Ford Motor Co.’s electric vehicle (EV) business has lost $3 billion before taxes during the past two years and is expected to lose a similar amount this year, but the automaker is undaunted, and executives say that its EV unit should be…
Google is expanding access to its AI chatbot, Bard, to counter Microsoft’s lead in AI technology. The next stage for Bard is opening a waitlist to use a similar AI tool to Microsoft’s ChatGPT technology. So far, only a limited number of…
TikTok, the Chinese-owned video-sharing app, has updated its content rulebook as it faces increasing pressure from Western authorities over concerns that the platform could be used to push false information. A restructured set of community guidelines containing eight principles to aid content…
Tokenization, a buzzword in the tech industry, is no longer just a concept but a phenomenon that requires more understanding. It was introduced in 2001 as a solution to protect sensitive data such as credit card details from cyberattacks and data thefts.…
Microsoft has announced that it is incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) tools into its suite of office software, including Word, Excel, and Outlook emails. The company’s new feature, called Copilot, is a processing engine that allows users to perform tasks such as summarizing…
The UK government has banned TikTok, the popular Chinese-owned video-sharing app, on government mobile phones, citing security grounds. The ban applies immediately to work phones and other devices used by government ministers and civil servants, but it does not extend to personal…
OpenAI has released its latest artificial intelligence model, GPT-4, which exhibits human-level performance. GPT-4 is an improvement on generative AI models and can generate readable text and unique images. The AI model can also figure out tax deductions and answer questions in…
Disney has demonstrated a retractable lightsaber at South by Southwest (SXSW), a tech, film, and music festival. The device uses motors to unroll a blade filled with a strip of flexible lights hidden within its handle. Chairperson of Walt Disney Parks and…
A personal injury lawyer named Tia Garcia was recently denied entry to a hockey game at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The security guard told her to wait for management to speak to her, and the reason for her denial…
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced that it is working on a new drug to make people resistant to cold environments. The drug will use the body’s natural mechanism of breaking down sugar and creating fat cells to generate…