Technology

U.S. Commerce secretary says $8.5B Intel grant is a national security and economy win

6:17pm March 20, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo about the CHIPS act and the $8.5 billion grant awarded to Intel to help build semiconductor chip factories.

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Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger shows President Biden a semiconductor wafer during a tour at the company's Ocotillo Campus in Chandler, Ariz. on March 20.

Politics & Government

Biden is giving Intel $8.5 billion for big semiconductor projects in 4 states

4:04pm March 20, 2024

by Deepa Shivaram

President Biden was in the battleground state of Arizona to make the biggest announcement yet in his plan to bring semiconductor manufacturing back to America.

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Videos using AI are popping up on YouTube. How is YouTube responding?

5:12am March 20, 2024

by Neda Ulaby

YouTube is asking users to self-report when they post AI-generated videos. Experts say it's not good enough to ask people to admit when they're breaking the rules.

The unusual manner in which cicadas pee — and why the information is useful

6:07pm March 19, 2024

by Ari Daniel

Little insects pee in droplets. But it turns out that cicadas pee in jets — and why and how they do it could help scientists better understand microfluidics and advance all kinds of technologies.

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People hold signs in support of TikTok outside the U.S. Capitol Building on March 13.

This senator tells NPR why he's leading a charge against TikTok — and what comes next

4:33pm March 19, 2024

The House has voted overwhelmingly to ban TikTok if its Chinese owners don't sell it. So now the future of the wildly popular social media platform is in the hands of the Senate.

A memorial to the 10 victims of the racist shooting at a Tops grocery store in Buffalo. Two tech companies must face a lawsuit alleging that their algorithms played a role in radicalizing the shooter, a judge ruled Monday.

National

Reddit and YouTube must face a lawsuit over the radicalization of the Buffalo shooter

3:51pm March 19, 2024

by Becky Sullivan

The sites' algorithms served the 18-year-old with increasingly extremist content and led to the attack, the suit claims. On Monday, a judge rejected the companies' request to have the suit dismissed.

National

How Nvidia dominated the AI chip market

5:14pm March 18, 2024

The chip designer Nvidia is now worth more than Amazon, Meta and Alphabet. New Yorker contributor Stephen Witt talks about how Nvidia cornered the market for the chips fueling artificial intelligence.

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Google race to find a solution after AI generator Gemini misses the mark

5:07am March 18, 2024

by Bobby Allyn

Google paused its AI image-generator after Gemini depicted America's founding fathers and Nazi soldiers as Black. The images went viral, embarrassing Google.

Economy

Dynamic pricing is coming to grocery stores

6:59pm March 17, 2024

by Amanda Aronczyk

When we think dynamic pricing, we usually think of airlines, Uber or Amazon quickly changing their prices. But now, dynamic pricing is coming to a supermarket near you.

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What's behind the so-called 'hologram' celebrity concerts

5:39pm March 17, 2024

by Chloe Veltman

The surprising tech behind buzzy so-called "hologram" concerts featuring the likes of Elvis Presley, Tupac Shakur and other absent popstars.

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