Tech

Google has begun testing a new AI-powered search tool called “AI Mode” that provides users with artificial intelligence-generated answers rather than traditional web links.

During a recent news conference from orbit, stranded NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams addressed questions concerning their extended stay on the International Space Station (ISS) and the political controversy surrounding their return. Wilmore said Elon Musk’s claim that Joe Biden blocked a SpaceX rescue mission for political reasons is “absolutely factual.”

Tesla has experienced a dramatic sales declines across major markets worldwide, with experts linking the downturn to both increased competition and CEO Elon Musk’s political activities.

Apple has filed an appeal with the UK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal in an effort to overturn a secret government order requiring the tech giant to create a backdoor for spying on encrypted user data.

Google is asking the Trump administration’s Justice Department to reconsider its push to break up the search giant, arguing that such a move could harm U.S. national security and the economy.

Singapore police arrested three people on Thursday for allegedly smuggling chips from American tech giant Nvidia to China, throwing a spotlight on China’s efforts to obtain advanced components in defiance of export restrictions – and showing just how diligently American companies are working to enforce those restrictions.

A recent report by content licensing platform TollBit has exposed a significant disparity in referral traffic sent to publishers by AI search engines like those from OpenAI and Perplexity compared to traditional search engines like Google.

Judges are cracking down on attorneys who fail to properly fact-check the output of AI tools used in legal research and document preparation. Lawyers are submitting legal documents to judges that include completely made up case citations that have been “hallucinated” by AI tools like ChatGPT.

The streaming platform Hulu, a subsidiary of Disney, has apologized for tech glitches and outages during its livestream of the Oscars telecast on Sunday.

Microsoft promised in February it would disavow the censorship tool NewsGuard, yet NewsGuard is still listed in Microsoft’s Search Coach tool for children.

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has cut over 100,000 unused software licenses to save $9.6 million annually after the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) discovered that the agency had thousands more licenses than employees.

Teleperformance SE, the world’s largest call center operator, is implementing an AI system designed to soften the accents of English-speaking Indian workers in real-time to enhance customer understanding and satisfaction.

Melania Trump leads a roundtable discussion on the use of deepfake technology in the production of revenge porn on Monday, March 3.

President Donald Trump is set to announce another major private sector investment into the U.S. at the White House Monday, Breitbart News can confirm.

Elon Musk and Shivon Zilis, an executive at his Neuralink brain chip company, have welcomed their fourth child together, a son named Seldon Lycurgus.

Comedian Conan O’Brien had a fun time trolling Karla Sofia Gascón, a transgender actor nominated for Best Actress with Netflix’s “Emilia Pérez,” for past tweets that likely torpedoed Karla’s award chances.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tore off his suit and revealed a sparkling blue jumpsuit during a performance he gave at his wife’s 40th birthday party on Friday.

Two weeks after singer Sheryl Crow went viral with an Instagram video of herself waving goodbye to her Tesla, actress Cassandra Peterson, renowned for her role as “Elvira,” copied-and-pasted Crow’s stunt, clad in black and holding a chainsaw, à la Elon Musk, posted a video of a Tesla being towed away while she waves goodbye.

A unique leadership coaching program in the San Francisco Bay Area is utilizing the psychedelic drug ketamine to help tech executives break through mental barriers and enhance their leadership abilities.

The FBI identified Bryan Kohberger as a potential suspect in the brutal murder of four University of Idaho students after tapping into consumer DNA databases that were supposed to be off-limits to law enforcement, according to newly released records.

Citigroup accidentally credited a client’s account with a staggering $81 trillion last April, a blunder that could hamper the bank’s efforts to convince regulators it has addressed longstanding operational deficiencies.

In a coordinated international operation, law enforcement agencies have arrested 25 individuals allegedly linked to the distribution of AI-generated child pornography via online platforms.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has terminated approximately 20 employees for sharing internal confidential information outside the organization, according to a company spokesperson. Meta’s ultra-woke employee base is not adjusting well to the Trump-friendly “Zuck 2.0” era of their employer.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) became the most visible symbol of government waste and ideological partisanship after DOGE exposed the vast sums it spent around the world promoting a variety of leftist causes including online censorship. What is less well-known is the now-shuttered agency’s work with big tech companies, notably Microsoft.

Singer Katy Perry, CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King, and Jeff Bezos’ fiancé Lauren Sanchez will blast off into space on a Blue Origin rocket as part of an all-female passenger crew, the company announced this week.

Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of leftist echo chamber Reddit, has expressed his support for Mark Zuckerberg’s recent decision to terminate Meta’s biased third-party “fact-checking” program, calling it a “very pragmatic change.”

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Instagram, has issued an apology after users reported a flood of violent and sexual content appearing in their Instagram Reels feed. Some of horrific content suggested by the company’s algorithm should never have been allowed on the platform, let alone recommended to unsuspecting users.

Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk appears to be preparing for a contentious custody fight with MAGA influencer Ashley St. Clair, who claims to have given birth to his 13th child last year. In a fresh court filing, St. Clair states that Musk “no longer wishes to resolve issues of custody and support amicably.”

Nvidia sales surged by 78 percent as demand for the company’s specialized AI Blackwell chips grow, according to the company’s fourth quarter financial results.

A Disney employee says his life began spiraling out of control after he downloaded an AI tool that resulted in a cyberattack that granted a hacker access to all of his personal information. Not stopping there, the hacker gained access to Disney’s internal operations including private customer and employee information.

The House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on protecting the victims of human trafficking and online exploitation on Thursday, February 27.