The Ninth Circuit dismissed Meta and TikTok’s early appeals, keeping thousands of social media addiction lawsuits moving through lower courts. The post Ninth Circuit Dismisses Meta, TikTok Appeals in Social Media Addiction Cases appeared first on TechRepublic.

It’s no secret that doctors across the world are using AI tools to do stuff from taking notes to looking up questions. But what about the next generation of doctors still in training? According to two medical professionals on the ground, the situation is looking pretty alarming. With AI being used by med students, “the

A strange thing is happening in the used EV market. Supply is up thanks to an ever-increasing stream of ex-lease cars reaching the market, and yet prices have been going up as well. As a result of America’s latest war in the Middle East, used EVs have appreciated by just over 5 percent since February.

In light of plummeting public support for its widespread automatic license plate readers, surveillance company Flock has lost dozens of contracts with cities across the US. The company even drew up plans to use the dashcams installed in Uber and Lyft drivers’ cars to spy on other vehicles, as 404 Media reported this week. Citizens

Over 30 student activists came together on Monday afternoon to occupy the Gallup Building in Washington DC, home to a public-facing lobbying office belonging to ChatGPT developer OpenAI. Once inside the lobby, the demonstrators unfurled a massive banner reading “Stop Stealing Our Future,” while others held signs with messages like “OpenAI bought my Senator.” The

In 2018, 20,000 Google employees worldwide made headlines when they staged a walkout to protest how the company had handled sexual misconduct allegations against key corporate executives, among other grievances. One of the organizers was Claire Stapleton, a communications specialist whose distinctive voice and ability to channel the corporate ethos had once earned her the

Global warming is leading to more extremely hot weather. There is perhaps no more obvious consequence of climate change. But changing how we analyze this problem can still help scientists think about it in a different way that may yield surprises. Generally, studies on heat extremes work with some combination of daily minimum, maximum, and

Though shredded iceberg lettuce at Taco Bell restaurants has been a prime suspect in an explosive outbreak of the diarrheal parasite Cyclospora, a new report from the Food and Drug Administration finally reveals where all the contaminated lettuce was sold—and only a tiny sliver of it went to Taco Bell locations. The feces-tainted lettuce was

Amid public concern over the impact of new technology, Silicon Valley’s use of its wealth to influence specific election races is an unwelcome development As the huge societal ramifications of artificial intelligence have become clear, some of the tech industry’s most senior figures have taken to writing thinkpieces on what comes next. The latest to

Positioned highest for Ability to Execute BMC, the automation company for the AI era, today announced that it has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Service Orchestration and Automation Platforms (SOAP) [1]. BMC was also positioned highest for Ability to Execute. BMC has been named a Leader in every Gartner SOAP Magic