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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

According to research by the BBC, Facebook is limiting news coming from the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank.

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

American journalist Evan Gershkovich is in a Moscow courtroom seeking an appeal after Russia charged him with espionage.

US journalist appears in Russian court, denies spying: April 18 rundown

A former U.S. naval officer and pro-Russian blogger allegedly played a key role in the massive intelligence leak.

Former US naval officer spread leaked intel docs on a pro-Russia site

An artificial intelligence agent flew an F-16 for 82 minutes. Shield AI is the company developing the 'Hivemind' behind the breakthrough.

US military letting artificial intelligence ‘Hivemind’ fly fighter jet

Twitter CEO Elon Musk also expressed concern regarding artificial intelligence in clips from his interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

Musk says US gov’t had ‘full access’ to Twitter users’ DMs: Media Miss

The trial of Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion dollar defamation lawsuit against Fox News has been suddenly delayed until April 18.

Dominion lawsuit against Fox News suddenly delayed: April 17 rundown

HBO Max and Discovery+ are joining forces to create Max. But will it be enough to move up the top 5 streaming list on Five For Friday?

Just Max: Streaming wars heat up as HBO tries climbing this top 5 list

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