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Nvidia CEO heralds 'inference inflection' as next phase of AI boom World Happiness Report highlights social media's negative impact Arizona hits Kalshi with criminal charges, escalating fight Amazon offers 1 and 3hour deliveries for US customers willing to pay extra Closing arguments begin in Twitter shareholder trial
Iran-linked hackers take aim at US and other targets, raising risk of cyberattacks during war
Cambodia drafts its first law targeting online scam centers
NASA clears Artemis moon rocket for an April launch with four astronauts
Lawyers in social media addiction trial make final appeals to the jury
Google overhauls its Maps app, adding in more AI features
Google Maps will depend more heavily on artificial intelligence to help people figure out where they want to go and the best way to get there as part of a major redesign unveiled on Thursday. The overhaul driven by Google’s Gemini technology will introduce two AI features into a digital mapping service used by more than 2 billion people worldwide.
Old NASA science satellite plunges back to Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – An old NASA science satellite plunged uncontrolled from orbit and reentered over the Pacific on Wednesday.

Cambodia aims to shut down all online scam centers by end of April

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) – Cambodia hopes to shut down all of the country’s notorious online scam centers by the end of next month, the head of the Southeast Asian nation’s effort to combat the cybercrime said Wednesday.

A civil rights lawyer will lead the billionaire eBay founder's philanthropy

NEW YORK (AP) – There will be a new leader at billionaire eBay founder Pierre Omidyar’s philanthropic group that aims to expand access to the digital revolution’s economic opportunities.

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Film photography has been undergoing a renaissance, especially with younger people who love its unique look and analog vibe.

Microsoft and retired military chiefs back Anthropic in fight against Pentagon

Microsoft and a group of retired military leaders are throwing their weight behind Anthropic in asking a federal court to block the Trump administration’s designation of the artificial intelligence company as a supply chain risk.

Virginia has a data center boon. Officials debate if it's time to scrap tax breaks

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Nearly two decades ago, Virginia gave tech companies a tax break on equipment and software, and they began to build. The state became a data center hub, and they kept building. Residents bemoaned the noise while they built some more. Artificial intelligence boomed, and the power grid strained – still, more building.

Anthropic sues Trump seeking to undo 'supply chain risk' designation

Anthropic is suing the Trump administration for what it calls an “unlawful campaign of retaliation” against the artificial intelligence company over its refusal to allow unrestricted military use of its technology. Anthropic asked federal courts on Monday to reverse the Pentagon’s decision last week to designate the artificial intelligence company a ” supply chain risk.”

 

Uber's women-only option goes nationwide in the US

NEW YORK (AP) – Uber launched a feature Monday to allow both women riders and drivers across the U.S. to be matched with other women for trips, expanding a pilot program aimed at addressing concerns about the safety of its riding-hailing platform.

China Unveils 10-Passenger Electric Flying Taxi

KUNSHAN, China (AP) – A glimpse of what the future of flying taxis might look like can be seen in this southeastern Chinese city. In a hangar in Kunshan, more than 60 kilometers (about 37 miles) west of the port of Shanghai, a sort of gigantic drone was preparing for a demonstration. Called the Matrix, it’s a 5-ton electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle, or eVTOL.

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Google settles with Epic Games to lower app store commissions
AI is spurring big expansion of high-voltage power lines. Landowners fight back