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FILE - The logo for a Tesla Supercharger station is seen in Buford, Ga, April 22, 2021. Tesla has settled a lawsuit Monday, April 8, 2024, brought by the family of a Silicon Valley engineer who died in a crash while relying on the company’s semi-autonomous driving software. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

Tesla settles lawsuit over man’s death in a crash involving its semi-autonomous driving software

Tesla has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a Silicon Valley engineer who died in a crash while relying on the company’s semi-autonomous driving software.
 
FILE - A person walks into the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan on Oct. 20, 2021. The Biden administration pledged Monday, April 8, 2024, to provide up to $6.6 billion so that a Taiwanese microchip giant can expand the facilities it is already building in Arizona and ensure that the world most-advanced chips are produced domestically for the first time. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Biden administration announces $6.6 billion to ensure leading-edge microchips are built in the US

 
FILE - Elon Musk appears at an event in London, on Nov. 2, 2023. A crusading Brazilian Supreme Court justice included Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news and opened a separate investigation late Sunday, April 7, 2024, into the executive for alleged obstruction. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool, File)

Elon Musk will be investigated over fake news and obstruction in Brazil after a Supreme Court order

 
FILE - Chris Smalls, president of the Amazon Labor Union, speaks at a rally outside an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island in New York, April 24, 2022. Within union ranks, some felt Smalls was spending too much time traveling and giving speeches instead of organizing workers on Staten Island. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Two years after its historic win, a divided Amazon Labor Union lurches toward a leadership election

 
Peter Bellerby, the founder of Bellerby & Co. Globemakers, covers a globe at his studio in London, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Globes in the age of Google Earth capture the imagination and serve as snapshots of how the owners see the world and their place in it. Peter Bellerby made his first globe for his father, after he could not find one accurate or attractive enough. In 2008, he founded Bellerby & Co. Globemakers in London. His team of dozens of artists and cartographers has made thousands of bespoke globes up to 50 inches in diameter. The most ornate can cost six figures. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Even in the age of Google Earth, people still buy globes. Here’s why they remain so alluring

 

Artificial Intelligence

FILE - New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a news conference at City Hall, Dec. 12, 2023, in New York. An artificial intelligence-powered chatbot meant to help small business owners in New York City has come under fire for dispensing bizarre advice that misstates local policies and advises companies to violate the law. But the chatbot remains online, even as Adams acknowledged Tuesday, April 2, 2024, that its answers were “wrong in some areas.” (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie, File)

NYC’s AI chatbot was caught telling businesses to break the law. The city isn’t taking it down

 
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FILE - The Amazon logo is photographed at the Vivatech show in Paris, on June 15, 2023. Amazon says, Wednesday, March 27, 2024, its investing another $2.75 billion in the Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, bringing its total investment in the company to $4 billion. The investment will give Amazon a minority stake in San Francisco-based Anthropic, which is a rival to OpenAI, the maker of the popular chatbot ChatGPT. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Amazon pours an additional $2.75 billion into AI startup Anthropic

 
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Tired of AI doomsday tropes, Cohere CEO says his goal is technology that’s ‘additive to humanity’

 
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This image provided by Earkick in March 2024 shows the company's mental health chatbot on a smartphone. A growing number of AI chatbots are being pitched as a way to address the recent mental health crisis among teens and young adults. But experts disagree about whether these chatbots are delivering a mental health service or are simply a new form of self-help. (Earkick via AP)

Ready or not, AI chatbots are here to help with Gen Z’s mental health struggles

 
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AI fakery is quickly becoming one of the biggest problems confronting us online. With AI deepfakes cropping up almost every day, depicting everyone from Taylor Swift to Donald Trump, it’s getting harder to tell what’s real from what’s not. The following photo-illustrated graphic highlights a few notable areas of an AI-deepfake of Pope Francis.

One Tech Tip: How to spot AI-generated deepfake images

 
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This combination of photos taken on Capitol Hill in Washington shows Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., on March 23, 2023, left, and Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., on Nov. 3, 2021. The two lawmakers from opposing parties are floating a new plan to protect the privacy of Americans' personal data. The draft legislation was announced Sunday, April 7, 2024, and would make privacy a consumer right and set new rules for companies that collect and transfer personal data. (AP Photo)

Key lawmakers float new rules for personal data protection; bill would make privacy a consumer right

Two lawmakers from opposing parties are floating a new plan to protect the privacy of Americans’ personal data.
 
FILE - The X logo is shown on a computer screen in Belgrade, Serbia, July 24, 2023. Social media accounts who shield their real identities behind clever slogans and cartoon avatars have come to dominate right-wing political discussion online, even as they spread false information. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

Anonymous users are dominating right-wing discussions online. They also spread false information

As the presidential election draws nearer, the spread of bogus information online is getting a huge boost from social media accounts that have been created anonymously.
 
