Microsoft says this country’s cyber activity may be targeting the U.S. election

Iran is accelerating online activity that appears intended to influence the U.S. election, in one case targeting a presidential campaign with an email phishing attack,

Patient, upbeat AI companions are probably rewiring kids’ brains 

As a sophomore at a large public North Carolina university, Nick did what millions of curious students did in the spring of 2023: He logged on to ChatGPT and started asking questions.

Soon he was having “deep psychological conversations” with the popular AI chatbot, going down a rabbit hole on the mysteries of the mind and the human condition.

He’d been to therapy and it helped. ChatGPT, he concluded,

Spotify is full of AI music, and some say it’s ruining the platform

Artists have long criticized Spotify for its meager royalties system and its questionable content moderation practices. Now artists must contend with an entirely different problem: increased competition from AI-generated tracks, some of which have gained hundreds of thousands of

Inside the VC network that’s gone all in for Kamala Harris

On Wednesday night, hundreds took to Zoom to hear a group of venture capitalists pitching a hot new startup: Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign for the presidency.

The Zoom was organized by a roughly two-week-old group called VCs for Kamala, which founder Leslie Feinzaig said was born from a “rage tweet” she posted on July 22, the day after President Biden dropped out of the presidential race. Superstar investors Ma

Quality healthcare may soon be out of reach for millions of Americans, but it doesn’t have to be

I wouldn’t call myself a technology guru. But as a leader and founder of a company firmly rooted within the healthcare sector, I sure do understand its importance.

Telehealth visits with providers, ordering essential medications online (delivered by drone in some cases), and engaging in preventive care are just a snapshot

7 must-have gadgets for your desk to make you more productive

Whether you’re working from home, in a traditional office, or part of a hybrid experiment, your desk serves as the command center for your daily operations.

But even the most motivated among us can struggle with distractions, disorganization, and procrastination. That’s where the right tools come into play.

Here are seven essential gadgets that can transform your desk into a productivity paradise.

Macro Pad

Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot spewed election disinformation

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Elon Musk’s Grok spewed election disinformation for a week

The result of this year’s hotly contested presidential election will likely be decid

Trump-themed crypto crashes as sons Don Jr. and Eric seem to hint at a new crypto venture

Donald Trump might be positioning himself as the crypto candidate, but when it comes to tokens, he may not necessarily have the Midas touch.

The DJT token, which “Pharma Bro” Martin Shrkeli claims to have helped launch, cratered earlier this week, plunging 90% within 15 minute

Why NASA says Boeing Starliner astronauts could be using SpaceX to return to Earth

NASA has contingency plans to return astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to Earth on board a SpaceX Dragon capsule, NASA commercial crew manager Steve Stich says, but no final decision has been made.

Wilmore and Williams arrived at the ISS on the first crewed test flight of Boeing’s Starliner for a planned eight-day mission on June 6. They have remained there since, while engineers investigate Starliner thruster failures, now traced to a teflon seal expanding and shrinking a

A look back at Kamala Harris’s yearslong crusade against online sex work

In the weeks since she stepped into the presidential race, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris has repeatedly drawn attention to her time working in the criminal justice system. Harris, who served as the San Francisco District Attorney and California Attorney General before entering national politics, has called herself “smart on crime,” and claimed she was a “


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