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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has met top European Union officials on a visit to Brussels February 17, 2020, 3:39 PM 2 min read LONDON — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg met top European Union officials on a visit to Brussels on Monday, days before the bloc is expected to release new proposals on regulating artificial intelligence. […]

A German court has temporarily halted the site preparation for Tesla Inc.’s first electric car factory in Europe February 16, 2020, 9:28 PM 2 min read A German court has temporarily halted the site preparation for Tesla Inc.’s first electric car factory in Europe. The Higher Administrative Court for Berlin-Brandenburg ordered Tesla to stop clearing

In an interview, Ms. Vestager said artificial intelligence was one of the world’s most promising technologies, but it presents many dangers because it requires trusting complex algorithms to make decisions based on vast amounts of data. She said there must be privacy protections, rules to prevent the technology from causing discrimination, and requirements that ensure

Government officials worry about Facebook’s plans to extend end-to-end encryption to Messenger By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer February 16, 2020, 6:00 PM 4 min read SAN FRANCISCO — At Facebook, Stan Chudnovsky oversees the Messenger chat app that’s used by well over 1 billion people each month. He’s playing a key role in helping

A new study finds that courts are not properly screening out unreliable psychological and IQ tests, allowing junk science to be used as evidence By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer February 16, 2020, 1:48 PM 4 min read WASHINGTON — Courts are not properly screening out unreliable psychological and IQ tests, allowing junk science to

A cargo ship is rocketing toward the International Space Station, carrying candy and cheese to satisfy the crew’s cravings By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer February 15, 2020, 8:22 PM 3 min read CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A cargo ship rocketed toward the International Space Station on Saturday, carrying candy and cheese to satisfy the

SHANGHAI — China has flooded cities and villages with battalions of neighborhood busybodies, uniformed volunteers and Communist Party representatives to carry out one of the biggest social control campaigns in history. The goal: to keep hundreds of millions of people away from everyone but their closest kin. The nation is battling the coronavirus outbreak with

“I think the atmosphere has been understudied,” said Philip R. Christensen, a planetary sciences professor at Arizona State University, which built the infrared spectrometer for Hope. That instrument will capture data on the dust particles and ice clouds and track the movement of water vapor and heat through the atmosphere. The spacecraft is to spend

Twitter was founded in 2006. Fourteen years later, and perhaps thanks to the influential example of President Trump, the masters of the universe have apparently learned to post to it. This week alone, a plethora of influential politicians and business leaders have at least attempted to use the social media platform with the same air

High wind has delayed Northrop Grumman’s supply run to the International Space Station By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer February 14, 2020, 8:55 PM 1 min read CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — High wind delayed Northrop Grumman’s supply run to the International Space Station on Friday. The weather was OK at the launch pad on Wallops