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A major artificial-intelligence conference has rejected 497 papers — roughly 2% of submissions — whose authors violated AI-use policies in their peer reviews of other articles submitted to the meeting ...

North Carolina musician Michael Smith has pleaded guilty to collecting over $10 million in royalty payments through a massive streaming royalty fraud scheme on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and ...

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It’s just the beginning of the legal battles for the social media companies. It’s just the beginning of the legal battles for the social media companies. is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, ...

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Cybersecurity groups are sounding the alarm about DarkSword, the latest hacker tool that targets iPhone users. Credit: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images UPDATE: Mar. 19, 2026, 4:46 p.m. EDT ...

Just like with the pitch clock, the advent of robot umpires did not break Major League Baseball. The automated ball-strike system (ABS) debuted in the major leagues Wednesday after years of testing in ...