The Download: Regulators are coming for AI companions, and meet our Innovator of 2025

As long as there has been AI, there have been people sounding alarms about what it might do to us: ...
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Building a Unified Intent Recognition Engine

systems, understanding user intent is fundamental especially in the customer service domain where I operate. Yet across enterprise teams, intent ...
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A new report finds China’s space program will soon equal that of the US

As Jonathan Roll neared completion of a master’s degree in science and technology policy at Arizona State University three years ...
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How to Set Up and Use a Burner Phone

When you are done with the burner phone, make sure that you get rid of it in a thoughtful way ...
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De-risking investment in AI agents

For businesses, the potential is transformative: AI agents that can handle complex service interactions, support employees in real time, and ...
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Waymo gets green light for airport service in San Francisco

Waymo is now permitted to test its robotaxi service at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), a big win for the ...
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A DHS Data Hub Exposed Sensitive Intel to Thousands of Unauthorized Users

The Department of Homeland Security’s mandate to carry out domestic surveillance has been a concern for privacy advocates since the ...
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Police Puzzled by 180 Kilos of SpaceX-Branded Cocaine Found at Crash Site

A single-engine plane crashed landed in a field of sugar cane in Brazil over the weekend, according to local news ...
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‘Baby Steps’ Is a Hiking Game That Trolls ‘Slightly Problematic’ Men

Illinois Tech digital humanities and media studies professor Carly Kocurek says that while masculine tropes aren’t inherently bad, “they can ...
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Buy a Samsung Galaxy S25 FE and score a $100 Best Buy gift card – here’s how

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET With fall officially in the air, now is the perfect time to upgrade your devices (and maybe get ...
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