Washington Times - Tech

• Complaints of robocall, telemarketing calls targeting seniors hit 5-year low, FTC reports

  4-11-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 36

  Consumer complaints about robocall scams and unwanted live telemarketing calls targeting older Americans have fallen to a five-year low, with major...

• Threads reportedly working on new privacy options

  4-11-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 29

  Threads users who don't want their posts cross-promoted on Meta's other platforms soon will have more privacy options.

• Pentagon experiments find generative AI easy to exploit

  4-11-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 35

  Powerful artificial intelligence models are easier to exploit than people know, and generative tools are not ready for prime time in the military,...

• CDC finds more middle schoolers but fewer high school students vaping

  4-11-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 21

  More middle schoolers but fewer high school students are vaping in 2023, according to new federal data.

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• The White House Historical Association is opening a technology-driven educational center in 2024

  4-11-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 45

  A White House tour is practically a must-do when visiting Washington, but the experience can leave some guests wondering about spaces they didn't...

• Poll shows most U.S. adults think AI will add to election misinformation in 2024

  4-11-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 48

  The warnings have grown louder and more urgent as 2024 approaches: The rapid advance of artificial intelligence tools threatens to amplify...

• Yellen says the U.S. economic relationship with China must consider human rights, national security

  3-11-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 33

  Washington wants to build an economic relationship with Beijing that takes into account national security and human rights and is fair to both...

• Cyber nominee confronted over Biden administration's close relationship with tech firms

  3-11-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 25

  President Biden's blurring of the line between the public and private sector in cyberspace has Republicans worried the administration's future...

• HBO head apologizes for telling staff to troll social media critics

  3-11-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 23

  HBO CEO Casey Bloys on Thursday said he's sorry for ordering his team to mock critics of HBO Max content.

• Listen to the last new Beatles' song with John, Paul, George, Ringo and AI tech: 'Now and Then'

  3-11-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 39

  More than four decades since Lennon's murder and two since George Harrison's death, the very last Beatles song has been released as a double A-side...

• Harris and Sunak due to discuss cutting-edge AI risks at U.K. summit

  2-11-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 33

  U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak are set to join delegates Thursday at a U.K. summit focused on containing...

• New Gallaudet innovation displays plays inside deaf quarterback's helmet

  2-11-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 26

  The new technology allows plays to be displayed visually inside quarterback Brandon Washington's helmet -- a welcomed step that happened to...