Last year the annual artificial intelligence conference NeurIPS invited 230 researchers from Africa to attend a "Black in AI" workshop in Montreal. It was a great opportunity to bring some diversity to the field of AI. Sadly, however, the Canadian government denied visas for about a third of the Africans invited to the workshop. Many…

By the ninth grade, Phillip Fuhrman was already addicted to Juul, as were many of his friends. Some of them had reservations about using the e-cigarettes. Nicotine is bad for you, right? But their concerns about vaping were quickly explained away by a speaker who visited their school in April 2018 to give a presentation…

Already under siege from Congress and federal regulators, big tech has a new set of adversaries: state attorneys general.Monday, the attorneys general of 48 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, said they had begun an investigation of whether Google is abusing its power as the dominant provider of internet search.The news follows…

If you signed up to claim your $125 from July's Equifax settlement, you probably got a confusing, frustrating email over the weekend. "You must provide the name of your credit monitoring service that you had in place when you filed your claim," the message reads, threatening to revoke your payout if you don't. Don't worry:…

The security reputation of iOS, once considered the world's most hardened mainstream operating system, has taken a beating over the past month: Half a dozen interactionless attacks that could take over iPhones without a click were revealed at the Black Hat security conference. Another five iOS exploit chains were exposed in malicious websites that took…

It’s one of the most anticipated days in the tech world. Today, Apple has unveiled the iPhone 11. So without any further ado, let’s get into some of the details.…

Apple is launching a new Research app for Apple Watch owners that will allow people to opt to privately contribute to health research by sharing the data collected from the…

Apple introduced some new Apple Watch models at a press conference. The Apple Watch Series 5 has an always-on display. It seems to look just like the Apple Watch Series…

Today, was supposed to be all about the iPhones but Apple took some time to offer a hardware refresh to the entry-level iPad. Things are largely the same, but the…

The Volkswagen ID.3 that debuted ahead of the IAA International Motor Show in Frankfurt looks like a compact hatchback. And it is. But inside customers might feel like they’re sitting…