How TikTok’s Parent, ByteDance, Became an A.I. Powerhouse
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The Chinese internet giant ByteDance has made some of the world’s most popular apps: TikTok and, in China, Douyin and Toutiao. In…
Neutrinos Are Shrinking, and That’s a Good Thing for Physics
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On Thursday, researchers unveiled the most precise measurement yet of a neutrino, scaling down the maximum possible mass of the ghostly specks…
Nintendo Switch Game Console Release Is Whipsawed by Tariff Threats
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For months, Nintendo, the maker of famed video game series like Super Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong, had expected the morning of…
How Do the iPhone 16E and Google Pixel 9A Compare to More Expensive Models?
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With all the talk about tariffs driving up costs, the word “cheaper” should bring comfort to just about anyone. That’s why I’m…
Amazon to Launch First Project Kuiper Internet Satellites: What to Know
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The battle of billionaires in space between Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk has entered a new arena: satellite internet. Amazon, the company…
OpenAI Asks Court to Bar Elon Musk From Unfairly Attacking It
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OpenAI asked a federal court on Wednesday to bar Elon Musk from unfairly attacking it through a high-profile lawsuit he filed last…
Pilot Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Matt Wallace, X Influencer
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Two days after a helicopter collided with a passenger jet in Washington in January, killing 67 people, Jo Ellis woke up to…
How Musk and Trump Are Working to Consolidate Government Data About You
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Privacy advocates say that all this data could enable the government to punish its political opponents by weaponizing information about an individual’s…
No Phone, No Internet: A First-Time Visit to Casablanca
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According to my pathetic map, I should have been close to the royal palace. But nothing in Casablanca’s bustling Mers Sultan quarter,…
Robert W. McChesney, Who Warned of Corporate Media Control, Dies at 72
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Robert W. McChesney, an influential left-leaning media critic who argued that corporate ownership was bad for American journalism and that Silicon Valley…
