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Opinion | What if Dario Amodei Is Right About A.I.?

Anthropic’s co-founder and C.E.O. explains why he thinks artificial intelligence is on an “exponential curve.”

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Ex-Cornell Student Admits Targeting Jewish Students With Online Threats

Patrick Dai pleaded guilty to posting a series of messages in which he threatened to stab, rape and behead Jewish people.

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Computer Theorist Wins $1 Million Turing Award

This year’s honor will go to Avi Wigderson, an Israeli-born mathematician and theoretical computer scientist who specializes in randomness.

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Apple Lifts Some Restrictions on iPhone Repairs

This fall, the company will begin allowing customers to replace broken parts with used iPhone components without its previous software limits.

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Microsoft and NetEase to Relaunch Warcraft and Other Games in China

The deal between the gaming company Blizzard, now owned by Microsoft, and the Chinese giant NetEase renews a partnership that lapsed more than a year ago.

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Opinion | Get Tech Out of the Classroom Before It's Too Late

The ubiquity of screens is bad for teachers, students and society.

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Now Hiring: Sophisticated (but Part-Time) Chatbot Tutors

The human work of teaching A.I. is getting a lot more complex as the technology improves.

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Canada Wants to Regulate Online Content. Critics Say It Goes Too Far.

A bill introduced by the Canadian government to safeguard against online harms has stirred opposition from free speech advocates.

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Internet Traffic Dipped as Viewers Took in the Eclipse

Internet traffic dropped by 40 percent or more during the eclipse in states in the path of totality, including Maine, New Hampshire and Ohio, Cloudflare found.

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Beeper Messaging App Is Acquired as a Bet on a Regulatory Shift

Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, bought Beeper in an effort to build a system that works across Android and Apple devices.

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