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The agreement includes $70 million from the state, which needs legislative approval. Some lawmakers objected, calling for a more comprehensive solution with tech companies.

The F.B.I. raided the homes of two prominent commentators on Russian state television channels as part of an effort to blunt attempts to influence November’s election.

More than 30 tech companies have pitched A.I. tools to political campaigns for November’s election. The campaigns have been wary.

Disruptions have fueled claims from rights groups that the Pakistani authorities are introducing technology to surveil and control the country’s internet.

A Massachusetts professor has filed a lawsuit against Meta using a novel interpretation of Section 230, a law known primarily for shielding social media companies from liability.

In a new frontier for deep brain stimulation, researchers used A.I. to develop individualized algorithms, which helped a skateboarder and other patients with Parkinson’s disease.

Entrepreneurs say use of artificial intelligence for a variety of tasks is accelerating the path to hiring and, ideally, profitability.

In a rare in-depth interview, this billionaire man of mystery, the head of Palantir Technologies, talks about war, A.I. and America’s future.

The company faces pressure from governments around the world and complaints from companies that it is still too restrictive.

The funding stems from the bipartisan CHIPS Act, which aims to bolster the production of critical semiconductors in the United States.

The city has become a hothouse for experimentation in local news. Could it serve as a model for the rest of the country?

Silicon Valley companies still worry that state lawmakers are jumping the gun on regulating a still-unproven technology.

For its first conference on the creator economy, the Biden administration celebrated social media creators. The president lauded them as a “breakthrough in how we communicate.”

The cuts could amount to about 6,000 jobs for the San Jose, Calif., maker of computer networking technology.

California state senator Scott Wiener wants to stop the creation of dangerous A.I. But critics say he is jumping the gun.

The internet giant unveiled the next generation of Pixel phones, headphones and watches to stand out in a hardware market that has mostly ignored it.

Problems in the livestream renewed questions about X’s ability to handle big events, but it also showed how the platform can still grab attention.

Brock Pierce arrived in Puerto Rico seven years ago, promising to use crypto magic to revitalize the local economy. Now he’s mired in legal disputes and fighting with his business partners.

The audio livestream of a conversation between Elon Musk and the former president ran late as users scrambled to try to access the site.