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Ed Helms Answers Your Hard Questions

A star of “The Office” comes to our office to answer your most pressing questions about tech.

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Why We’re Unlikely to Get Artificial General Intelligence Anytime Soon

The titans of the tech industry say artificial intelligence will soon match the powers of humans’ brains. Are they underestimating us?

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Data Centers’ Hunger for Energy Could Raise All Electric Bills

Individuals and small businesses may end up bearing some of the cost of grid upgrades needed for large electricity users, a new report found.

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Trump’s Billion-Dollar Tech Deals, and a Military Buildup at the Border

Plus, your Friday news quiz.

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Nine Federally Funded Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed Everything

The U.S. is slashing funding for scientific research, after decades of deep investment. Here’s some of what those taxpayer dollars created.

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Does Meta Have a Social Media Monopoly? Here’s What the U.S. Has Argued.

The government showed hundreds of internal documents as it sought to prove that the social media company bought Instagram and WhatsApp to neutralize a threat.

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S.E.C. Investigating Whether Coinbase Misstated Its User Numbers

The inquiry continued even after the commission dropped a lawsuit accusing Coinbase of illegally marketing digital currencies to the public.

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Top Priority for Pope Leo: Warn the World of the A.I. Threat

While it is far too early to say how he will use his platform to address such issues, his focus shows he is a church leader who grasps the gravity of this modern concern.

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Terrorists Continue to Pay for Check Marks on X, Report Says

Elon Musk’s social media company has continued to accept payments for subscriptions from entities barred from doing business in the U.S., a nonprofit found.

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Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Grants to Study Online Misinformation

Federal agencies say that by axing the funding they are protecting the First Amendment. Critics see it as stifling scientific inquiry into sources of harmful online content.

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