I Tried These AI-Based Productivity Tools. Here’s What Happened

I’ve used only one image that I created with Midjourney, for a blog post. It was a fun process, but the image itself is low quality and has random elements…

In Race to Build A.I., Tech Plans a Big Plumbing Upgrade

If 2023 was the tech industry’s year of the A.I. chatbot, 2024 is turning out to be the year of A.I. plumbing. It may not sound as exciting, but tens…

Auto Safety Regulator Investigating Tesla Recall of Autopilot

The federal government’s main auto safety agency said on Friday that it was investigating Tesla’s recall of its Autopilot driver-assistance system because regulators were concerned that the company had not…

TikTok on the Clock, Tesla’s Flop Era and How NASA Fixed a ’70s-Era Space Computer

Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube On Wednesday, President Biden signed a bill into law that would force the sale of TikTok or ban…

Deepfake of Baltimore Principal Leads to Arrest of School Employee

A high school athletic director in the Baltimore area was arrested on Thursday after he used artificial intelligence software, the police said, to manufacture a racist and antisemitic audio clip…

Google Thinks It Can Cash In on Generative AI. Microsoft Already Has

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is confident that Google will find a way to make money selling access to generative AI tools. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says his company is already…

How to Claim Your Part of a $5.6 Million Ring Settlement

The Federal Trade Commission said this week that some people who bought certain home security cameras made by Ring, which is owned by Amazon, would be eligible for refunds for…

Microsoft Reports Rising Revenues as A.I. Investments Bear Fruit

Microsoft gave more signs on Thursday that its hefty investments in artificial intelligence were beginning to bear fruit, as it reported a 17 percent jump in revenue and a 20…

Alphabet’s Revenue Jumps 15% to $80.5 Billion

On Thursday, Alphabet, Google’s parent company, reported strong revenue growth in its latest quarter from its search engine and video platform, YouTube, as its market-leading position in online advertising continued…

Key Solar Panel Ingredient Is Made in the U.S.A. Again

A factory in Moses Lake, Wash., that shut down in 2019 will soon resume shipping a critical ingredient used in most solar panels that for years has been made almost…