Technology

The Justice Department on Wednesday announced the arrest of a former Google AI engineer, alleging he stole information about the...

Worried about the American Express data breach? Here’s what to do.

A hack at a third-party company may have exposed the account information of American Express cardholders, American Express Co. said...

Hacking gang behind pharmacy chaos shuts down again. Will it matter?

A notorious ransomware gang said Tuesday that it had shut down, but it left American prescription services in continued chaos...

The government lab keeping AI safe is fighting mold, floods and pests

At the National Institute of Standards and Technology — the government lab overseeing the most anticipated technology on the planet...

Dating apps have gotten so bad that speed dating is in again

SAN FRANCISCO — Seven men and six women sit scattered around a tiny Irish pub in a sleepy San Francisco...

Facebook and Instagram back up after outage briefly blocked log-ins

Meta’s social media platforms are back up Tuesday after a widespread outage appeared to block thousands of users from logging...

Top AI researchers say OpenAI, Meta and more hinder independent evaluations

More than 100 top artificial intelligence researchers have signed an open letter calling on generative AI companies to allow investigators...

European court favors strong encryption, calling it key to privacy rights

While some American officials continue to attack strong encryption as an enabler of child abuse and other crimes, a key...

Review | We tested Amazon’s new shopping chatbot. It’s not good.

Amazon is experimenting with an artificial intelligence chatbot to help you figure out what to buy.Instead of sorting through thousands...

Cookie Monster’s ‘shrinkflation’ woes get White House response