School districts from Utah to Ohio to Alabama are spending thousands of dollars on these tools, despite research showing the technology is far from reliable.

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New Orleans is the first US city with real-time facial recognition: If you're wanted and walk past one of the system's cameras, it could flag you. The twist: it's a private system, and even though the new mayor and police chief are at odds about facial recognition, this non-profit says it's able to establish its own "guard-rails" as it feeds real-time tips to the police, side-stepping the debate about government regulation and privacy.

iRobot, the U.S. firm that had robots vacuuming homes, will be taken over by its China-based supplier. It's assuring owners that devices will keep working as usual.

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Online prediction markets are allowing people to place bets on the outcomes of real-life wars. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to reporter Matthew Gault about the rise of the practice and its consequences.

The Post calls the podcast an "AI-powered tool" that turns its articles into an audio news digest.

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Sacks is the Trump administration's top advisor on tech and crypto policy. In recent weeks, he's faced questions about conflicts of interest and criticism over his drive to undo state AI laws.

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Independent video game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 swept the Game Awards last night. The L.A. ceremony draws millions of views for its industry honors and exclusive previews of upcoming games.

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Sensors and artificial intelligence help a prosthetic hand act more like a natural one, new research shows.

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David Sacks is the Trump administration's top advisor on tech and crypto policy. In recent weeks, he's faced questions about conflicts of interest and criticism over his drive to undo state AI laws.

The executive order is the latest in a series of attempts by the Trump administration to hold back state-level AI rules. But many Republicans are also uncomfortable with the effort.

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It's a whole new world for Mickey, Simba, Stitch and more as Disney brings hundreds of its characters to Sora, the short-form video platform from OpenAI, as part of a three-year licensing agreement.

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Anthony Nel, of Texas, became a U.S. citizen as a teen. But a flaw in a Trump administration citizenship tool flagged him as a potential noncitizen, which led to his voter registration being canceled.

The app lets people anonymously share the locations of immigration agents but Apple removed it from its app store under pressure from the Trump administration. Now, the app's developer is suing.

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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Wall Street Journal reporter Katie Bindley about Waymo self-driving vehicles and recent changes to how assertively they navigate traffic.

Waymo is issuing a software recall for its self-driving cars after reports the company's autonomous vehicles failed to stop for school buses.

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The fines were due to the platform's misleading use of blue check marks to identify verified users and a lack of transparency over ads and data access for researchers.

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In a rural pocket of northeastern Louisiana, Meta is building a $30 billion data center called Hyperion. The project highlights an opaque system of financing that's fueling fears of an AI bubble.

The order is focused on applicants for H-1B visas, which are frequently used by tech companies and is part of a campaign by the Trump administration against online content moderation.

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One thing has bucked the trend of rising prices: computing. Technological advances have underpinned a consistent drop in the cost of computers. But experts say that this may be reaching a limit.

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If your video calls keep flickering and freezing, the stakes might be higher than a few moments of awkwardness. Experiments show glitches during video calls could undermine your chances for success.

Brief glitches in video calls may seem like no big deal, but new research shows they can have a negative effect on how a person is perceived by the viewer.

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After a decade of development, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is a beautiful but befuddling game full of misguided design decisions and annoying sidekicks.

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The 2025 selection follows its predecessors, "brain rot" from 2024, "rizz" from 2023 and "goblin mode" from 2022.

Using artificial intelligence to identify congressional districts where independent candidates could win, an organization called the Independent Center is aiming to disrupt the two-party system.

The lifeblood of Silicon Valley — advanced microchips — pumps from a science park on Taiwan's west coast, mostly from TSMC, the world's biggest chipmaker. But now the company is looking abroad for places to grow.

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Artificial intelligence is changing how people shop, with consumers using AI tools, like Google's Gemini and Open AI's Chat GPT, to research items and find the best deals.

There's no one way to be absolutely sure about a video's authenticity, but experts say there are some simple clues that can help.

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Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting.

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As AI companies pour hundreds of billions of dollars into data centers, concerns grow that the industry is inflating a financial bubble that could harm the economy.

Meta is building the world's largest data center in rural Louisiana, but its construction has led to dangerous road conditions in the area, with dozens of crashes reported on a small, two-lane road.

The new location feature suggested that some influencer accounts are based thousands of miles away from the countries they weigh in on. But X has explained very little about the data and how it works.

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A new feature on X has revealed that some influencers who claim to be U.S.-based culture warriors actually live outside the country.

The American economy depends on truckers. Technology is promising to transform this industry with new driver-assistance features that are meant to make the job safer and less demanding.

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Tech companies are pouring billions into AI chips and data centers. Increasingly, they are relying on debt and risky tactics. Financial analysts are worried there's a bubble that will soon pop.

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After years of limbo, the U.S. government has given the green light to a crash test dummy based on the female body. But will it be used right away? Not so fast.

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The U.S. government has released a new crash test dummy design that advocates believe will help make cars safer for women. Women are 73% more likely to be injured in a head-on crash than men.

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Sens. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.,and John Curtis, R-Utah, want to hold social media companies accountable for the negative impacts their algorithms have on people. They spoke to NPR about their bill.

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The child advocacy nonprofit Fairplay issued an advisory warning people against buying AI toys this holiday season. It's not the only group.

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Tech giant Nvidia reported blockbuster earnings Wednesday, fueling both cheers and fears about Wall Street's ballooning AI investments.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Betsy Cooper, a cybersecurity expert at the Aspen Institute, about this week's major Internet outage and the world's reliance on a handful of web services companies.

Companies are testing autonomous big rigs on highways in Texas right now. The goal is to replace human truck drivers for at least some routes.

Simple mechanics and diverse modes turn Kirby Air Riders into a racing game to rival Mario Kart World, a fellow Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive.

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Technology can make big rigs more comfortable and easier to drive. But will new tech improve drivers' jobs, or eliminate them?

A federal judge ruled against the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust suit alleging that Meta had stifled competition by buying up its rivals.

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NPR's A Martinez speaks with Teresa Murray, the co-author of a new report on the potential dangers of artificial intelligence-enabled children's toys.

Researchers say hackers are using their tech skills to help criminals hijack cargo shipments in real life.

Disney CEO Bob Iger said his company is talking with AI companies about allowing subscribers to create their own short-form videos on Disney+.

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Ever gotten a text saying you forgot to pay a nonexistent road toll or need to pick up a mystery package? Google's going after the scammers behind those messages.

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The extra-long hyphen known as the em dash is common in AI-generated text. While some writers have responded by choosing to avoid the punctuation mark, others are fighting back.

A good portion of rural America still needs access to fast internet.  Some worry that new directives that call for using less expensive broadband technology will make internet service less reliable.