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A whiplash year for electric vehicles
2025 brought some new speed bumps for electric vehicle sales, namely the Republicans' One Big Beautiful Bill Act. It cut federal EV tax credits — up …
6 months ago
AI-powered chatbots sent some users into a spiral
AI psychosis became a thing in 2025. That's when a chatbot leads a user into a delusional spiral.
The technology's tendency to affirm what people say …
6 months ago
Robotaxis moved into the fast lane in 2025
This year turned out to be a pretty big year for autonomous vehicles. Waymo is the leader in the robotaxi race and over the last year, its signature …
6 months ago
How online age-gating laws went mainstream this year
About half of U.S. states now require some form of online age verification to prevent kids from accessing certain content — usually pornography. But …
6 months ago
The year in AI wearables
Will Gottsegen, a staff writer at The Atlantic, tests out Meta’s AI smart glasses and gives us a recap of how AI continues to get embedded in consume…
6 months ago
Mushrooms could help curb plastic waste
Polystyrene is the chemical compound that makes up styrofoam, which is used for packaging and insulation. But it’s not the most environmentally frien…
6 months, 1 week ago
Why Big Tech leaders aligned themselves with White House politics this year
In January, we saw a who's who of tech leaders front and center at President Donald Trump's inauguration.
Since, the White House has advocated for the…
6 months, 1 week ago
Dr. AI will see you now
Could AI chat bots replace human doctors? Probably not, but that won’t stop people from trying.
Just as they did during the emergence of Google, docto…
6 months, 1 week ago
Bytes: Week in Review - Micron's big earnings, Oracle's data center woes and "slop" is Merriam-Webster's word of the year
Building artificial intelligence tools requires a lot of graphic processing units, and those GPUs need huge amounts of ultra-fast memory to feed them…
6 months, 1 week ago
The challenges of integrating ads in AI search engines
Search engines, social media, e-commerce, and mobile games all make money by selling advertising. But making ads work in AI search might not be so st…
6 months, 1 week ago