The former deputy charged with murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey was discharged from the Army because of a drunk driving arrest in 2015, two sources told NBC News.Why Sangamon County, Illinois, Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson was discharged is the lat... More »
Do you remember the 2023 recession? I hope not, because it didn’t happen. But back in 2022 there were so many confident predictions of imminent recession that I wonder whether some people have the vague sense that they must have come true.Some of these predict... More »
Last week nearly 100 people came to Food52’s HQ in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, not for cocktails, not for food—though we had plenty of both!—but to hear a trio of super-successful women talk candidly about the lessons they’ve learned during their careers. Food52 C... More »
Tesla says self-driving taxis will power its growth, but the company hasn’t said when such a service would be ready or how much it would increase profits.As sales of its electric cars have fallen, Tesla and its chief executive, Elon Musk, have sought to convin... More »
This June, the Supreme Court struck a major blow to the bureaucratic behemoth of the administrative state by overturning Chevron. The 1984 Chevron decision had long directed courts to defer to the administrative state’s interpretation of the law, granting enor... More »
SAN FRANCISCO — ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Tuesday it would begin rolling out its new voice mode to customers, a month after delaying the launch to do more safety testing on the tool.OpenAI in May showed off the conversational voice mode, which can detect diffe... More »
The Senate overwhelmingly passed the Kids Online Safety Act on Tuesday, but the legislation faces an uphill battle in the House because of censorship concerns.Last week, the American Civil Liberties Union sent 300 high school students to Capitol Hill to lobby ... More »
Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance is the first millennial, born between 1981 and 1996, to run in a presidential ticket. Last week, he experienced a millennial’s worst nightmare: Somebody found his public Venmo, old blog and tagged Facebook photos... More »
The Senate overwhelmingly passed a pair of bills to expand online privacy and safety protections for children on Tuesday, delivering a major win for parent and youth activists who have clamored for action against tech companies they say are endangering the wel... More »
In advertisements that have aired during the Olympics and are popping up online, Apple says its Safari is “a browser that’s actually private.”That’s mostly true, with caveats.Apple deserves credit for making many privacy protections automatic with Safari, whic... More »
Meta reached a $1.4 billion deal to settle claims brought by the Texas attorney general over allegations that the social media giant flouted state privacy laws when it collected millions of users’ biometric data without their consent.The lawsuit, which targete... More »
Speed limits on a section of the I-24 in Tennessee are being managed by AIDaniel Dempster Photography/Alamy Drivers on a busy US freeway have been controlled by an AI since March, as part of a study that has put a machine-learning system in charge of setting v... More »