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The question of whether to be polite to artificial intelligence may seem a moot point — it is artificial, after all. But Sam Altman, the chief executive of the artificial intelligence company OpenAI, recently shed light on the cost of adding an extra “Please!” or “Thank you!” to chatbot prompts. Someone posted on X last […]
TikTok’s grip on the short-form video market is tightening, and the world’s biggest tech platforms are racing to catch up. Since launching globally in 2016, ByteDance-owned TikTok has amassed over 1.12 billion monthly active users worldwide, according to Backlinko. American users spend an average of 108 minutes per day on the app, according to Apptoptia. […]
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A Pony.ai autonomous car. Pony.ai Chinese start-up Pony.ai said Friday it will develop autonomous driving technology in partnership with Tencent Cloud and offer robotaxi services on tech giant Tencent’s WeChat and other applications. The Nasdaq-listed company which specializes in autonomous vehicle technology, particularly robotaxis and robotrucks, said in a press release that the deal will […]
In late 2023, Israel was aiming to assassinate Ibrahim Biari, a top Hamas commander in the northern Gaza Strip who had helped plan the Oct. 7 massacres. But Israeli intelligence could not find Mr. Biari, who they believed was hidden in the network of tunnels underneath Gaza. So Israeli officers turned to a new military […]
Alphabet, the parent company of Google and YouTube, reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter growth on Thursday after the bell. Shares rose more than 5% in after-hours trading. Here’s how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Revenue: $90.23 billion vs. $89.12 billion expected Earnings per share: $2.81 vs. $2.01 expected Wall Street is also watching […]
A quiet honor student who had recently graduated from Immaculate High School in Danbury, Veer Chetal was about to begin studying at Rutgers University in New Jersey. In 2022, he completed a “future lawyers” program, and a story that year on the Immaculate website showed a photo of a smiling kid with glasses wearing a […]
Illustration of the SK Hynix company logo seen displayed on a smartphone screen. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images South Korea’s SK Hynix on Thursday topped quarterly revenue and operating profit estimates, with demand for its high bandwidth memory offerings used in generative artificial intelligence chipsets remaining robust. Here are SK Hynix’s first-quarter results […]
Apple and Google regularly roll out new versions of their smartphone software with fresh and useful features. But between the annual overhauls and the smaller periodic revisions, it can be hard to keep track of the changes. If you haven’t poked around, here are some tools from the past few updates that can help save […]
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to the media, next to Tesla CEO Elon Musk with his son X Æ A-12, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 11, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Elon Musk said on Tuesday that he doesn’t like high or unpredictable tariffs, but any decision on what happens with […]
