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Smarter vehicles could mean some of the most dramatic changes for the traditional traffic signal since the yellow light was added more than a century ago

ABC News' Alexis Christoforous shares expert advice on how workers can embrace learning new technology in the age of AI and become more marketable in today's labor market.

A cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the U.S. forced some of its 140 hospitals to divert ambulances, caused patients to postpone medical tests and blocked online access to patient records

An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth could produce northern lights in the U.S. and potentially disrupt power and communications this weekend

The social media company is adding a feature allowing it to automatically label AI-generated content created on other platforms.

An Australian judge has extended a ban on social media platform X allowing videos of the stabbing of a Sydney bishop in his church last month after government lawyers condemned the company's free speech argument for keeping the graphic images circulating

South Korea has vowed to protect its companies operating in other markets after Japanese regulators told LY Corp., which runs the popular chat app Line, to reduce its dependence on Naver, the Korean partner in the venture

Sega Sammy is selling its Japanese resort complex Seagaia to Fortress Investment Group of the U.S. The Japanese entertainment company behind the “Sonic the Hedgehog” video games, said Friday that all of its shares in Phoenix Resort Co., which operates ...

California is partnering with five companies to develop generative AI tools to help the state deliver public services

ABC News' Linsey Davis speaks with Sam Gregory, the executive director of human rights organization Witness, on the proliferation of deepfakes and TikTok rolling out labels for AI content.

A judge must decide whether Virginia law allows frozen embryos to be considered property that can be divided up and given a monetary value

The announcement of Sweetgreen salad chain that it’s adding beef to its menu led to strong reactions online, with customers questioning the company’s carbon neutral plans

A senior FBI official says the agency is concerned that foreign adversaries could deploy artificial intelligence as a way to interfere in American elections and spread disinformation

Pennsylvania will join the majority of states that ban motorists from handling a cell phone for almost any purpose while driving as state lawmakers hope to reduce distracted driving accidents

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has signed two measures into law to better protect personal data online from Big Tech. One of the bills signed Thursday will make Maryland the second state to create strong limits on information collected on children, though the...

Florida's largest power company is preparing for this year's hurricane season by pretending a major storm already hit

A newly released ad promoting Apple’s new iPad Pro has struck quite a nerve online

California could soon deploy generative artificial intelligence tools to help reduce traffic jams, make roads safer and provide tax guidance, among other things

The World Video Game Hall of Fame has inducted its 10th class of honorees

Two men who were instrumental in creating a global seed vault designed to safeguard the world’s agricultural diversity will be honored as the 2024 World Food Prize laureates

TikTok says it’s going to start automatically labeling content that’s made by artificial intelligence when it’s uploaded from certain platforms

Videos will include ads whenever users hit pause, unless users pay an extra $3.

Japan’s Fisheries Agency has proposed expanding commercial whaling to fin whales, a larger species than the three allowed now

New York City’s watchdog agency says it has launched a probe into allegations that the New York City Police Department has improperly used its official social media accounts to target public officials and private citizens

White House director of science and technology policy, Arati Prabhakar, joins the show.

New Mexico’s top prosecutor has announced charges against three men who are accused of using Meta’s social media platforms to target and solicit sex with underage children

A federal judge on Wednesday questioned whether Apple has set up a gauntlet of exasperating hurdles to discourage the use of alternative payment options in iPhone apps, despite a court order seeking to create more ways for consumers to pay for digital ...

Airbnb's profit more than doubled last quarter, but management's disappointing revenue forecast sparked a roughly 7% drop in its stock in after-market trading

Plus Biden announces Microsoft's AI data center and American "Swifties" score cheaper "Eras Tour" tickets by flying to Europe.

Charges of inciting a riot will be dropped against streamer Kai Cenat after he agreed to pay restitution and apologize for luring thousands of fans to New York’s Union Square last year

A thick atmosphere has been detected around a planet that's twice as big as Earth in a nearby solar system

FTX, once among the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, said this week that nearly all of its customers will receive the money back that they are owed, two years after its monumental collapse

Even people who know that looking at their smartphone in bed isn’t good for them do it anyway

FTX says that nearly all of its customers will receive the money back that they are owed, two years after the cryptocurrency exchange imploded, and some will get more than that

The 11-inch and 13-inch versions both feature the company's M4 chip.

President Joe Biden has laced into Donald Trump over a failed project that was supposed to bring thousands of new jobs into southeastern Wisconsin

An appeals court has granted the Hong Kong government’s request to ban a protest song, overturning an earlier ruling and deepening concerns over the erosion of freedoms in the city

Boeing's first astronaut launch is off until late next week to replace a bad valve in the rocket

No, Katy Perry and Rihanna didn’t attend the Met Gala this year

Apple unveiled new models of its iPad at an event on Tuesday.

AI fakery is quickly becoming one of the biggest problems confronting us online

TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, are suing the U.S. government over a law that would ban the popular video-sharing app unless it’s sold to an approved buyer

TikTok sues the US over attempts to force its Chinese parent to sell the social media platform, citing First Amendment

Apple on Tuesday unveiled its next generation of iPad Pros and Airs — lineups that will boast faster processors, new sizes and a new display system

It's thought that the effort could one day help better protect them.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she regrets making an offhand remark that suggested Black children in the Bronx do not know what the word “computer” means

The new lineup is expected to include an AI-powered iPad Pro with an OLED display.

Federal safety investigators want Tesla to tell them how it developed the fix in a recall of more than 2 million vehicles with the company’s Autopilot partially automated driving system

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo's announcement about a successor to its Switch home console is coming sometime before March 2025

British officials say the names and bank details of thousands of serving British soldiers, sailors and air force members have been exposed in a data breach at a payroll system