Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees as tech giant reshapes its workforce

Microsoft on Monday announced a new voluntary buyout program that will cover about 60,000 eligible employees who can choose to leave the company with financial support and other career planning resources.

iPhone Duo users report screen problems, Apple offers replacements

Days after launching their new product, the folding iPhone Duo, Apple has acknowledged that some of the devices have displayed some problems with the screens, and have said they will replace them. 

AI boom boosts pension funds
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Federal Reserve data states AI gains are fueling billion-dollar gains for hundreds of state and local public employee pension funds, driving them up more than a trillion dollars this past June.

Major security flaw causes cyber outage, website shutdowns
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Programmers are working to eliminate a new online threat before it gets out of control after developers of the PHP programming language said they'd identified critical vulnerabilities in the code.

It took 3 months to get inside this massive Texas data center — here’s what we saw

EXCLUSIVE: As massive data centers rise across the country to power America's artificial intelligence boom, one of the industry's biggest builders is making the case that the benefits extend far beyond the technology inside.

Elon Musk pledges to give every American child a share of SpaceX

Elon Musk said Monday he plans to give every child in America one share of SpaceX next year, a sweeping pledge that echoes his recent push for tech companies to distribute equity directly to the public.

Multiple states suing OpenAI, claiming its ChatGPT harms children, deceives adults

Eight states have filed lawsuits against artificial intelligence giant OpenAI, the parent company of chatbot ChatGPT, accusing the company of violating state consumer protection laws by hurting children and being deceptive with adults in an alleged reckless pursuit of profit. 

White House AI task force assessing potential risks
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A White House AI task force has been given a four-month window to determine what role the government will play when it comes to AI regulations, assessing the technology's possible risks.

FDA clears use of AI tool designed to predict whether breast cancer will recur

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given clearance for the use of an AI tool designed to help predict the chances that breast cancer will come back after treatment, the product’s maker says. 

Latest MapQuest update reveals automated license plate reader networks

MapQuest has introduced a new feature to its free mapping service that allows users to locate known automated license plate readers and other public surveillance cameras.

Tesla reveals next generation flying Roadster sports EV with SpaceX thrusters

Automaker Tesla demonstrated a redesigned roadster Thursday that can drive upside down on an inverted ramp, turn in midair and land using built-in thrusters. It also used its rockets to fly over a line of parked vehicles. 

Multiple states sue OpenAI over user safety
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Eight states announced lawsuits against OpenAI on Wednesday, accusing the company of deceiving users about the safety of its chatbot.

PNW influencer travels country with $0 by highlighting restaurants
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Pacific Northwest content creator "Palate Provisions" is on a journey to travel across the entire country with $0 in an effort to highlight the generosity of people in the restaurant industry.

Microsoft CEO backs AI 'kill switch'
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is calling for a human-controlled 'kill switch' after Anthropic recently revealed its model has gone rogue.

Anthropic Claude AI model sends fake homicide tip to Philadelphia police

An artificial intelligence model from Anthropic posed as someone with information on an unsolved homicide in Philadelphia and submitted a bogus tip to the city’s police department, according to both the software’s maker and local law enforcement. 

Apple cuts iPhone 18 Pro orders over weak sales: report

Apple is scaling back iPhone 18 Pro production orders after rising memory chip costs triggered price hikes that cooled buyer demand.