It seemed darkly fitting that my area of the Pacific Northwest would see heavy rainfall and record-breaking floods as I was finishing work on my article about T-Mobile’s disaster response programs. I was reminded, looking at the gray skies outside my window, that natural disasters come in all sizes and intensities,... Read more

OpenAI has quietly reversed a major change to how hundreds of millions of people use ChatGPT. On a low-profile blog that tracks product changes, the company said that it rolled back ChatGPT’s model router—an automated system that sends complicated user questions to more advanced “reasoning” models—for users on its... Read more

Zoom Video Communications, the company best known for keeping remote workers connected during the pandemic, announced last week that it had achieved the highest score ever recorded on one of artificial intelligence's most demanding tests — a claim that sent ripples of surprise, skepticism, and genuine curiosity through the... Read more

A man in Michigan has been arrested under suspicion of a felony murder of his mother and stealing her money to gamble. James Robert Hall, 39, was arrested on November 26 by Holly Police Department after his 59-year-old mother Kristine Lynn Hall was found dead in her bed in... Read more

Anyone who has used an AI image or video generator knows that these tools are often the opposite of precise. If you’re using an AI generator with a specific idea in mind, you’ll likely need to do a lot of work to bring that exact vision to life. Adobe’s... Read more

It’s never fun to be in last place. Google has been coasting along with its Android tablets and Chromebooks for years, playing second fiddle to the bigger players in the game. But the company has a new card up its sleeve: the upcoming merger of its two platforms into... Read more

Presented by Twilio The customer data infrastructure powering most enterprises was architected for a world that no longer exists: one where marketing interactions could be captured and processed in batches, where campaign timing was measured in days (not milliseconds), and where "personalization" meant inserting a first name into an... Read more

British-Pakistani influencer and online trader Zaraq Nazir has confirmed that he will return to Pakistan to take part in an illegal gambling inquiry. Nazir has confirmed that he will travel to Pakistan to take part in the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) inquiry into alleged illegal online gambling... Read more

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a tough one. If you’re struggling with today’s puzzle but still want to solve... Read more

Ford is once again shifting its electric vehicle manufacturing plans, a response to a year that’s been tough for the powertrain technology that’s still making waves overseas but has seen domestic government support cut and customer enthusiasm weaken. Instead of planning to make enough electric vehicles to account for... Read more