Tech

system down

What caused Wednesday morning's Microsoft outage?

The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

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'remarkably good'

ChatGPT passed a Wharton MBA exam, and academics are taking note

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Theara Coleman

Is ChatGPT a threat to English class?

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Steal-Mobile

T-Mobile data breach compromised 37 million users' information

An artist's concept of the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing aircraft.

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A New Model

NASA teams with Boeing on development of more fuel-efficient aircraft

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Briefing

Is AI coming for your job?

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Briefing

The growing problem of flight cancellations

A robot hand with the letter AI and a lady justice statue on the wooden table with law books. 3d illustration.

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But, is it legal?

A.I. powered 'robot lawyer' will appear in a U.S. court for the first time

The exterior of the CES 2023 convention center

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Briefing

The most exciting tech products from CES 2023

Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG Oliver Zipse introduces the BMW i Vision Dee

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a real life Lightning Mcqueen

BMW's i Vision Dee: A talking car with a 'digital soul'

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Briefing

Should ancestry DNA be used to solve crimes?

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Feature

The most anticipated video games of 2023

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Briefing

How to tackle the growing space junk problem

Tesla's charging station and twitter bird

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Joel Mathis

Can Twitter be blamed for the fall in Tesla's stock price?

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cough it up, zuck

Meta to settle Cambridge Analytica lawsuit for $725 million

Illustration of NASA's InSight craft landing on Mars.

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So Long, Buddy

Mars' InSight lander officially goes dark after 4 years

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in the Bahamas.

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Turning Himself In

Sam Bankman-Fried agrees to be extradited to U.S. from Bahamas, attorney says

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the results are in

Elon Musk's Twitter poll says he should step down as CEO

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his fate is in your hands

Elon Musk polls Twitter users on whether he should stay on as CEO

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No Tagging

Twitter briefly bans linking to other social media sites on its platform

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Bring 'Em Back

Elon Musk restores Twitter accounts of several prominent journalists after backlash

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Feature

Microsoft: Activision deal poses antitrust test

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mmmmm what's going on?

EU threatens Musk with sanctions after Twitter suspends journalists

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'Free speech'

Elon Musk's Twitter abruptly suspends several journalists critical of Musk

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Ownership has privileges

Elon Musk bans Twitter account tracking his private jet

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Mind-Blowing Tidbits

3 crazy details from the SEC filing against Sam Bankman-Fried

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Feature

Is nuclear fusion the answer?

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Briefing

Why critics allege Twitter discriminated against conservatives

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crypto crisis

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in the Bahamas

Twitter's own account is seen on a screengrab.

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Here We Go Again

Twitter to attempt re-launch of controversial subscription service

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Briefing

Will America ban TikTok?

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Briefing

What is OpenAI's ChatGPT?

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Dropping to Number Two

Elon Musk briefly loses title of world's richest person

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technical ethical dilemma

Why you want to think twice before using viral AI portrait app Lensa

Cryptocurrency coins depicted in an illustration.

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Making Something New

iPod creator launches new crypto wallet as industry fallout continues