Tech titan Google says its new chip will revolutionize the future of computing Google says its new quantum chip is a major milestone on the road to a revolution in computing. So what's the hype all about? Adam Bearne
GM to retreat from robotaxis and stop funding its Cruise autonomous vehicle unit The automaker will focus on development of partially automated driver-assist systems for personal vehicles like its Super Cruise, which allows drivers to take their hands off the steering wheel. The Associated Press
Police say UnitedHealthcare's CEO was likely killed with a ghost gun. What are they? Police say the suspect had a ghost gun, possibly made with a 3D printer, when he was arrested on Monday. Here's what to know about the increasingly widespread weapons and efforts to regulate them. Rachel Treisman
A phone company developed an AI 'granny' to beat scammers at their own game The company behind the scam-baiting granny said the AI technology can keep scammers on the phone for 40 minutes at a time, keeping them away from real people. Alana Wise
Lawsuit: A chatbot hinted a kid should kill his parents over screen time limits Two families are suing AI chatbot company Character.AI for allegedly encouraging harm after the kids became emotionally attached to the bots. One chatbot allegedly exposed a child to sexualized content. Bobby Allyn
How will Australia's teen social media actually work? Australia's Parliament has passed one of the strictest social media crackdowns in the world. Under the new law, anyone under 16 years old will be banned from opening a social media account. Bobby Allyn
This little electric car made history. 25 years ago, GM stopped making it The EV1 was the first modern, mass-produced electric vehicle from a major automaker — pioneering some technologies you can still find in today's EVs. But the model was controversial, and short-lived. Jack Mitchell
Court upholds a U.S. ban on TikTok A federal appeals court agreed that the viral video app must be sold off by its China-based parent company, rejecting TikTok's claim that the crackdown violates the free speech rights of millions of Americans. Bobby Allyn
At a desert festival for space robots, engineers envision a busy future in space At the Robopalooza festival in the California desert, engineers are stress-testing space robots, which they say could someday build the infrastructure needed to settle the moon and beyond. Kira Wakeam
Writer Thoreau warned of brain rot in 1854. Now it's the Oxford Word of 2024 The term brain rot first appeared in Henry David Thoreau's famous Walden, according to the Oxford University Press. How did he use it — and what might he have made of its modern meaning? Bill Chappell
