Chromebook Remorse: Tech Backlash at Schools Extends Beyond Phones
No more YouTube or video games on school laptops. Textbooks and pencils are back. Some seventh graders say they prefer learning offline.
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Judge Stays Pentagon’s Labeling of Anthropic as ‘Supply Chain Risk’
The decision is an early victory for the artificial intelligence company in a rancorous legal battle with the Department of Defense.
The Trail of Clues Leading to Iran That Binance Missed
The world’s largest crypto exchange is under fire after investigators found accounts moving $1.7 billion to Iranian entities. Clues about …
Juries Take the Lead in the Push for Child Online Safety
A pair of verdicts held social media companies accountable for harming young users, highlighting a growing backlash as Congress struggles to…
Meta Lays Off 700 Employees, While Rewarding Top Executives
The jobs cuts and a new stock program for executives come as Meta continues to shift its focus to artificial intelligence.
Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Case
A jury found the companies harmed a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress.
OpenAI Is Shutting Down Sora, Its A.I. Video Generator
The start-up said it would discontinue Sora just three months after signing a multiyear deal to bring Disney characters to the service.
Meta Ordered to Pay $375 Million Over Child Safety Violations
In one of the company’s first major losses, New Mexico jurors found that it had misled consumers about the safety of its platforms, enabli…
Arm Holdings, in Break From Past, Will Sell Its Own Computer Chips
For years, the company sold chip designs to other companies. Now it plans to sell its own chips for A.I. data centers.
Judge Hears State Challenge to Trump’s Tech Deal Settlement
Democratic state attorneys general are fighting the Justice Department’s clearance of a $14 billion deal by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, ar…
Paul Brainerd Dies at 78; Pioneered Desktop Publishing With PageMaker
His software brought printing into the digital age, allowing users to stop manually splicing columns of text and graphics and instead create…
Elon Musk Is Responsible for Some Twitter Investor Losses, Jury Finds
The verdict was a rare loss for Mr. Musk, who investors claimed had tried to drive down the share price of the social media company, now cal…