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IF IT WERE up to my laptop’s webcam, I’d look like a potato on video calls. To make sure I don’t, I often spend the better part of an hour setting up for a 15-minute check-in. I’ll use floor lamps to offset harsh fluorescents and stack my laptop on books to meet my colleague’s gaze. […]

X Corp. announced three new shows, including with former CNN host Don Lemon and former Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, as the platform seeks to draw more eyeballs and move attention away from controversies over owner Elon Musk’s own posts. X also said Tuesday that it will host a show with sports commentator Jim Rome that […]

Updated Jan. 9, 2024 12:07 pm ET The European Union is considering whether to launch a review of Microsoft’s investment in ChatGPT maker OpenAI under the bloc’s merger regulations, a month after the U.K. said it was also weighing whether the tech partnership could have an impact on competition. The European Commission, the EU’s executive […]

Listen to article (2 minutes) Meta Platforms plans to automatically restrict teen Instagram and Facebook accounts from harmful content including videos and posts about self-harm, graphic violence and eating disorders. The changes are expected to roll out in the coming weeks. This marks the biggest change the tech giant has made to ensure younger users […]

Updated Jan. 8, 2024 6:31 pm ET Hewlett Packard Enterprise is in advanced talks to buy Juniper Networks for about $13 billion, in a bid to better position the nearly 100-year-old technology company in the era of artificial intelligence.  A deal between the two companies could be announced as soon as this week, according to […]

Updated Jan. 8, 2024 5:25 pm ET Unity Software is undergoing another round of layoffs affecting approximately 25% of its workforce, as the company works to overcome a major dust-up with customers last fall. Some1,800 employees are being let go, according to an filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. Copyright ©2024 Dow […]

Elon Musk reacted to a Wall Street Journal article detailing how leaders at Tesla and SpaceX are worried that his drug use could harm his companies. He weighed in with a flurry of social-media posts in recent days on his platform X, mentioning he didn’t fail drug tests. He also criticized the Journal and referenced […]

The Biden administration needs to take stronger action to stem China’s growing dominance in making older-generation microchips that are essential across several U.S. industries, according to the bipartisan leaders of a House of Representatives panel. The lawmakers’ call for new efforts, including potential tariffs, is intended to counteract an overreliance on China for less-advanced chips, […]

SINGAPORE—After U.S. regulations barred Nvidia from selling its high-performance artificial-intelligence chips to China in October, the company’s engineers quickly designed a new lineup to comply with the tightened rules. The U.S. tech company may have found some wiggle room, but it faces a bigger problem: Chinese cloud companies—some of Nvidia’s biggest customers globally—aren’t so keen […]

I recently staged a password intervention. One family member admitted to using the same password for every account. Another stored login credentials in iPhone Contacts. Both habits make accounts vulnerable to hackers. I had to step in. Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Source link