Tag: technology

Two lawmakers filed a bill requiring creators of foundation models to disclose sources of training data so copyright holders know their information was taken. The AI Foundation Model Transparency Act ...

Some Apple users are eligible to receive a small chunk of change as part of a $25 million lawsuit settlement related to the tech company’s Family Sharing feature. Earlier this ...

xFor the past week my social feeds have been filled with a pretty important tech policy debate that I want to key you in on: the renewal of a controversial ...

Highly personal and sensitive data about military members, such as home addresses, health and financial information, and the names of family members and friends, is easily accessible to anyone who ...

Who hasn’t tried to fill in a government form online and run into at least one issue? Or even just thought, Hmm, why can’t I easily just do this basic civic ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists have developed a train-like concentrated solar power (CSP) system for hydrogen production, with plans to build a prototype in the coming year. They say ...

Forward-looking: Many companies and organizations are actively pursuing sustainable and efficient alternatives to lithium-ion batteries. Eos Energy, for instance, is proposing a zinc-based energy storage system that has garnered conditional ...

The history of the automotive industry is filled with innovators and visionaries. Many of the most famous brands are named after the men who founded their respective automotive companies — ...

Just four years ago, the movement to ban police departments from using face recognition in the US was riding high. By the end of 2020, around 18 cities had enacted ...

You might think (or at least hope) that sensitive data like your tax returns would be kept under close care. But we learned this week that tax prep companies have ...