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Google took its next leap in artificial intelligence Wednesday with the launch of project Gemini, an AI model trained to behave in human-like ways that’s likely to intensify the debate about the technology’s potential promise and perils. Gemini’s arrival is likely to up the ante in an AI competition that has been escalating for the

Tech leaders have been vocal proponents of the need to regulate artificial intelligence, but they’re also lobbying hard to make sure the new rules work in their favor. That’s not to say they all want the same thing. Facebook parent Meta and IBM on Tuesday launched a new group called the AI Alliance that’s advocating

By Joe Rossignol Starting with iOS 17.2 and watchOS 10.2, Siri can access data from the Health app for health and fitness queries, according to Apple’s release notes for the updates, which are currently in beta. For the Apple Watch, this functionality is limited to the Series 9 and Ultra 2, as these are the only models that

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A hacker or hackers have accessed nearly seven million profiles of 23andMe customers, a spokesperson for the genetic testing firm told CNN on Tuesday, including in some cases users’ ancestry reports, zip codes and birth years. A Friday filing from 23andMe to the Securities and Exchange Commission said that about 0.1%

A prominent disinformation scholar who left Harvard University in August has accused the school of muzzling her speech and stifling — then dismantling — her research team as it launched a deep dive in late 2021 into a trove of Facebook files she considers the most important documents in internet history. The actions impacting Joan

By Juli Clover, MacRumors Netflix has been “completely satisfied” with the pace of the password sharing crackdown it initiated in the United States earlier this year, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said Monday at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference (via Variety). The streaming company first began eliminating password sharing in in several countries in Latin

By Allison Morrow, CNN NEW YORK  — The price of bitcoin soared above $40,000 on Monday, hitting its highest level in 18 months as investors look ahead to a lower interest rate environment and key regulatory approvals that could make the crypto asset more mainstream. Bitcoin, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, was up more than

Editor’s note: Tom Snyder, executive director of rapidly growing Raleigh-based RIoT and a thought leader in the emerging Internet of Things, is the newest columnist to join WRAL TechWire’s list of top drawer contributors. His column “Datafication Nation” are part of WRAL TechWire’s Startup Monday package. +++ RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – I spent last week in Washington DC,

DURHAM — Precision Fermentation of Durham has more money coming in. According to an SEC filing from earlier this week, the company has raised $6,076,274 of equity from a single investor. The company’s focus is on the use of IoT (internet of things) technology to more accurately measure the conditions inside fermentation tanks. The BrewIQ

CARY – An executive from Epic Games said Thursday that the “Coalition for App Fairness” launched in 2021 as it battled app store bans from Apple and Google was not backed by anyone else as the Cary company said at the time. So reports Sean Hollister of TheVerge who is covering the Epic-Google antitrust suit