In the last several years, YouTube has become an increasingly formidable competitor to streaming services and entertainment studios, providing videos from amateur and professional creators, as well as livestreaming major events and NFL games....
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In 2024, the New York Times sued OpenAI for copyright infringement, claiming the company had used the newspaper's content to train its algorithms without permission or payment....
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Photovoltaic systems are increasingly being installed not only on roofs but also on open land. This does not always meet with citizens' approval. What is known as agrivoltaics (Agri-PV), however, is viewed more favorably, as researchers at the University of Bonn have now been able to show....
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Efforts by social media platforms to encourage users to take breaks from screen scrolling may actually lead to some of them spending even more time online. That's according to research coauthored by University of Mississippi professor Christopher Newman....
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Artificial intelligence (AI) might not have been created to enable new forms of sexual violence such as deepfake pornography. But that has been an unfortunate byproduct of the rapidly advancing technology....
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Google unveiled the biggest update to its Android mobile operating system in years, weeks before its biggest competitor in the space, Apple Inc., is expected to give a preview of its overhauled iPhone software....
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How should personal data be protected? What are the best uses of it? In our networked world, questions about data privacy are ubiquitous and matter for companies, policymakers, and the public....
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The United States population is older than it has ever been. Today, the country's median age is 38.9, which is nearly a decade older than it was in 1980. And the number of adults older than 65 is expected to balloon from 58 million to 82 million by 2050. The...
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The US tariffs barrage and the bounding cost of producing games have prompted manufacturers like Sony and Microsoft to announce price hikes on consoles, in an industry shift experts say is set to last....
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Social media is a sounding board of sorts in today's world. It's a place where people go to share their thoughts, opinions and feelings—and to test the reactions of others, too. In return, they receive feedback, often in real-time, as well as support and validation....
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When it comes to Facebook, news matters—not the fake stuff but the real kind generated by working journalists....
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Google has announced it will roll out its Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot to children under the age of 13....
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The World Video Game Hall of Fame on Thursday inducted four honorees, paying tribute to games that challenged players and changed the industry....
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Japanese gaming giant Nintendo forecast Thursday that it would sell 15 million units of its hotly awaited Switch 2 console in the current financial year but warned US tariffs could hit its bottom line....
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Redesigning social media to suit different needs of users could make their time online more focused, according to new research by University of Bristol academics....
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