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Airlines, banks, casinos, package deliveries, and emergency services around the world are recovering today from what could be "the largest tech outage in history." the root cause was not a foreign agent but linked back to a software update…

Updated 11:26 AM EDT, Sat July 20, 2024

"Human beings had a play-based childhood from time immemorial," says author Jonathan Haidt. What caused teen mental health decline is "between 2010 and 2015, phones, screens come sweeping in...The most important thing that parents can do…

Updated 10:27 AM EDT, Sat April 6, 2024

Grammy award-winning artist Ne-Yo joins CNN's Laura Coates to discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on the music industry.

Published 3:25 AM EDT, Fri April 5, 2024

A new government report warns that advanced Artificial Intelligence systems could pose an "extinction-level threat" to humans, and that the US must intervene. "I think we should be mindful of it," says Ret. Admiral James Stavridis. But he…

Updated 10:43 AM EDT, Sat March 16, 2024

Apple's Vision Pro headset is the first new product in seven years. CEO Tim Cook will have to prove that a device that blends both virtual and augmented reality, a technology that overlays virtual images on live video of the real world, is…

Published 8:20 AM EST, Fri February 2, 2024

Congress today is grilling the chief executives of several big tech companies, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, about potential harms from their products on teens.

Congress is grilling chief executives of several big tech companies about potential harms from their products on teens.

The Senate Judiciary Committee’s grilling of four social media executives produced some notable moments. Here are a few:

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates talks to Fareed about how AI can improve millions of people's lives through innovations in health care and education.

Published 5:31 PM EST, Sun January 28, 2024

Sam Altman, whose company OpenAI is behind ChatGPT, joins Fareed to talk about the safety and utility of artificial intelligence, as well as the boardroom drama that briefly saw him dismissed as CEO.

Published 5:20 PM EST, Sun January 28, 2024

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates speaks to Fareed about his plans to no longer be one of the world's richest people: "I'm getting myself to go down the list, and I'll be proud when I fall off altogether."

Updated 9:10 AM EST, Sun January 28, 2024

Talking to Fareed at Davos, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates reflects on his "monomaniacal" work ethic when he was younger — and how he doesn't recommend it to others.

Updated 9:05 AM EST, Sun January 28, 2024

North Carolina became the fourth state to adopt the AI guidebook for its students. CNN 10's Coy Wire explains how this artificial intelligence guidebook can be helpful for both teachers and students in the classroom.

Published 1:57 PM EST, Wed January 24, 2024

Meta announces new restrictions for teens on Facebook and Instagram. CNN's Meg Tirrell explains what these new changes are and why they're happening.

Published 2:36 PM EST, Thu January 11, 2024

Meta announces new restrictions for teens on Facebook and Instagram. CNN's Meg Tirrell explains what these new changes are and why they're happening.

Published 2:19 PM EST, Thu January 11, 2024

Wearables are best at noticing breaks from your body's usual patterns. Those outliers can hint that something warrants further investigation with your doctor.

Long before you notice the symptoms of, say, the flu or COVID-19, your body starts changing in subtle ways. Taken individually, changes to your skin temperature, resting heart rate or respiratory patterns may not mean much. But when combined and compared to your baseline, they may hint that you're coming down with something.

Some Apple devices are about to get much more intelligent, while others are getting left behind.

Will your phone be getting the upgrade?

Wi-Fi standards remain as confusing as ever.

Wi-Fi standards remain as confusing as ever.

Midjourney is asking the court to get Disney, Warner Bros. and Universal to submit information on their AI use.

The image generator argued that the companies are also training their AI on copyrighted data.

In case you were wondering in which country you should buy a Pixel phone, you world traveler you.

Google is one of the largest smartphone manufacturers in the world, so it probably shouldn't come as a surprise that Pixel handsets are sold in a number of regions outside the US. However, like all good device makers, Google tweaks its products based on where they are sold in order to conform to local regulations and customer preferences. Different countries have different languages, power sockets and networks, for instance. So for those curious about what's different between Pixels sold here in America and those available abroad, here is a quick rundown of some of the most notable tweaks and changes between US models and their international variants.

A RAM upgrade? In this memory economy?!

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Get ready to navigate a free-for-all of social media handles.

Get ready to navigate a free-for-all of social media handles.

A new mandatory compliance report released by Microsoft shows how it declares profits in different European nations to reduce its tax bill.

A new compliance report shows the disconnect between where it makes its money, and where it pays its taxes.

Pocket is listed in app stores but seemingly unavailable in the US.

Vibe-coding right in your Pocket.

The hosting platform wants sites to have more control over how AI companies use their content.

The hosting platform wants sites to have more control over how AI companies use their content.