Anyone seduced by A.I.-powered chatbots like ChatGPT and Bard — wow, they can write essays and recipes! — eventually runs into what are known as hallucinations, the tendency for artificial […]
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Back to news homeBiden Administration Unveils Tougher Guidelines on Mergers
The Biden administration’s top antitrust officials unveiled tougher guidelines against tech mergers on Wednesday, signaling their deepening scrutiny of the industry despite recent court losses in their attempts to block […]
Why the Early Success of Threads May Crash Into Reality
A big tech company with billions of users introduces a new social network. Leveraging the popularity and scale of its existing products, the company intends to make the new social […]
Threads: What to Know About Instagram’s ‘Twitter Killer’ App
After months of speculation and secrecy, Mark Zuckerberg’s long-rumored competitor app to Twitter is here.The new app, Threads, was unveiled on Wednesday as a companion to Instagram, the popular photo-sharing […]
Reddit’s Chief Says He Wants It to ‘Grow Up.’ Will Its Community Let It?
For the past 11 years, Bucky has put time and effort into stewarding and guiding dozens of communities on Reddit, the sprawling internet message board.As a “moderator” of roughly 80 […]
What to Know About Limiting Your Child’s Screen Time
Attention, parents with “screenagers”: The U.S. government has issued a public warning that scrolling through apps like TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat may pose serious risks to your child’s mental health.In […]
The Future of Social Media Is a Lot Less Social
Nearly two decades ago, Facebook exploded on college campuses as a site for students to stay in touch. Then came Twitter, where people posted about what they had for breakfast, […]
HBO and Warner Bros. Discovery to Unveil New Max Streaming Service
Two years ago, the media mogul David Zaslav said he had a plan to compete with the streaming titans Netflix and Disney: Combine the scripted entertainment of HBO Max with […]
$388 in Sushi. Just a $20 Tip: The Brutal Math of Uber Eats and DoorDash
Brantley Bush couldn’t shake the fear that he was about to be ripped off.It was a chilly Saturday evening, and Mr. Bush, a delivery driver for Uber Eats, was waiting […]
How Elon Musk Is Changing the Twitter Experience
Elon Musk has declared he wants to transform Twitter into an all-inclusive app that people can use for payments, news and food orders.“Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, […]