Technology

Potions, spells, and all manner of magical mischief await in Hogwarts Legacy.

Arts

Review: 'Hogwarts Legacy' is open world magic, but can't escape Rowling controversy

9:15am February 10, 2023

by Brittany Vincent

Hogwarts Legacy delivered a stunning magical world for Harry Potter fans. But controversy over franchise creator J.K. Rowling has dogged the game's success.

Shares for Google's parent company, Alphabet, dropped 9% Wednesday after its AI chatbot, Bard, gave an incorrect answer.

National

Google shares drop $100 billion after its new AI chatbot makes a mistake

1:15pm February 09, 2023

by Emily Olson

Google's Bard, an answer to Microsoft's ChatGPT, delivered a factual error in a search demo that the company shared widely. That sent Alphabet's market value plummeting this week.

World News

Following the U.S., Australia says it will remove Chinese-made surveillance cameras

10:13am February 09, 2023

by The Associated Press

Australia will remove surveillance cameras made by Chinese Communist Party-linked companies from its buildings, the government said Thursday after the U.S. and Britain made similar moves.

With a poster of a New York Post front page story about Hunter Biden's emails on display, Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) listen during a hearing before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee on Feb. 8, 2023 in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on Twitter's short-lived decision to limit circulation of the Post story in 2020.

Politics & Government

Ex-Twitter officials reject GOP claims of government collusion

7:06pm February 08, 2023

by Shannon Bond

At a contentious House committee hearing, Republicans aired long-held grievances over what they say is Silicon Valley's bias against conservatives.

Zoom CEO and founder Eric Yuan speaks before the Nasdaq opening bell ceremony in April 2019. The company saw rapid growth during the pandemic but is now laying off about 15% of its workforce.

National

Zoom is the latest tech firm to announce layoffs, and its CEO will take a 98% pay cut

1:50pm February 08, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Zoom, a hallmark of pandemic life, is laying off some 1,300 employees, or about 15% of its workforce. CEO Eric Yuan said he and other executives will take pay cuts and forgo bonuses.

National

Microsoft will use ChatGPT in its search service Bing

11:19am February 08, 2023

by Bobby Allyn

Microsoft announced on Tuesday that its powerful AI tool ChatGPT will now be used in its search service Bing. Google unveiled its own AI tool — a competitor to ChatGPT — roughly 24 hours before.

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Microsoft and Google enlist artificial intelligence to heat up search rivalry

8:12am February 08, 2023

by Bobby Allyn

Microsoft has announced it will use the AI tool known as ChatGPT in its Bing search engine, and Google has unveiled a competitor to ChatGPT — this could profoundly change how we use technology.

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National

AI-generated images breach copyright law, artists say

5:42pm February 07, 2023

Artificial intelligence has advanced enough to create a seemingly original artwork in the style of living artists within minutes. Some artists argue that these AI models breach copyright law.

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This image of the Southern Ring Nebula was one of the first James Webb Space Telescope images released to the public last year.

Science

What's the fairest way to share cosmic views from Hubble and James Webb telescopes?

5:06am February 07, 2023

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Astronomers are debating how quickly the observations of the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope should be made public.

Sen. Michael Bennett on why he's in favor of a TikTok ban

4:52pm February 05, 2023

Senator Michael Bennet has joined calls from several other lawmakers to ban TikTok from Apple and Google app stores. NPR's Michel Martin asks him what makes the app a national security risk.