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Mark Zuckerberg Taps the Strengths of WhatsApp

Sophie Caldwell

When Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 billion nearly a decade ago, Mark Zuckerberg made a promise: The Facebook chief said he wouldn’t meddle often with the messaging app so as…

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Nature Retracts Room-Temperature Superconductor Discovery

Sophie Caldwell

Nature, one of the most prestigious journals in scientific publishing, on Tuesday retracted a high-profile paper it had published in March that claimed the discovery of a superconductor that worked…

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How Your Child’s School Bus Might Prevent Blackouts

Sophie Caldwell

The four vehicles parked at a depot in South Burlington, Vt., look no different from the yellow school buses familiar to millions of schoolchildren. But beneath their steel shells, these…

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OpenAI Lets Mom-and-Pop Shops Customize ChatGPT

Sophie Caldwell

OpenAI said on Monday that it had created a service that allows individuals and small businesses to build customized versions of its popular online chatbot, ChatGPT, and instantly share them…

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A Giant Leap for the Leap Second. Is Mankind Ready?

Sophie Caldwell

Later this month, delegations from around the world will head to a conference in Dubai to discuss international treaties involving radio frequencies, satellite coordination and other tricky technical issues. These…

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Tech Start-Ups Try to Sell a Cautious Pentagon on A.I.

Sophie Caldwell

When he reflected on his time as a Navy SEAL serving in Afghanistan a decade ago, Brandon Tseng wondered why he and his team did not have any way to…