This combination of photos shows promotional art for the series "Dora," debuting April 12 on Paramount+, left, "The Sympathizer," a series premiering April 14 on Max, center, and the film "Food, Inc. 2," available April 12 on video-on-demand. (Paramount+/Max/Magnolia Pictures

What to stream this week: Billy Joel sings, Dora explores and ‘Food, Inc. 2' chows down

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include a sequel to the powerful documentary “Food, Inc.,” Dating expert Patti Stanger has a new TV show on The CW and “Dora the Explorer” gets a reboot on Paramount+.
 
Dr. Pei Wang teaches a artificial general intelligence class at Temple University in Philadelphia, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Mainstream AI research "turned away from the original vision of artificial intelligence, which at the beginning was pretty ambitious,” said Wang. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Tech companies want to build artificial general intelligence. But who decides when AGI is attained?

There’s a race underway to build artificial general intelligence, a futuristic vision of machines that are broadly as smart as humans or at least can do many things as well as people can.
 

Tennessee lawmakers seek to require parental permission before children join social media

Tennessee’s GOP-dominant Senate has unanimously signed off on legislation requiring minors to have parental consent to create social media accounts.
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, center, is briefed as he visits a plant of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. in Kikuyo town, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan Saturday, April 6, 2024. At right is Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company CEO C.C. Wei. (Japan Pool/Kyodo News via AP)

Japanese leader visits new chip factory, stressing ties with Taiwan and support for key technology

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited a new semiconductor plant for which his government has pledged more than $7 billion of support to secure a steady supply of chips.
 
FILE - Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro arrives in Blue Bell, Pa., Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. Shapiro, a Democrat, is a prolific Tik Tok poster, with his efforts beginning on the campaign trail through a personal account. The first-termer is a rising star in the Democratic Party and among a handful of governors who are building their national profiles and possibly positioning themselves for a 2028 run for the White House. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Some states are seeking to restrict TikTok. That doesn’t mean their governors aren’t using it

Efforts to ban TikTok from government devices have picked up steam in the past year in state legislatures and Congress even as politicians continue to use it to connect with and expand their base.
 
FILE - This Dec. 21, 2020 image provided by the New Mexico General Services Department shows some of the recently installed electric vehicle charging stations at the Bataan Memorial Building in Santa Fe, N.M. Mandates for auto dealers to provide an increasing number of electric vehicles for sale across New Mexico will remain in place as state regulators on Friday, April 5, 2024, denied an effort to derail implementation of the new rules pending a legal challenge. (Thom Cole/New Mexico General Services Department, via AP)

New Mexico electric vehicle mandates to remain in place as auto dealers fight the new rules

New Mexico’s mandate for auto dealers to provide an increasing number of electric vehicles for sale across the state will remain in place pending a legal challenge.
 
FILE - The Apple logo is illuminated at a store in Munich, Germany, Nov. 13, 2023. Apple is laying off more than 600 workers in California, marking the company's first big wave of post-pandemic job cuts amid a broader wave of tech industry consolidation. The iPhone maker notified 614 workers in multiple offices on March 28, 2024, that they were losing their jobs, with the layoffs becoming effective on May 27, according to reports to regional authorities. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Apple lays off more than 600 workers in California in its first major round of post-pandemic cuts

Apple is laying off more than 600 workers in California, marking the company’s first big wave of post-pandemic job cuts amid a broader wave of tech industry consolidation.
 

Fantasy sports company PrizePicks says it will hire 1,000 in Atlanta as it leases new headquarters

PrizePicks says it will expand its operations in Atlanta by hiring an additional 1,000 employees over seven years.
 
FILE - The X logo is shown on a computer screen in Belgrade, Serbia, July 24, 2023. X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has started restoring complimentary blue checks to some "influential" users. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

Free blue checks are back for some accounts on Elon Musk’s X. Not everyone is happy about it

Elon Musk’s X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has started restoring complimentary blue checks to some of its users. That’s caused confusion online.
 
FILE - Viewers use special glasses to watch from San Antonio, as the moon moves in front of the sun during an annular solar eclipse, or ring of fire, Oct. 14, 2023. The total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 may be weeks away but businesses are ready for the celestial event with oodles of special eclipse glasses for sale, along with T-shirts and other souvenirs. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

One Tech Tip: How to use apps to track and photograph the total solar eclipse

Monday’s total solar eclipse might become one of the year’s most filmed and photographed events. As the moon passes in front of the sun, plunging a swath of North America into a few minutes of darkness, throngs will take pictures or videos of the moment.
 
