External reporting the research desk is following right now, each card linking to the original source.
Names, Geographical
Navigation companies face a new dilemma after President Trump ordered Lake Ontario to be renamed Lake America.
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Computers and the Internet
Big technology and management changes are greeting John Ternus, whose long-serving predecessor, Tim Cook, will stay on as executive chair.
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Advertising and Marketing
Regulators say the e-commerce giant forced more than a million advertisers to pay more than they should have. The company denies the claims.
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Social Media
State attorneys general spent months in negotiations. Then, as its legal losses mounted, the social media giant’s new top lawyer brought a huge settlement to the table.
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Social Media
Smoking used to be everywhere, the way Facebook, TikTok, Snap, YouTube and Instagram are now. Society decided to break the habit, but it took a long time.
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Social Media
Proposals for curbing social media use among children have wide support, but critics say they are ineffective.
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Science and Technology
Meta negotiated an unusual provision in their landmark settlement: If TikTok and YouTube also agree to penalties and changes to their products, Meta will pay more.
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Artificial Intelligence
In an open letter, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others said that a wave of A.I.-enabled cyberattacks was coming and that organizations and governments needed to prepare themselves.
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Artificial Intelligence
The social networking giant projected it could spend $10 billion annually on Anthropic’s tools, illustrating the friend-foe relationships underlying the A.I. race.
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Social Media
Meta, the social media giant, agreed to change the way children interact with its apps. That could be trouble if its competitors don’t abide by the same rules.
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Research
Even the most adept researchers may not know exactly what they do to get successful results. An A.I. model is trying to figure it out by watching every move.
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Computers and the Internet
Quarterly revenue also more than doubled, to $96.22 billion, the company said, topping expectations on Wall Street.
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Social Media
Meta agreed to set more time limits and enhance protections in its platforms for young users, but was short on some specifics.
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Artificial Intelligence
In an hourlong interview, he said his industry was downplaying the risks, which he believes include mass unemployment and bioterrorism.
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Social Media
Adam Mosseri testified in a case brought by states that claim the Meta-owned app created addictive features to hook young users.
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Artificial Intelligence
Irregular, an Israeli start-up, worked with OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta to assess the security of their A.I. models. It made a mistake. Then the tests went off the rails.
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Airlines and Airplanes
Flight attendants used a fireproof bag to contain the computer after its lithium battery began smoking. One passenger was treated on the ground for injuries.
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Artificial Intelligence
Hugging Face, a start-up that was breached by rogue bots from OpenAI, is using the hack to push for openness in A.I. development.
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Science and Technology
“It is the first time that we know of that a major lab has voluntarily slowed down.”
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Sensors
Americans say they hate prying cameras. But they can’t look away.
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Social Media
The case was the third of nine major personal injury cases that could expose Meta, YouTube, Snap and TikTok to financial damages and force them to change the designs of their platforms.
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Smartphones
The phone’s artificial intelligence can order groceries, book tables and take photos on a user’s behalf. But is it something people really want?
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Midterm Elections (2026)
As a backlash grows over data centers, more local officials are facing recall elections for their support of the computing sites.
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Data Centers
Loudoun County, Va., hosts more than 250 data centers that bring in huge tax revenues. But some officials and residents worry the county has become too dependent on that cash.
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Mobile Applications
The move followed a long battle with regulators over the company’s tight controls of its App Store.
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Artificial Intelligence
The artificial intelligence start-up announced a chatbot mode that will automatically limit some conversations to better protect young users.
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Social Media
California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey have taken the social media giant to trial in the first bellwether federal case over child harm.
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Computers and the Internet
At home, moderation and restraint are the rule for tech parents. Boredom is exalted. Maybe they’re onto something.
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Electric Light and Power
The power grid relies on thousands of aging, hand-built transformers. If enough fail, the blackout could last years.
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Science and Technology
“The first rule of Mark Zuckerberg is never count out Mark Zuckerberg.”
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