Wikipedia’s Existential Threats Feel Greater Than Ever
As the free online encyclopedia turns 25, it’s facing political opposition, AI scraping, dwindling volunteers, and a public that may no longer believe in its ideals.
As the free online encyclopedia turns 25, it’s facing political opposition, AI scraping, dwindling volunteers, and a public that may no longer believe in its ideals.
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Microsoft is buying over 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide removal credits from India's Varaha over the next three years.
The abrupt change in personnel was in the works for several weeks, according to an OpenAI executive.
The departures are a blow for Thinking Machines Lab. Two narratives are already emerging about why they happened.
The order, first proposed a year ago, bans GM from collecting and then selling geolocation data to third parties, like data brokers and insurance companies.
Emversity has raised $30 million in a new round as it scales job-ready training in India.
The killing of George Floyd in 2020 prompted a wave of statements from tech companies and CEOs. Today, pushback against ICE is largely coming from employees, not executives.
The California attorney general has opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk's xAI after its chatbot Grok began generating nonconsensual sexual images of real women and even children.
The collaboration will help OpenAI's models deliver faster response times for more difficult or time-consuming tasks, the companies said.
As Netflix tries to take down YouTube’s dominance in the podcast space, it's getting new originals with Pete Davidson and Michael Irvin.
New research has discovered that a neural circuit may explain procrastination. Scientists were able to disrupt this connection using a drug.
Global app downloads were down, but consumer spending was up to nearly $156B in 2025.
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Since the release of GPT 5.2, AI tools have become inescapable in high-level mathematics.
The company offers a platform that helps mobile app developers market their wares and has an army of bankers working on its IPO.
AI models are getting so good at finding vulnerabilities that some experts say the tech industry might need to rethink how software is built.
Digg, a reboot of an earlier social news site, is now relaunching as a Reddit competitor focused on communities.
A major Verizon outage appeared to impact customers across the United States starting around noon ET on Wednesday. Calls to Verizon customers from other carriers may also be impacted.
The Trends Explore page for users to analyze search interest just got a major upgrade. It now uses Gemini to identify and compare relevant trends.