Technology

Historian Recreates D-Day Live on Social Media

Why one historian uses social media to remember D-Day in real time At the National World War II Memorial, historian Alex Kershaw has found an unlikely way to keep D-Day alive: live social media posts timed to the events of June 6, 1944.

Iran Makes Internet a Paid Privilege for Select Professionals

Iran's National Security Council recently approved a plan to grant certain groups paid internet access, albeit with a daily usage limit on foreign websites and international data traffic. The internet in Iran has been shut down since the US and Israel launched attacks on the country on February 28.

Meta's plan to identify under-13s on Facebook and Instagram

Shared any birthday photos on social media recently? There had better be enough candles on that cake, otherwise your account could be blocked. Meta, the tech company behind Facebook and Instagram, plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) to find and remove the profiles of users under the age of 13 years.

Jury Tosses Musk's Lawsuit Against OpenAI Co-Founders

A US federal jury ruled Monday that Elon Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI and its co-founders handing a decisive win to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Musk claimed that Altman betrayed the company's founding mission to serve the public good.

Altman Says Musk Tried to Take Control of OpenAI

OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman has taken the witness stand in a high-stakes trial pitting some of the world's richest technology tycoons against each other. Testifying on Tuesday, Altman rejected Elon Musk's claim that he betrayed the company's founding mission to serve the public good.

Data centers: indispensable infrastructure under threat

Dietzenbach is a small German town with a population of around 35,000. Locally, it is best known for its open-air forest swimming pool and an architecturally unusual observation tower from which, on a clear day, you can see Frankfurt, some 12 kilometers (7 miles) away.

Data centers: growth, risks and local resistance

Dietzenbach is a small German town with a population of around 35,000. Locally it is best known for its open-air forest swimming pool and an architecturally unusual observation tower from which, on a clear day, you can see Frankfurt, some 12 kilometers away.

Canvas Restored After Global Cyberattack

Access to the educational platform Canvas was restored on Friday, after a major cyberattack upended student access to the tool accross the world. Tens of thousands of students, most of which were in the midst of final exams, had lost access to the program, causing chaos at schools and universities.

EU strikes provisional deal to ease AI rules

European Union member nations and European Parliament lawmakers have reached a provision deal on a watered-down landmark artificial intelligence (AI) rules as part of European Commission's so-called digital omnibus package.

Dark patterns: How platforms steer your online choices

As internet users, do we still control what content we see on Facebook or Instagram? Or are we being deliberately steered toward personalized feeds or algorithms that collect more data about us and keep us on the platform longer?

North Korea Denies US Cybercrime Allegations

North Korea on Sunday rejected US allegations of cybercrimes originating from there, calling them "absurd slander" and denying it poses a cyber threat, state media KCNA reported.