Tech

Amid restrictions on the internet and efforts to ban online apps around the world, VPNs are evidently becoming a tool to combat censorship.

More people are using VPNs to skirt around censorship

Elon Musk defended Twitter's record amid reports the platform is complying with an increasing number of government censorship requests.

Musk: Twitter has no ‘actual choice’ as it complies with government censorship requests

The rollout of commercial AI tools in recent months has shown that the tech can hallucinate, as well as show bias and discrimination.

The EU is close to regulating AI. What about us?

Ford partners with Tesla to offer EV customers seamless access to Tesla's extensive charging network in the U.S. and Canada.

Ford gets access to Tesla charging tech in surprise deal

Twitter has seen an 83% compliance rate with government requests for censorship under Elon Musk's leadership, per a new report.

Twitter has approved 83% of censorship requests under Elon Musk: report

Steadicopter unveiled its Golden Eagle drone in Greece this month. It's the first unmanned helicopter with precision strike capability.

‘Golden Eagle’ precision-strike drone is ready to hunt

Elon Musk's Starlink, the satellite-powered internet network, is a technological marvel. Now, China wants to build a version of its own.

China wants its own version of Elon Musk’s Starlink

Drones are now firmly entrenched in modern battle tactics. To counter the threat, the Air Force Research Lab is unleashing THOR.

Air Force Research Lab unleashed THOR on drone swarm

The United States military has a new “X” plane; the X-65. DARPA's experimental aircraft is unlike any other flying craft to ever be produced.

DARPA designates revolutionary X-65 aircraft

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said his greatest fears involve the field, the technology or the industry causing significant harm to the world.

OpenAI CEO tells Senate to create new agency to handle AI

According to a lawsuit filed by a former top executive at ByteDance, the Chinese government "maintained supreme access" to company data.

Ex-ByteDance exec says China had access to US user data via backdoor

AI-generated content could create the illusion of a candidate engaging in incriminating or defamatory actions — potentially derailing their campaign.

AI in politics: How synthetic media could shape the 2024 presidential election

The European Parliament has taken a step towards reining in the power of artificial intelligence, voting for new rules on these technologies.

EU seeks to rein in power, influence of AI, ban facial recognition

In modern warfare, drones are as ubiquitous as soldiers. In order to defend against them effectively, new technologies are being developed.

Iron Beam brings lasers to high seas drone fight

Within hours of the mass shooting at a Texas outlet mall, graphic images from the shooting had already spread on social media.

Graphic images from Texas mall shooting spread on social media: Media Miss

A Forbes investigation of TikTok parent ByteDance reported internal lists of sensitive words--some of them were marked "forbidden."

ByteDance tracking pandemic lab leak theory mentions on TikTok: Forbes

The FTC has gone after Facebook, looking to prevent parent company Meta from profiting off the data of children who use the social media site.

FTC says Facebook violated privacy of children, seeks to block Meta profits

A NewsGuard report identified 49 news and information websites in seven languages that appear to have content generated by AI.

AI chatbots behind news articles pose risk for misinformation

The MTA said it was involuntarily interrupted twice while trying to access Twitter's API in the last two weeks.

MTA halts service alerts on Twitter due to reliability issues and cost

Two U.S. Army helicopters collided and crashed in Alaska on April 27 while returning from a training flight. Three soldiers were killed.

3 soldiers dead in Alaska helicopter collision: April 28 rundown

The United Kingdom's antitrust regulator has blocked Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

UK blocks Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition, its biggest tech deal in history

The FAA has grounded the SpaceX Starship Super Heavy launch program after the April 20 mid-air explosion that spread debris for miles.

FAA grounds SpaceX’s Starship Super Heavy launch program after explosion

In New Jersey, a government rebate program that incentivizes drivers to go electric has run out of money because the state incentive was so successful in encouraging residents to buy electric vehicles.

New Jersey pauses EV rebates as program runs out of money

Fox News has settled a lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems just ahead of opening statements in the case.

Fox News settles Dominion lawsuit for nearly $800 million: April 19 rundown