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A federal jury this week found Uber to be legally responsible in a 2023 case of sexual assault β ordering the rideshare giant to pay $8.5 million to a woman who said one of its drivers raped her during a trip using the platform. The verdict, reached Thursday in Arizona, follows years of criticism against…
NEW YORK β By age 2, most kids know how to play pretend. They turn their bedrooms into faraway castles and hold make-believe tea parties. The ability to make something out of nothing may seem uniquely human β a bedrock of creativity that’s led to new kinds of art, music and more. Now, for the…
NEW YORK β Amazon sales surged 14% during the fourth quarter, helped by strong holiday spending and a better-than-expected growth in its prominent cloud computing unit. But shares fell 11% in after hours trading on Thursday as investors appeared to be spooked by the Seattle-based tech company’s plans to increase capital spending by nearly 60%…
NEW YORK β Amazon sales surged 14% during the fourth quarter, helped by strong holiday spending and a better-than-expected growth in its prominent cloud computing unit. But shares fell 11% in after hours trading on Thursday as investors appeared to be spooked by the Seattle-based tech company’s plans to increase capital spending by nearly 60%…
When Savannah Guthrie made a heart-wrenching plea to the kidnapper of her 84-year-old mother to send βproof of life,β she addressed the possibility of people creating deepfakes. “We live in a world where voices and images are easily manipulated,β she said. Before artificial intelligence tools proliferated β making it possible to realistically impersonate someone, in…
When Savannah Guthrie made a heart-wrenching plea to the kidnapper of her 84-year-old mother to send βproof of life,β she addressed the possibility of people creating deepfakes. “We live in a world where voices and images are easily manipulated,β she said. Before artificial intelligence tools proliferated β making it possible to realistically impersonate someone, in…
NEW YORK β Elon Musk vowed this week to upend another industry just as he did with cars and rockets β and once again he’s taking on long odds. The world’s richest man said he wants to put as many as a million satellites into orbit to form vast, solar-powered data centers in space β…
SAN FRANCISCO β Googleβs latest quarterly report provided further evidence that its internet empire is withstanding an artificial intelligence shakeup thatβs turning into another potential boon for the company. The numbers released Wednesday marked Google’s third consecutive quarter of digital ad growth of more than 10% from the previous year, while also posting more than…
SAN FRANCISCO β Googleβs latest quarterly report provided further evidence that its internet empire is withstanding an artificial intelligence shakeup thatβs turning into another potential boon for the company. The numbers released Wednesday marked Google’s third consecutive quarter of digital ad growth of more than 10% from the previous year, while also posting more than…
WASHINGTON β A new kind of pill sharply reduced artery-clogging cholesterol in people who remain at high risk of heart attacks despite taking statins, researchers reported Wednesday. Itβs still experimental but the pill helps rid the body of cholesterol in a way that today can be done only with injected medicines. If approved by the…
