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Though a larger coalition of fact checkers has disbanded, a team of students and researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle is still working to document how lies online threaten to undermine this year’s presidential race.

The video site removed 2020 misinformation, fearing real-world harm. Now it’s amplifying and profiting from 2024 falsehoods, researchers said.

It’s already powering remarkable visual innovations, like in the new movie “Here.” But boosters think that’s just the beginning.

Mr. Singh, who was a top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried’s business empire, had pleaded guilty to fraud and campaign finance violations that contributed to the collapse of FTX.

Sales for the iPhone maker were up 6 percent to to $94.93 billion. But a $14.4 billion tax bill cut profits that would have topped expectations.

The popular online chatbot can now access and deliver information from across the internet in real time, including news, stock prices and sports scores.

The Silicon Valley chip maker has struggled to turn around its fortunes after missing opportunities and poor execution.

The financing efforts follow that of rival OpenAI, which recently closed a funding round that valued it at $157 billion.

The Silicon Valley company, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, said it does not plan to slow down its investments anytime soon.

Residents say Mr. Musk’s data center for artificial intelligence is compounding their pollution burden and adding stress on the local electrical grid.

The company’s profit increased 11 percent to $24.7 billion, beating Wall Street’s expectations and its own predictions.

The world’s richest men have their own rocket fleets, their own media and their own schemes to succeed with Donald J. Trump.

Ford is struggling to make money on battery-powered models while General Motors, which started more slowly, says it is getting close to that goal.

As their children are sentenced for fraud, the parents of FTX’s top leaders have described their disbelief at how the crypto exchange upended their lives.

The Pennsylvania plant, site of the worst U.S. nuclear energy accident, is at the forefront of efforts to expand nuclear capacity to meet rising electricity demand.

As the billionaire warns of population collapse and the moral obligation to have children, he’s navigating his own complicated family.

The tech giant’s 34 percent increase in quarterly profit topped Wall Street expectations, driven by its advertising and cloud businesses.

Phones used by Jared Kushner and Eric Trump were among those that hackers sought access to as part of a counterintelligence effort carried out by a hacking group associated with China.

The U.S. government has tried to keep Chinese companies from obtaining certain advanced technologies, but concerns have been growing that some products may have been routed to Huawei.

The writing utensils figured prominently in conspiracy theories in previous elections. But they’re often fine to use on paper ballots.

Residents of Peculiar battled developers and some of their local officials to keep a giant data center out of their community.