Apple’s iPhone sales bounce back from recent slump amid AI expansion, but stock still dips
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple snapped out of a recent iPhone sales slump during its summertime quarter, an early sign that its recent efforts to revive demand for its marquee product…
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Amazon reports boost in quarterly profits, exceeds revenue estimates as it invests in AI
LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amazon reported a boost in its quarterly profits Thursday and exceeded revenue estimates, sending the company’s stock up in after-hours trading. For the…
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ChatGPT will now work as a search engine as OpenAI partners with some news outlets
SAN FRANCISCO — OpenAI is launching a ChatGPT-powered search engine that could put the artificial intelligence company in direct competition with Google and affect the flow of internet traffic seeking…
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Voting rights groups worry AI models are generating inaccurate and misleading responses in Spanish
SAN FRANCISCO — With just days before the presidential election, Latino voters are facing a barrage of targeted ads in Spanish and a new source of political messaging in the…
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The US election system has safeguards. But human nature is a vulnerability
WASHINGTON — Hacking a local election system in the United States wouldn’t be easy, and secretly altering votes on a scale massive enough to change the outcome of the presidential…
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Google Maps adds AI features to help users explore and navigate the world around them
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Google Maps is heading down a new road steered by artificial intelligence. The shift announced Thursday will bring more of the revolutionary AI technology that Google…
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Chinese online retailer Temu faces European Union investigation into rogue traders and illegal goods
LONDON — Chinese online retailer Temu is facing a European Union investigation over suspicions it’s failing to prevent the sale of illegal products, the 27-nation bloc’s executive arm said on…
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Ping! Harris and Trump are blowing up your phones with political texts in campaign’s last days
WASHINGTON — For the millions of Americans on the radar of the Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaigns and those of their allies, the apocalypse is only a text message…
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New York semiconductor site picked for $825 million in funding
ALBANY, N.Y. — A semiconductor research facility in upstate New York was selected as one of three national technology centers and will receive up to $825 million in funding as…
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TEPCO ex-chair at time of Fukushima nuclear disaster dies at 84 while on trial over responsibility
TOKYO — Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings’ former chairperson, who led the emergency response after a meltdown at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and was accused of being responsible for…
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