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Earlier this month, AT&T quietly published an extraordinary document. For the first time ever, the company released a “political congruency report.” The report, which covers the year 2022, looks at the “[s]tate and federal elected officials to whom AT&T or its Employee PACs have made political contributions” and compares the “voting re
Apple has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit that alleges the company misrepresented the abilities of its Family Sharing plans when it came to sharing app subscriptions with family members. Apple is settling the lawsuit for $25 million, pending court approval in 2024. Here’s what to know:
What was the lawsuit about?
At the heart of the lawsuit was an Apple feature called Family Sharing. The feature allows a subscriber to share services and content with up to
The European Union is looking into whether Elon Musk’s online platform X breached tough new social media regulations in the first such investigation since the rules designed to make online content less toxic took effect.
“Today we open formal infringement proceedings against @X” under the Digital Services Act, European Commissioner Thierry Breton said in a post on the platform Monday.
“The Commission will now investigate X’s sys
Depending on which late-model vehicle you own, your car might be watching you—literally and figuratively—as you drive down the road. It’s watching you with cameras that monitor the cabin and track where you’re looking, and with sensors that track your speed, lane position, and rate of acceleration.
Your car uses this data to make your ride safe, comfortable, and convenient. For example, the cameras can tell when you’ve been distracted

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You can do some amazing things with AI in a minute or less. Read on for eight ways to start making something new. They’re all free, fast, and fun.
1. Compose a 30-second song with Splash Pro
- Input: A few words to describe the kind
The world’s first 5G network launched in 2019, offering low-latency connectivity, faster data speeds, and higher data caps for mobile devices. While the issue of which country actually first launched 5G is up for debate— the U.S. and South Korea are still battling for bragging rights—there’s no dispute around the technology’s impact. The communications firm Ericsson said in its August 2023 Mobility Report that about 260 service providers have since launched
As 2023 comes to a close, it has become evident that the once-unstoppable global AI race is quickly transforming into a mad dash.
Just this month, The Arena Group, which operates Sports Illustrated, unceremoniously fired its CEO Ross Levinsohn weeks after the publication was found to have published articles written by fake authors with AI-created biographies and headshots. (The Arena Group has insisted that Levinsohn’s ouster “had absolutely nothing to do with the AI i
Advertising! The majority of people spend a significant portion of their day actively trying to avoid ads, but the ones that are truly remarkable—good and bad—break through that default allergy to excite, delight, and enrage us. That’s what makes this slice of commercial culture distinct. These ads, combined with high-quality products to back it up, are what forge the often inexplicable emotional connections we have with brands.
This is why we’re consider
This was a busy year for Apple. Not only did the company make one of the most dramatic changes to the iPhone in over a decade, but it also introduced a revolutionary new product with the Vision Pro headset. These were two of Apple’s biggest hits of 2023.
Yet it wasn’t all roses for Apple this past year. The company had some big failures, which frustrated general consumers and the longtime Apple faithful alike. Here are Apple’s biggest misses of 2023.
We’ve all, at some point or another, seen an ad on our phone or television that just happens to be for a product we were just discussing with a friend. For instance, you might tell a friend over lunch that you need a vacation and suddenly get bombarded with travel ads, or mention that you need to find a house painter and get a half-dozen ads for local painting companies. While many have suspected that our phones are listening to us, the consensus among the tech community was that just