Microsoft announces AI key on Windows 11 PCs

After months of strikes by the writers’ and screen actors’ unions — and billions of dollars in losses to California’s economy — Hollywood is back to work. Sort of. We still need the SAG-AFTRA membership to ratify the hard-won deal for the TV and movie industry to continue its post-pandemic recovery. Like the Writers Guild…

When Netflix executives decided to do a live-action adaptation of the popular manga “Yu Yu Hakusho,” they knew it would have a built-in audience. After all, the story — about a teen misfit who is sent from the underworld to solve crimes and fight monsters — has developed a global following since its 1990 debut…

Perplexity, with a fraction of Google’s users, raised the largest sum by an internet search startup in recent years.

“It has become increasingly challenging for the average human eye to distinguish between AI-generated and real photos,” said Andrey Doronichev, CEO and cofounder of Optic.xyz, a website that lets people upload images to detect whether they have been generated with AI or not. “This has the potential to manipulate public opinion, undermine the credibility of…

A U.S. congressional committee has asked the Commerce Department to look into whether a giant technology company controlled by the ruling family of the United Arab Emirates should be put under trade restrictions because of its ties to China. The company, G42, specializes in artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies, and is overseen by Sheikh…

Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers remarks during an Apple special event in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 12, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Apple’s iPhone sales in China were down more than 30% year over year for the first week of January, while competitors such as Xiaomi and Huawei have “remained much stronger” with flat…