES 2 FORMER APPLE EXECUTIVES TO KEY ROLES IN DEVELOPING SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL SERVICES

General Motors has promoted two former Apple executives to run its software and services operations as it ramps up efforts to develop and market electric, autonomous and connected vehicles.

Wellness

NAVIGATING CONSUMERISM & TECHNOLOGY FOR A BALANCED LIFESTYLE

LIFE AS A TEEN WITHOUT SOCIAL MEDIA ISN'T EASY.THESE FAMILIES ARE NAVIGATING ADOLESCENCE OFFLINE

Kate Bulkeley’s pledge to stay off social media in high school worked at first. She watched the benefits pile up: She was getting excellent grades. She read lots of books.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS: WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE WISH THEY'D KNOWN ABOUT SOCIAL MEDI

It's dangerous. It's addictive. Get off your phone.

SPACEX'S MEGA ROCKET COMPLETES ITS FOURTH TEST FLIGHT FROM TEXAS

SpaceX’s mega Starship rocket completed its first full test flight Thursday, returning to Earth after blasting off from Texas.

A NEW 'HUNGER GAMES' BOOK - AND MOVIE - IS COMING

Inspired by an 18th century Scottish philosopher and the modern scourge of misinformation, Suzanne Collins is returning to the ravaged, post-apocalyptic land of Panem for a new “The Hunger Games” novel.

A REALISTIC WAY TO PROTECT KIDS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA? FIND A MIDDLE GROUND

Ahmed Othman isn’t on TikTok and doesn’t want to be.

AI 'GOLD RUSH' FOR CHATBOT TRAINING DATA COULD RUN OUT OF HUMAN-WRITTEN TEXT

Artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT could soon run out of what keeps making them smarter — the tens of trillions of words people have written and shared online.

EUROPE'S CYBERSECURITY CHIEF SAYS DISRUPTIVE ATTACKS HAVE DOUBLED IN 2024, SEES RUSSIA BEHIND MANY

Disruptive digital attacks, many linked to Russian-backed groups, have doubled in the European Union in recent months and are also targeting election-related services, according to the EU's top cybersecurity official.

T-MOBILE TO BUY ALMOST ALL OF U.S CELLULAR IN DEAL WORTH $4.4 BILLION WITH DEBT

T-Mobile is buying U.S. Cellular's wireless operations and certain spectrum assets in a deal valued at $4.4 billion, and further consolidating the industry.

JUDGE WEIGHS PROPOSED CHANGES TO GOOGLE'S ANDROID APP STORE TO PREVENT ANTICOMPETITIVE TACTICS

Google is tried to confront the latest in a succession of legal attacks on its digital empire as federal judge began to address anticompetitive practices in the app market for smartphones powered by its Android software.

THE 'MAD MAX' SAGA TREADS (HARD-TO-FIND) WATER WITH FRUSTRATING 'FURIOSA'

At the beginning of \"Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,\" we are introduced to a kick-ass woman who rides a horse, then a motorbike, nails a few bad guys with sharpshooting finesse and fights off a mob. But it's not Furiosa — it's her mom.

NORTH KOREAN ROCKET CARRYING ITS 2ND SPY SATELLITE EXPLODES SHORTLY AFTER LAUNCH

A rocket launched by North Korea to deploy the country's second spy satellite exploded shortly after liftoff Monday, state media reported, in a setback for leader Kim Jong Un's hopes to operate multiple satellites to better monitor the U.S. and South Korea.

NOT A GYM RAT? HERE'S HOW TO GET STARTED ON AN OUTDOOR EXERCISE ROUTINE

Between the sweat smell, fluorescent lights and omnipresent television screens, April Herring has never connected with going to the gym.

ARM OFFERS NEW DESIGNS, SOFTWARE FOR AI ON SMARTPHONES

Arm Holdings this week unveiled new chip blueprints and software tools to help smartphones handle artificial intelligence tasks, along with changes to how it delivers those blueprints that could help speed their adoption.

NVIDIA'S STOCK MARKET VALUE IS NEARLY $3 TRILLION. HOW IT ROSE TO AI PROMINENCE, BY THE NUMBERS

Nvidia's stock price has more than doubled this year as of the close of trading this week, increasing the company's market value by more than $1.3 trillion. Those numbers are headed higher again this week after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly results.

OPENAI SIGNS CONTENT DEALS WITH THE ATLANTIC AND VOX MEDIA

Sam Altman-led OpenAl said this week it has signed content and product partnerships with The Atlantic and Vox Media, helping the artificial intelligence firm to boost and train its products.

TOP APPLE EXEC ACKNOWLEDGES SHORTCOMINGS IN EFFORT TO BRING COMPETITION IN IPHONE APP PAYMENTS

Longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller last week acknowledged a court-ordered makeover of the U.S. payment system in its iPhone app store hasn't done much to increase competition a shortcoming that could result in a federal judge demanding more changes.

CATS ON THE MOON? GOOGLE'S AI TOOL IS PRODUCING MISLEADING RESPONSES THAT HAVE EXPERTS WORRIED

Ask Google if cats have been on the moon and it used to spit out a ranked list of websites so you could discover the answer for yourself. Read more at:https://www.magzter.com/stories/technology/AppleMagazine/CATS-ON-THE-MOON-GOOGLES-AI-TOOL-IS-PRODUCING-MISLEADING-RESPONSES-THAT-HAVE-EXPERTS-WORRIED

OPENAI FORMS SAFETY COMMITTEE AS IT STARTS TRAINING LATEST ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL

OpenAl says it's setting up a safety and security committee and has begun training a new AI model to supplant the GPT-4 system that underpins its ChatGPT chatbot. Read more at:https://www.magzter.com/stories/technology/AppleMagazine/OPENAI-FORMS-SAFETY-COMMITTEE-AS-IT-STARTS-TRAINING-LATEST-ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE-MODELO

AI Music

THE PITCH FOR THE NEXT FRONTIER IN ENHANCED DIGITAL AUDIO

AUTHORITIES ARREST MAN ALLEGEDLY RUNNING "LIKELY WORLD'S LARGEST EVER" CYBERCRIME BOTNET

An international law enforcement team has arrested a Chinese national and disrupted a major botnet that officials said he ran for nearly a decade, amassing at least $99 million in profits by reselling access to criminals who used it for identity theft, child exploitation and financial fraud including pandemic relief scams.

MORE PEOPLE MAKE 'NO-BUY YEAR' PLEDGES AS OVERSPENDING OR CLIMATE WORRIES CATCH UP WITH THEM

A 35-year-old Brooklyn resident gave up buying new clothes. A 22-year old in San Diego swore off retail therapy at Target. A 26-year old in England banned carbonated drinks from her shopping list. Read more at:https://www.magzter.com/stories/technology/AppleMagazine/MORE-PEOPLE-MAKE-NOBUY-YEAR-PLEDGES-AS-OVERSPENDING-OR-CLIMATE-WORRIES-CATCH-UP-WITH-THEM