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Fitbit Agrees to Pay $12 Million for Not Quickly Reporting Burn Risk With Watches

✇NYT > Top Stories
By: Adeel Hassan
24 January 2025 at 20:13
After consumer complaints of overheating batteries, the company did not immediately report the defect with its Ionic smartwatches, according to a settlement with the U.S. government.

Google Introduces A.I. Agent That Aces 15-Day Weather Forecasts

✇NYT > Climate and Environment
By: William J. Broad
4 December 2024 at 11:00
GenCast, from the company’s DeepMind division, outperformed the world’s best predictions of deadly storms as well as everyday weather.

© CIRA/NOAA, via Reuters

A satellite image of a bomb cyclone over the North American Pacific Coast last month.

Google Introduces A.I. Agent That Aces 15-Day Weather Forecasts

✇NYT > Science
By: William J. Broad
4 December 2024 at 11:00
GenCast, from the company’s DeepMind division, outperformed the world’s best predictions of deadly storms as well as everyday weather.

© CIRA/NOAA, via Reuters

A satellite image of a bomb cyclone over the North American Pacific Coast last month.

On These Apps, the Dark Promise of Mothers Sexually Abusing Children

✇NYT > Technology
By: Michael H. Keller
8 December 2024 at 10:46
Smartphone apps downloaded from Apple and Google can allow parents and other abusers to connect with pedophiles who pay to watch — and direct — criminal behavior.

© Jeenah Moon for The New York Times

Child safety advocates demonstrated at the Apple Store this month in New York’s Grand Central Terminal.

Google Introduces A.I. Agent That Aces 15-Day Weather Forecasts

✇NYT > Technology
By: William J. Broad
4 December 2024 at 11:00
GenCast, from the company’s DeepMind division, outperformed the world’s best predictions of deadly storms as well as everyday weather.

© CIRA/NOAA, via Reuters

A satellite image of a bomb cyclone over the North American Pacific Coast last month.

Nvidia Rules A.I. Chips, but Amazon and AMD Emerge as Contenders

✇NYT > Technology
By: Don Clark
3 December 2024 at 17:53
Amazon, Advanced Micro Devices and several start-ups are beginning to offer credible alternatives to Nvidia’s chips, especially for a phase of A.I. development known as “inferencing.”

© Spencer Lowell for The New York Times

New chips, including those developed by Amazon, are adding to signs that credible alternatives to Nvidia are finally emerging.

Google Worried Israeli Contract Could Enable Human Rights Violations

✇NYT > Technology
By: Nico Grant
3 December 2024 at 14:13
The tech giant, which has defended the deal to employees who oppose supplying Israel’s military with technology, feared the project might damage its reputation.

© Natalie Keyssar for The New York Times

In April, some Google employees staged sit-ins at two Google offices, criticizing Project Nimbus.

What’s Next for Google’s Search Monopoly

✇NYT > Technology
By: David McCabe and Nico Grant
3 December 2024 at 03:00
The federal judge who ruled Google was a monopolist in search is weighing the U.S. government’s proposal to force the company to sell its Chrome browser. Here’s what happens now.

© Kent Nishimura for The New York Times

In resolving an antitrust case, Judge Amit P. Mehta could adopt either the government’s proposal or Google’s ideas wholesale or find a middle ground.
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