Yiming Zhang didn’t grow up playing chess. Like many other people, the Carnegie Mellon University Ph.D. student discovered the Netflix series “The Queen’s Gambit” during the pandemic and began playing online. However, he quickly realized how unnatural it felt playing against chess bots.Yiming Zhang didn’t grow up playing chess. Like many other people, the Carnegie Mellon University Ph.D. student discovered the Netflix series “The Queen’s Gambit” during the pandemic and began playing online. However, he quickly realized how unnatural it felt playing against chess bots.Computer Sciences[#item_full_content]
Australian workers are secretly using generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) tools—without knowledge or approval from their boss, a new report shows.Australian workers are secretly using generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) tools—without knowledge or approval from their boss, a new report shows.Business[#item_full_content]
Anthropic says some Claude models can now end ‘harmful or abusive’ conversations
Anthropic says new capabilities allow its latest AI models to protect themselves by ending abusive conversations.Anthropic says new capabilities allow its latest AI models to protect themselves by ending abusive conversations.[#item_full_content]
Les Amis, the European app helping women form friendships, launches in New York
Les Amis is an app designed to make it easy for women to form friendships and attend local events.Les Amis is an app designed to make it easy for women to form friendships and attend local events.[#item_full_content]
Opinion: Quick! Get the Wind and Solar Discounts Before It’s Too Late!
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Tax credits for large clean energy projects are now set to end after 2027, and similar credits for smaller projects on households and businesses will disappear at the end of 2025.
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Falling for clickbait is easy these days, especially for those who mainly get their news through social media. Have you ever noticed your feed littered with articles that look alike?Falling for clickbait is easy these days, especially for those who mainly get their news through social media. Have you ever noticed your feed littered with articles that look alike?Consumer & Gadgets[#item_full_content]
Perplexity’s bid for Google Chrome could be just the beginning
Perplexity, the AI search startup that hasn’t even cracked 100 million monthly users, just made a $34.5 billion cash offer to buy Chrome from Google. The unsolicited bid comes as the DOJ prepares its remedy decision after ruling Google illegally maintained a search monopoly. The timing makes sense, but questions remain. Perplexity won’t name its […]Perplexity, the AI search startup that hasn’t even cracked 100 million monthly users, just made a $34.5 billion cash offer to buy Chrome from Google. The unsolicited bid comes as the DOJ prepares its remedy decision after ruling Google illegally maintained a search monopoly. The timing makes sense, but questions remain. Perplexity won’t name its[#item_full_content]
Meet the first batch of VCs set to judge Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Startup Battlefield 200 is the crown jewel of TechCrunch Disrupt. From thousands of applicants, only the top 20 will take the Stage at Disrupt 2025 (October 27–29, San Francisco) to pitch their vision to panels of top-tier VCs in front of a live audience. Every contender is chasing game-changing impact — and we’re here for the drama, the breakthroughs, and the big reveals.Startup Battlefield 200 is the crown jewel of TechCrunch Disrupt. From thousands of applicants, only the top 20 will take the Stage at Disrupt 2025 (October 27–29, San Francisco) to pitch their vision to panels of top-tier VCs in front of a live audience. Every contender is chasing game-changing impact — and we’re here for the drama, the breakthroughs, and the big reveals.[#item_full_content]
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being touted as a way to boost lagging productivity growth.Artificial intelligence (AI) is being touted as a way to boost lagging productivity growth.Business[#item_full_content]
Dr. Abolfazl Karimpour, Assistant Professor of Transportation Engineering at SUNY Poly, has developed an innovative framework that estimates the length and duration of traffic queues and delays caused by crashes, without relying on physical roadside sensors. Dr. Karimpour is lead author of the new article published in Case Studies on Transport Policy.Dr. Abolfazl Karimpour, Assistant Professor of Transportation Engineering at SUNY Poly, has developed an innovative framework that estimates the length and duration of traffic queues and delays caused by crashes, without relying on physical roadside sensors. Dr. Karimpour is lead author of the new article published in Case Studies on Transport Policy.Automotive[#item_full_content]
