Since the Chinese company’s chatbot surged in popularity, researchers have documented how its answers reflect China’s view of the world. Some of its responses amplify propaganda Beijing uses to discredit critics. Continue reading DeepSeek’s Answers Include Chinese Propaganda, Researchers Say

The owner of Facebook and Instagram is incorporated in Delaware, but is considering a change. Its corporate headquarters would remain in Silicon Valley, people with knowledge of the matter said. Continue reading Meta Said to Explore Incorporating in a Different State

Commercial planes have technology that helps prevent crashes — but it has limitations, which was highlighted by the accident in Washington. Continue reading What to Know About Collision Avoidance Systems on Planes

What exactly is wrong with the batteries in some of Google’s Pixel 4a phones still out there? Google has not really said. Now that many Pixel 4a owners are experiencing drastically reduced battery life after an uncommon update for an end-of-life phone, they are facing a strange array of options with no path back to the phone they had. Google’s “Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program,” … Continue reading Google Pixel 4a’s ruinous “Battery Performance” update is a bewildering mess

Operator, a new computer-using tool from OpenAI, is brittle and occasionally erratic, but it points to a future of powerful A.I. agents. Continue reading A Look at OpenAI’s Operator, a New A.I. Agent

General Motors and a few other companies make as much as 40 percent of their North American cars and trucks in Canada and Mexico, leaving them vulnerable to tariffs. Continue reading Trump’s Canada and Mexico Tariffs Could Hurt Carmakers

Last month, Microsoft announced that it was increasing the prices for consumer Microsoft 365 plans for the first time since introducing them as Office 365 plans more than a decade ago. Microsoft is using new Copilot-branded generative AI features to justify the price increases, which amount to an extra $3 per month or $30 per year for both individual and family plans. But Microsoft giveth … Continue reading Microsoft 365’s VPN feature will be shut off at the end of the month

In what is becoming a sadly regular occurrence, two popular free software projects, X.org/Freedesktop.org and Alpine Linux, need to rally some of their millions of users so that they can continue operating. Both services have largely depended on free server resources provided by Equinix (formerly Packet.net) and its Metal division for the past few years. Equinix announced recently that it was sunsetting its bare-metal sales … Continue reading Popular Linux orgs Freedesktop and Alpine Linux are scrambling for new web hosting

A top official at the General Services Administration said artificial intelligence could be used to identify waste and redundancies in federal contracts. Continue reading Musk Allies Discuss Deploying A.I. to Find Budget Savings