FTC launches probe into 'surveillance pricing' The Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether companies are using artificial intelligence to glean personal shopping habits and then use that information to set prices.
As new tech threatens jobs, Silicon Valley promotes no-strings cash aid Many tech entrepreneurs have long suggested that guaranteed income could cushion job losses from AI and automation. The latest and largest study of the idea was spearheaded by the man behind ChatGPT. Jennifer Ludden
Disruptions continue after IT outage affects millions around the globe Airports, hospitals, and banks said they were recovering after a failed software update delivered by the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike to Microsoft’s Windows systems. Rebecca Rosman
A cybersecurity glitch triggered a global technology outage Airports, hospitals, banks, and government agencies are recovering from a failed software update delivered by the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike to Microsoft’s Windows systems. Scott Simon
Microsoft outage inconveniences Seattle area, but emergency services remain functional Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
A worldwide IT outage disrupted airlines, banks, hospitals and businesses today One of the biggest IT outages ever caused mayhem around the world today, hobbling airlines, businesses and government agencies. A faulty update from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike is to blame. Joel Rose
Major Microsoft outage disrupts flights and banking around the world A global computer glitch apparently triggered by software distributed by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike caused widespread global outages late Thursday and into Friday morning. A Martínez
You can now ask Salvador Dali questions (sort of), as part of an AI installation Visitors to the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Fla., can ask the famed Catalan artist, who died in 1989, questions. The Ask Dali installation uses generative AI to bring his consciousness to life. Chloe Veltman
What happens when law enforcement wants to break into someone's smartphone? NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to David Gee of Cellebrite, a company that sells tools to law enforcement to help them access locked smartphones. The FBI is a customer. Sacha Pfeiffer
The best games of 2024 so far, picked by the NPR staff NPR staff and contributors share their favorite video games of 2024 so far. James Perkins Mastromarino