US government requests for user data from technology companies has skyrocketed by 770% in the past decade, a new research report has concluded. In total, information from more than 3.5 million ...

A North Carolina man was found guilty of extorting a D.C.-based technology company while still being employed as a data analyst contractor. While a Justice Department press release published on ...

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Zach Seward recently gave this talk at SXSW. It was his first public presentation since starting his job as The New York Times’ first-ever editorial director of AI initiatives. Hi, I’m Zach Seward, ...

Somerville-based Form Energy says it’s found the biggest customer yet for its iron-based battery technology. Form will build a massive battery system in partnership with electric utility Xcel Energy, ...

BNP Paribas said Anthropic had the most significant increase in visits and users after its Super Bowl ad, beating out other AI companies. Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and Google Gemini all aired Super Bowl ...

What just happened? When engineers talk about soft robots, precision is usually the missing piece. The challenge has never been in making flexible machines – it's been in making them behave ...

If your smartphone stays on your bedside table overnight, it stays busy long after you fall asleep. Even while it appears idle, your phone continues to send and receive data in the background. Some of ...

Q: Are eSIMs safe to use while traveling abroad? A: If you’ve traveled internationally lately, you’ve probably seen eSIM ads everywhere: “Instant data in 190 countries!” “No SIM card needed!” And the ...

Health wearable devices are everywhere — from rings to watches to baby socks — and it seems like nearly everyone is wearing one. For some, the devices are just ways to track workouts or read text ...

Jan 16 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google asked a judge on Friday to postpone making the company share data with rivals while it challenges a ruling that the company holds an illegal monopoly in online ...

Under the shift, which Google said would eventually be rolled out to all users, old addresses would remain active. Messages and services would not be lost. By Adeel Hassan For more than 20 years, ...