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Economy
Google beats OpenAI to wide release of interruptible AI voice chat mode
Enlarge / The Google Gemini logo. (credit: Google) On Thursday, Google made Gemini Live, its voice-based AI chatbot feature, available…
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Investing
Immigrant Population Is Still One Million Below the Pre-Trump Trend
David J. Bier New numbers from the Census Bureau’s mini-census, the American Community Survey (ACS), show that the immigrant population…
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Investing
Friday Feature: Regina Caeli Boston
Colleen Hroncich While most children attend school in person Monday through Friday, recent EdChoice polling found that only half of…
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Economy
Free Starlink Internet is coming to all of United’s airplanes
Enlarge / Soon you’ll be able to stream games and video for free on United flights. (credit: United) United Airlines…
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Economy
OpenAI’s new “reasoning” AI models are here: o1-preview and o1-mini
Enlarge (credit: Vlatko Gasparic via Getty Images) OpenAI finally unveiled its rumored “Strawberry” AI language model on Thursday, claiming significant…
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Economy
Music industry’s 1990s hard drives, like all HDDs, are dying
Enlarge / Hard drives, unfortunately, tend to die not with a spectacular and sparkly bang, but with a head-is-stuck whimper.…
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Investing
Professional Development Classes Aren’t Government Speech
Thomas A. Berry and Alexander Khoury Like many states, California requires licensed medical doctors to periodically attend classes known as…
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Economy
My dead father is “writing” me notes again
Enlarge / An AI-generated image featuring my late father’s handwriting. (credit: Benj Edwards / Flux) Growing up, if I wanted…
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Economy
As quantum computing threats loom, Microsoft updates its core crypto library
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Microsoft has updated a key cryptographic library with two new encryption algorithms designed to withstand attacks…
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Economy
Taylor Swift cites AI deepfakes in endorsement for Kamala Harris
Enlarge / A screenshot of Taylor Swift’s Kamala Harris Instagram post, captured on September 11, 2024. (credit: Taylor Swift /…
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