Technology

A copy of The Birmingham News rests on a rack at the downtown public library in Birmingham, Ala. The company that runs the newspaper and two sister papers says it will permanently stop print publication after Feb. 26, 2023.

National

For 3 big Alabama newspapers, the presses are grinding to a halt

2:43pm December 30, 2022

by Debbie Elliott

The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times and Mobile's Press-Register will soon go all-digital. In Birmingham, where people have been reading the paper since the late 1800s, the news hasn't been easy.

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A man walks past a National Health Service sign in 2007 in London. The NHS offers services at the Askern Medical Practice in Doncaster, whose patients mistakenly received text messages informing them of a terminal cancer diagnosis.

A U.K. medical office mistakenly sent patients a text message with a cancer diagnosis

6:28pm December 29, 2022

by Ashley Ahn

The Christmas Eve message informing patients of a terminal lung cancer diagnosis was followed by a second text apologizing for the error and saying the office meant to offer them holiday greetings.

Artificial Intelligence is having a moment

3:58pm December 29, 2022

by Bobby Allyn

The power of AI has been on full display on social media, with ChatGPT and Lensa going viral. As AI becomes more mainstream, concerns about misinformation, privacy and bias are becoming louder.

Artificial Intelligence made big leaps in 2022 — is that exciting or scary?

3:58pm December 29, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Brian Christian, the author of "The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values," about the impact AI is having on our lives.

Travelers wait next to their luggage near the Southwest Airlines baggage claim area at the Nashville International Airport after the airline canceled thousands of flights in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday.

National

Southwest cancels another 4,800 flights as its reduced schedule continues

1:27pm December 28, 2022

by Emily Olson

The airline's CEO says the company is hoping to be "back on track before next week." But until then, it's continuing on a reduced schedule.

World News

Apple, accused of supporting China's censorship, is now facing new criticism

5:23pm December 26, 2022

by John Ruwitch

Protesters say Apple has kept tools that help circumvent censorship in China off its App store inside the country. Now it has to contend with pressure from Chinese citizens who aren't happy about it.

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A look at the year social media companies had

4:10pm December 26, 2022

by Shannon Bond

From Facebook's troubled pivot to the metaverse to Twitter's management chaos to industry-wide layoffs, social media companies had a rocky 2022.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg walks at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on April 4, 2013. Facebook parent company Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a class-action privacy lawsuit.

National

Facebook parent Meta will pay $725M to settle a privacy suit over Cambridge Analytica

4:20pm December 23, 2022

by Ashley Ahn

The proposed settlement is a result of revelations that the information of up to 87 million people may have been improperly shared with the data analytics firm that worked for political campaigns.

Here's how life got pricier — and cheaper! — in 2022

How life got pricier (and, yes, cheaper!) this year — in 7 charts

6:52pm December 22, 2022

Boy, have we talked a lot about inflation. It affected every part of our lives (and the economy) in 2022. Here are some of its highest highs and lowest lows. (It wasn't all bad news!)

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a ruling party congress in Pyongyang on Jan. 12, 2021. North Korean hackers have stolen an estimated 1.5 trillion won ($1.2 billion) in cryptocurrency and other virtual assets in the past five years, South Korea's spy agency said Thursday.

World News

North Korea has hacked $1.2 billion in crypto and other assets for its economy

11:25am December 22, 2022

by The Associated Press

North Korean hackers have stolen an estimated $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency and other virtual assets in the past five years, more than half of it this year alone, South Korea's spy agency says.