FILE - Gene Simmons, from left, Tommy Thayer, and Paul Stanley of KISS perform during the final night of the "Kiss Farewell Tour"at Madison Square Garden in New York on Dec. 2, 2023. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Kiss sells catalog, brand name and IP. Gene Simmons assures fans it is a ‘collaboration’

The hard rock quartet’s deal with a Swedish company is estimated to be over $300 million.
 

South Korean computer chipmaker plans $3.87 billion Indiana semiconductor plant and research center

A major South Korean computer chipmaker said Wednesday it plans to spend more than $3.87 billion in Indiana to build a semiconductor packaging plant and research and development center.
 
FILE - Computer monitors and a laptop display the X, formerly known as Twitter, sign-in page, July 24, 2023, in Belgrade, Serbia. Elon Musk’s X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, announced Tuesday, April 2, 2024, that it has named company veteran Kylie McRoberts as new head of safety nine months after the last executive to hold the position departed from the social media company. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

Elon Musk’s X has a new safety leader, nine months after predecessor left the social media platform

Elon Musk’s X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has named a new head of safety nine months after the last executive to hold the position departed from the social media company.
 
FILE - The Amazon logo is seen in Douai, northern France, Thursday, April 16, 2020. Amazon said Wednesday, April 3, 2024, it's cutting hundreds of jobs in its cloud computing unit AWS as part of a strategic shift. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File)

Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs in its cloud computing unit AWS

Amazon said Wednesday it’s cutting hundreds of jobs in its cloud computing unit AWS as part of a strategic shift.
 
This combination of images shows Bad Bunny, from left, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift. (AP Photo)

Solar eclipse playlist: 20 songs to rock out to on your cosmic adventure

The April 8 total solar eclipse is quickly approaching. The right way to enjoy this rare cosmic occurrence is with a themed playlist.
 
International travelers go down the escalator to get processed at the port of entry at Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va. Monday, April 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

As international travel grows, so does US use of technology. A look at how it’s used at airports

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is expanding the use of technology to process the ever-growing number of passengers as travel booms following coronavirus pandemic-related slumps.
 
FILE - The Microsoft logo is seen in Issy-les-Moulineaux, outside Paris, France, April 12, 2016. In a scathing indictment of Microsoft corporate security and transparency, a Biden administration-appointed review board issued a report Tuesday, April 2, 2024, saying “a cascade of errors” by the tech giant let state-backed Chinese cyber operators break into email accounts of senior U.S. officials including Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Scathing federal report rips Microsoft for shoddy security, insincerity in response to Chinese hack

A Biden administration-appointed review board has issued a scathing indictment of Microsoft corporate security and transparency.
 
FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Mich., Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Trump filed a law suit on March 24, suing two co-founders of Trump Media & Technology Group, the newly public owner of his Truth Social platform, arguing that they should forfeit their stock in the company after allegedly setting it up improperly. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Trump sues two Trump Media co-founders, seeking to void their stock in the company

Donald Trump is suing two co-founders of Trump Media & Technology Group, the newly public parent company of his Truth Social platform, arguing that they should forfeit their stock in the company because they set it up improperly.
 

George Carlin estate settles with podcasters over fake comedy special purportedly generated by AI

The estate of George Carlin has agreed to settle a lawsuit over a fake hourlong comedy special that purportedly uses artificial intelligence to recreate the late standup comic’s style and material for a new special.
 
FILE - The Google building is seen in New York, Feb. 26, 2024. Google has agreed to purge billions of records containing personal information collected from more than 136 million people in the U.S. surfing the internet through its Chrome web browser as part of settlement in a lawsuit accusing it of illegal surveillance. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Browsing in incognito mode doesn’t protect you as much as you might think

Google’s widely used Chrome browser has offered a private browsing mode called “Incognito” for nearly a decade.
 
FILE - An Amazon Fresh grocery store is seen, Feb. 4, 2022, in Warrington, Pa. Amazon is removing Just Walk Out technology from its Amazon Fresh stores as part of an effort to revamp the grocery chain. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Amazon is removing Just Walk Out technology from its Fresh grocery stores in the US

Amazon is removing Just Walk Out technology from its Amazon Fresh stores as part of an effort to revamp the grocery chain.
 
Billie Eilish arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Miranda Lambert, Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj submit letter to AI developers to honor artists’ rights

Stevie Wonder, Miranda Lambert, Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, Peter Frampton, Katy Perry, Smokey Robinson and J Balvin are just some of the over 200 names featured on a new open letter submitted by the Artist Rights Alliance non-profit, calling on artificial intelligence tech companies, developers, pl
 
FILE - An Unsold 2023 Model X sports-utility vehicle sits outside a Tesla dealership Sunday, June 18, 2023, in Englewood, Colo. Tesla sales are expected to fall in the first quarter as demand for electric vehicles continues to slow. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Tesla sales tumble nearly 9%, most in 4 years, as competition heats up and demand for EVs slows

Tesla sales fell sharply last quarter as competition increased worldwide, electric vehicle sales growth slowed, and price cuts failed to draw more buyers.
 
