Technology

SAN FRANCISCO — X’s crowd-sourced fact-checking program, called Community Notes, isn’t addressing the flood of U.S. election misinformation on Elon Musk’s social media platform, according to a report published Wednesday by a group that tracks online speech. The nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate analyzed the Community Notes feature and found that accurate notes correcting … Read more

Apple’s new artificial intelligence tools are here. Now the company is trying to help customers understand them. The Cupertino, Calif.-based tech giant on Wednesday began offering 15-minute briefings for customers at its hundreds of U.S. retail stores on the company’s new suite of AI tools called Apple Intelligence, which can help iPhone users to compose … Read more

Facebook owner Meta Platforms beat analysts’ estimates for third-quarter revenue and profit on Wednesday, but warned of “significant acceleration” in infrastructure expenses related to its artificial-intelligence buildout, sending mixed signals about whether higher digital ad sales from its core social media business would continue to cover its massive AI investments. Shares of the Menlo Park, Calif.-based firm fell … Read more

Robotics company Boston Dynamics has released a new video of its humanoid robot Atlas – now performing tasks with zero human intervention. In the video released by the futuristic lab – the robot can be seen performing rote physical tasks with ease and without any help from people guiding it. The Atlas humanoid robot from … Read more

Even for an era of more extreme weather, this autumn has seemingly shifted into yet another gear, especially in a rain-weary Europe where massive and deadly flooding in Spain’s Valencia region is the latest incarnation. At least 95 people have been killed in flooding that sent cars piling up like flotsam on the beach, while … Read more

Meta Platforms Inc. posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter results on Wednesday fueled by its advertising revenue growth and its push to incorporate artificial intelligence. But the Instagram and Facebook parent company warned that it expects a “significant acceleration” in infrastructure spending next year as it continues to pour money into developing AI. For the three months ended … Read more

NEW ORLEANS — Archaeologists using laser-sensing technology have detected what may be an ancient Mayan city cloaked by jungle in southern Mexico, authorities said Wednesday. The lost city, dubbed Valeriana by researchers after the name of a nearby lagoon, may have been as densely settled as the better-known pre-Hispanic metropolis of Calakmul, in the south … Read more

Nishad Singh, former director of Engineering at FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, left, and Claire Watanabe, former senior executive at FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, arrive at court in New York, on Oct. 30, 2024. Mackenzie Sigalos | CNBC Former FTX executive Nishad Singh was sentenced to time served and three years of supervised release on Wednesday, … Read more

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft on Wednesday reported an 11% increase in profit for the July-September quarter compared to the same time last year as investors looked for signs that the company’s huge spending on artificial intelligence is paying off. The company reported quarterly net income of $24.7 billion, or $3.30 per share, which beat Wall … Read more

More than 500 Amazon employees sent a letter on Wednesday to the CEO of its AWS unit urging reversal of a full return-to-office policy and rejecting his assertion that the rule had broad support and opponents should leave Amazon Web Services. “We were appalled to hear the non-data-driven explanation you gave for Amazon imposing a five-day in-office mandate,” the letter begins. … Read more