IRS makes free tax return program permanent and is asking all states to join in 2025. This could deal a massive blow to private tax filing services such as TurboTax (apnews.com)
France fines Amazon $35 million for 'excessively intrusive' monitoring of warehouse staff (apnews.com)
Senate passes bill forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell or face ban, sends to Biden for signature. Biden expected to sign on Wed. (apnews.com)
Ex-CIA computer engineer gets 40 years in prison for giving spy agency hacking secrets to WikiLeaks (apnews.com)
Microsoft says it hasn't been able to shake Russian state hackers (apnews.com)
EU regulators question Apple after it blocks Epic Games app store (apnews.com)
European Union regulators said they want to question Apple over accusations that it blocked video game company Epic Games from setting up its own app store, in a possible violation of digital rules that took effect in the 27-nation bloc Thursday....
An AI robot is spotting sick tulips to slow the spread of disease through Dutch bulb fields (apnews.com)
E-waste from trashed electric devices is piling up and recycling isn't keeping pace, UN says (apnews.com)
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Tesla recalling more than 125,000 vehicles to fix seat belt warning system (apnews.com)
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Disneyland performers file petition to form labor union (apnews.com)
China's latest AI chatbot is trained on President Xi Jinping's political ideology (apnews.com)
Biden admin providing $1.5 billion to GlobalFoundries to make computer chips in New York and Vermont (apnews.com)
Biden admin providing $1.5 billion to GlobalFoundries to make computer chips in New York and Vermont::The Biden administration says that the government would provide $1.5 billion to the computer chip company GlobalFoundries to expand its domestic production in New York and Vermont.
Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roads (apnews.com)
Microsoft lets cloud users keep personal data within Europe to ease privacy fears (apnews.com)
AI-generated voices in robocalls can deceive voters. The FCC just made them illegal (apnews.com)
AI-generated voices in robocalls can deceive voters. The FCC just made them illegal::New Hampshire authorities started an investigation into AI robocalls that mimicked President Biden’s voice to discourage voters.
Google says its AI image-generator would sometimes 'overcompensate' for diversity (apnews.com)
Google says its AI image-generator would sometimes 'overcompensate' for diversity::Google apologized Friday for its faulty rollout of a new artificial intelligence image-generator, acknowledging that in some cases the tool would “overcompensate” in seeking a diverse range of people even when such a range didn’t make sense.
Phones are distracting students in class. More states are pressing schools to ban them (apnews.com)
Phones are distracting students in class. More states are pressing schools to ban them::Kids are on their phones in classrooms across American, even when school rules forbid it. More states want to ban them.
Chinese hackers are determined to 'wreak havoc' on US critical infrastructure, FBI director warns (apnews.com)
Chinese hackers are determined to 'wreak havoc' on US critical infrastructure, FBI director warns::FBI Director Chris Wray has told House lawmakers that Chinese government hackers are busily targeting critical infrastructure inside the United States, including water treatment plants, the electrical grid and transportation...
Europe's world-first AI rules get final approval from lawmakers (apnews.com)
Americans reporting nationwide cellular outages from AT&T, Cricket Wireless and other providers (apnews.com)
Court documents underscore Meta's 'historical reluctance' to protect children on Instagram (apnews.com)
New Mexico’s Attorney General Raúl Torrez sued Facebook and Instagram owner Meta in December, saying the company failed to protect young users from exposure to child sexual abuse material and allowed adults to solicit explicit imagery from them....
Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming betrayal of its goal to benefit humanity (apnews.com)
Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman over what he says is a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker’s founding aims of benefiting humanity rather than pursuing profits.
New Clean Air Rule (apnews.com)
The US is investigating if Boeing ensured a part that blew off a jet was made to design standards (apnews.com)
The US is investigating if Boeing ensured a part that blew off a jet was made to design standards::The Federal Aviation Administration said that the investigation is focusing on plugs on Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners.
AI-powered misinformation is the world's biggest short-term threat, Davos report says (apnews.com)
