Since its launch in 2011, Henrietta-based Greenlight Networks has charged a flat fee of $50 per month for basic high-speed internet service. Starting with April bills, subscribers will pay $55 for the 500 megabits-per-second plan. In an email sent to them Thursday, the company wrote: “We are proud of the fact that we have been …
Instagram dethroned TikTok as the app with the most downloads in 2023 as the China-owned video app faces scrutiny from US regulators, with some lawmakers warning it poses a security threat. Instagram’s total number of app downloads grew 20% year-over-year in 2023, to 768 million, according to data from Sensor Tower. The statistics mean that …
The alleged theft involved the building blocks of Google’s supercomputing data centers, which develop applications to generate responses to tasks or questions. WASHINGTON – A Chinese citizen was charged with stealing trade secrets from Google about artificial intelligence technology, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Wednesday. Linwei Ding, who is also known as Leon Ding, was …
Jennifer Jolly | Special to USA TODAY FCC bans AI robocalls In a unanimous vote, the Federal Communications Commission has banned robocalls with voices generated by artificial intelligence. Fox – 10 Phoenix Have you used artificial intelligence in your daily life yet? I just asked that question in a room of ten people ranging from …
Diana Alba Soular | Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative LAS CRUCES – A federal initiative helping more than 68,000 low-income homes in New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District pay for the internet has begun winding down. That’s after Congress has not renewed funding for the pandemic-relief measure, known as the Affordable Connectivity Program. In New Mexico’s …
A bill that would have prohibited deceptive artificial intelligence-generated campaign advertisements didn’t pass by the turnaround deadline in the Kansas House, but the rapidly evolving technology is already in use in campaigns in several different ways. Pat Proctor, R-Leavenworth, introduced House Bill 2559, along with House Minority Leader Vic Miller, D-Topeka. The bill wouldn’t ban …
Ken Colburn | Special to The Arizona Republic How to find a job with AI Land a new job with the help of AI. Problem Solved, USA TODAY QUESTION: Is it possible to use AI on my smartphone and if so, how do I do it? ANSWER: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the most talked about …
Something about the student’s writing seemed off to Sam Harshner. The snytax was sophisticated. The topic choice was advanced. All this from a student who’d barely spoken in the first few days of Harshner’s Writing and Argumentation class last fall. Harshner, who teaches in Marquette University’s political science department, ran the work through an online …
Major cellular carriers like AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile are reporting significant outages Thursday morning, which created some confusion for iPhone users whose phones were in SOS mode. What does it mean when your iPhone says SOS? Apple Support says if you see “No Service” or “Searching” in the status bar on your iPhone or iPad, …
That urban myth of sticking your wet smartphone into rice to dry it is just that, a myth. There’s better ways to dry it. Apple passed Samsung as world’s top phone maker in 2023 Apple’s iPhone has dethroned Samsung devices to become the best-selling smartphone series over the course of 2023. Bloomberg For more than …