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Mr. Witt is the author of “The Thinking Machine,” a history of the A.I. giant Nvidia. He lives in Los Angeles. Oct. 10, 2025 How much do we have to fear from A.I., really? It’s a question I’ve been ...

Blue Origin is targeting liftoff on the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 8, from its Texas facility. Blue Origin will provide a webcast of the launch beginning about 30 minutes ahead of the scheduled ...

"Real Time" host Bill Maher called out comedian Dave Chappelle Friday for downplaying free speech in America during his performance at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia last week. "Dave ...

Actor and stand-up comedian David Cross trashed several stand-up stars on Monday for participating in the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia. In a statement posted on his website, the "Arrested ...

To Gary Mendoza, the controversy surrounding OpenAI’s ongoing corporate restructuring effort is all too familiar. Some 30 years ago, Mendoza oversaw a similarly contentious corporate transformation.

LONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Global financial messaging network SWIFT and more than 30 global banks announced on Monday they were now working "at pace" on making cross-border payments instantaneous and ...

Abstract: Existing 3D human pose estimation methods often suffer in performance, when applied to cross-scenario inference, due to domain shifts in characteristics such as camera viewpoint, position, ...

Aaron Ginn is CEO and co-founder of Hydra Host, an AI data center services and management company. Earlier this year, I had dinner in D.C. with Jensen Huang, the president and chief executive of ...

As cancer treatments grow more precise and technology-driven, the spaces that support them must evolve just as intelligently. Much of this evolution happens behind the scenes through what might be ...

Anthropic on Tuesday announced a new Claude feature that some users should appreciate. The chatbot can now create files for you based on the instructions you provide in a prompt. Claude can generate ...

The first lady has shown herself to be captivated by the wonders and dangers and opportunities of modern technologies. By Shawn McCreesh Shawn McCreesh covers the White House. He reported from the ...