FILE - Taylor Swift arrives at the world premiere of the concert film "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" in Los Angeles on Oct. 11, 2023. Swift’s Instagram message encouraging her 283 million followers to register to vote was nominated for a Webby in the best creator or influencer category. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce earn Webby Award nominations, along with Sydney Sweeney, Ryan Gosling

Taylor Swift and her Super Bowl-winning boyfriend Travis Kelce, along with Sydney Sweeney, Ryan Gosling and Timothee Chalamet, are among the nominees for this year’s Webby Awards, recognizing the best internet content and creators.
 
FILE - The Microsoft logo is pictured outside the headquarters in Paris, on Jan. 8, 2021. Microsoft will stop packaging its Teams videoconferencing app with its Office software after the practice attracted antitrust scrutiny. The tech giant said Monday, April 1, 2024, that customers buying Office subscriptions starting this week won't get Teams bundled with the service. Microsoft will start selling the two products separately around the world, following a move last year to separate the products in Europe. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Microsoft splits Teams from Office after antitrust scrutiny

Microsoft will stop packaging its Teams videoconferencing app with its Office software after the practice attracted antitrust scrutiny.
 
FILE - The Google building is seen in New York, Feb. 26, 2024. Google has agreed to purge billions of records containing personal information collected from more than 136 million people in the U.S. surfing the internet through its Chrome web browser as part of settlement in a lawsuit accusing it of illegal surveillance. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Google will purge billions of files containing personal data in settlement of Chrome privacy case

Google has agreed to purge billions of records containing personal information collected from more than 136 million people in the U.S. surfing the internet through its Chrome web browser.
 
FILE - The Truth Social account for former President Donald Trump is seen on a mobile device, Wednesday, March 20, 2024, in New York. On Monday, April 1, less than a week after a flashy stock market debut, Trump's social media company disclosed that it lost nearly $58.2 million in 2023. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Trump Media stock falls more than 21% after company discloses $58 million loss for 2023

Less than a week after a flashy stock market debut, Donald Trump’s social media company has disclosed that it lost nearly $58.2 million last year, sending its stock tumbling more than 21%.
 
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AT&T marketing chief on March Madness and Caitlin Clark’s supernova run

Who do you have winning your college basketball bracket? The head of AT&T’s marketing is hoping that you’ll respond by asking, “For which tournament?”
 
The instagram page of Japan's Imperial Household Agency is seen on a mobile phone Monday, April 1, 2024, in Tokyo. Japan’s Imperial Family made an Instagram debut on Monday, with images of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako capturing moments of their official duties, an effort to shake off their cloistered image and reach out to the younger generations.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan’s royal family makes formal debut on Instagram as world’s oldest monarchy tries to draw youth

Japan’s imperial family has made an Instagram debut with a barrage of posts, hoping to shake off their reclusive image and reach out to younger people on social media.
 
Volunteers of Fake News Cleaner guide students through the LINE app to identify fake news during a class in Kaohsiung City, southern Taiwan, Thursday, March 16, 2023. An anti-misinformation group in Taiwan called Fake News Cleaner has hosted more than 500 events, connecting with college students, elementary-school children — and the seniors that, some say, are the most vulnerable to such efforts. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

In Taiwan, a group is battling fake news one conversation at a time — with a focus on seniors

A group in Taiwan is focusing on seniors as it tries to combat fake news, one conversation at a time. Fake News Cleaner has hosted more than 500 events over six years.
 
This combination of images shows promotional art for the series "Sugar," the comedy series "Loot," and the comedy series "Lopez vs Lopez." (Apple TV+/Apple TV+/NBC via AP)

What to stream this week: Sheila E. plays salsa, Andrew Scott gets evil and Colin Farrell detects

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include albums from hip-hop hitmaker Bryson Tiller and percussion master Sheila E., Andrew Scott plays a killer in Netflix’s “Ripley” and Jonathan Glazer’s best-picture nominee “The Zone of Interest” arrives on Max.
 
FILE - The sign in front of an AT&T retail store is seen in Miami, July 18, 2019. The theft of sensitive information belonging to millions of AT&T’s current and former customers has been recently discovered online, the telecommunications giant said Saturday, March 30, 2024. In an announcement addressing the data breach, AT&T said that a dataset found on the dark web contains information including some Social Security numbers and passcodes for about 7.6 million current account holders and 65.4 million former account holders. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

AT&T says a data breach leaked millions of customers’ information online. Were you affected?

The theft of sensitive information belonging to millions of AT&T’s current and former customers has been recently discovered online.