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Rival social platforms already offer voice and video calls. Meta introduced voice and video calls on Messenger in 2015. Snapchat added them in 2016.
Donald Trump’s Twitter account was suspended by the company on Jan. 8, 2021, citing fears he would incite more violence following the deadly storming of the Capitol.
The complaint alleges Kia and Hyundai failed to equip their U.S. cars with anti-theft technology after a surge in thefts sparked by videos on TikTok and YouTube showing how to steal cars without keys.
Waymo autonomous taxis are working the streets of San Francisco and Phoenix, now, soon to add LA and, eventually, Chicago.
Nvidia’s specialized chips powered the firm to second-quarter revenue of $13.51 billion, or $2.48 per share, more than nine times higher than the company made a year ago.
A video released by the Marion County Record shows Joan Meyer confronting police who raided her home Aug. 11. Meyer died the next day. Her son, the newspaper’s editor, believes the stress of the raid contributed to her death.
A key question is what can be done to make algorithms foster accurate human social learning rather than exploit social learning biases.
Powers granted by the bill would invite more unconstitutional mischief, especially in the hands of ideologically driven, politically ambitious attorneys general.
The video conferencing firm that saw growth during the pandemic is asking employees who live within a 50-mile radius of its offices to work onsite two days a week.
Regulating fast-changing AI systems won’t be easy. How do we allow for maximum benefits while building in protections for civil liberties and privacy?
Leaving the science to the experts, the governor and former Chicago mayor concentrate on bringing attention and funds to support the experimental field of quantum computing, which has the potential for faster development of vaccines and unhackable computers.
‘Zuck v Musk fight will be live-streamed on X,’ Elon Musk wrote in a post Sunday on the platform. ‘All proceeds will go to charity for veterans.’
A former Air Force intelligence officer testifies that the military denied him access to information on a multi-decade policy of crash retrieval and reverse engineering.
Elon Musk continues changes at the social media company he bought for $44 billion last year with a rebrand of its bird logo. Musk has long been fascinated with the letter X.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal set off an uproar when she said that Israel is a ‘racist nation,’ speaking to try to take heat off Rep. Jan Schakowsky, who was attacked by pro-Palestinian protesters at last week’s Netroots Nation convention.
Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory say they want to help understand perennial flooding as well as climate-related bad air quality and extreme heat.
Three large tax preparation firms sent highly personal and financial information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook parent company Meta to help create targeted advertising.
The California-based firm closed abruptly, laying off 900 people, and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy amid several lawsuits and a report of an FBI probe.
Threads is billed as a text-based version of Meta’s photo-sharing app Instagram that the company says provides “a new, separate space for real-time updates and public conversations.”
Threads is billed as a “text-based conversation app” that’s linked to Instagram and teases a Twitter-like microblogging experience.
Chicago-area students take part in a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math course with hands-on racing time and a chance to build a component for an automobile.
Electrify America is the second-largest EV fast-charging network in the US with 800 direct-current fast-charging stations and more than 3,600 plugs nationwide.
Concerned that Vladimir Putin could use the mutiny to rally Russians to his side, the U.S. and allies supporting Ukraine are making clear they had no role in the rebellion.
John Goodenough’s breakthrough work on lithium-ion technology is credited with helping develop batteries that power electric vehicles, cellphones, tablets, pacemakers.
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