Tech

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki.

Susan Wojcicki stepping down as CEO of YouTube

YouTube's chief product officer, Neal Mohan, will become the new CEO.

 | AP and Scripps News Staff

Twitter CEO Elon Musk talks virtually during the World Government Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Elon Musk says he hopes to have new Twitter CEO by the end of year

During a video call to the World Government Summit, Musk said making sure Twitter can function remains the most important thing for him.

 | AP

Fake people, real threat: How AI is being used to spread propaganda

A new report highlights how life-like, AI-generated influencers are being used to promote Chinese propaganda and discredit American ideals online.

 | Scripps News Staff

A football stadium

FAA tells Super Bowl fans to 'leave your drone at home'

Authorities have created a "No Drone Zone" which will restrict fans and other from flying drones during the Super Bowl.

 | Douglas Jones

A wearable tech demonstration

Wearable fitness tech is taking off

Experts expect health tech to generate more than $13 billion in revenue this year.

 | Scripps News Staff

Kids playing on iPads.

How artificial intelligence is helping to protect your children online

It's not something parents have to pay for. Rather, it's a service that platforms use.

 | Elizabeth Ruiz

Scripps News' Lindsey Theis sitting with Jyoti Mishra

AI helps researchers develop personalized depression treatment

Researchers are studying how to use AI to personalize depression treatment and potentially predict a depressive episode before it happens.

 | Lindsey Theis

Man using AI-powered walking stick.

AI-powered walking sticks could help those who are visually impaired

Researchers say the walking stick is still years away from being available to the public.

 | Chris Stewart

People walk past a Microsoft office.

UK watchdog says Microsoft's Activision deal hurts gamers

Britain's Competition and Markets Authority says the deal could result in "harming U.K. gamers who cannot afford expensive consoles."

 | AP

A remote shows buttons for multiple streaming services.

Netflix password-sharing changes could push other platforms to follow

Netflix still plans to change password-sharing rules after catching heat online, and its streaming competitors are taking notes.

 | Casey Mendoza

ChatGPT is a form of artificial intelligence accessible via the internet.

AI, like ChatGPT, is creating teaching challenges on college campuses

Plagiarism is nothing new, but the role artificial intelligence is playing in it is now a concern at colleges across the country.

 | Maya Rodriguez

Drone delivering a package.

Drones are being tested to deliver AEDs to cardiac arrest emergencies

Sweden is one of the first places to develop an AED drone delivery program, and over the span of four months, they made 11 deliveries.

 | Chloe Nordquist

Zoubin Ghahramani, vice president of research at Google, speaks at the Google AI@ event at their offices in Manhattan

Can machines be creative?

Generative AI is a subfield of artificial intelligence that involves training models to generate new content such as text, images, or music.

 | Eli Kintisch

A robot patients lies in a hospital bed.

Meet Hal, a robot helping future nurses treat patients in real time

Nursing students are using artificial intelligence and robots to train for real-life patients' symptoms and concerns.

 | Clayton Sandell

Travis Hawkes shows a TikTok account

Businesses tap into booming short-form social video

Nearly all growth in both consumer spending and hours spent on video apps has skyrocketed.

 | Vanessa Misciagna

A nursing student learns through virtual reality training.

Virtual reality is helping nursing students prepare for the real world

Instead of learning how to take care of patients in a classroom, students at one school are in a virtual hospital learning on virtual patients.

 | Chris Conte

Argo

TikTok helps a Maryland dad's boating app become Apple's #1 app

A Harford County man's boating app is cruising to a new level of success after a little help from his daughter and a whole lot of TikTok users.

 | Cat Sandoval

Valentine's day scams.

Romance scams becoming more common as stigma around reporting remains

Romance scams are the type of scam that people lose the most money to, according to the Federal Trade Commission.

 | Scripps News Staff

Attorney General Merrick Garland, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, and FBI Director Christopher Wray.

US infiltrates big ransomware gang: 'We hacked the hackers'

Officials said the targeted syndicate, known as Hive, is among the world's top five ransomware networks and has heavily targeted health care.

 | AP and Scripps News Staff

A visitor passes the TikTok exhibition stands at the Gamescom computer gaming fair in Cologne, Germany

Where Gen Z gets its news: Social media

A 2022 poll shows network and cable TV news came in fifth and sixth place, with newspapers dead last.

 | Maritsa Georgiou

Next Level: AI art is almost human, but it's fueled by unwilling artists

Next Level: AI art is almost human, but fueled by unwilling artists

What are the ethical, legal and moral boundaries of creating AI-generated content from other people's works?

 | Matt Picht and Jennifer Smart

President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives to speak at a rally.

Donald Trump can soon return to Instagram, Facebook

Meta has reinstated former President Donald Trump's accounts as part of a new protocol.

 | Scripps News Staff

The AT&T logo is positioned above one of its retail stores.

Former AT&T customers still entitled to data throttling partial refund

AT&T settled with the FTC over allegations the company misled customers about their data speeds.

 | Scripps News Staff

A ChatGPT prompt is shown on a device.

AI-powered lawyer to defend in court next month

The world's first "robot lawyer" can be used to "fight corporations, beat bureaucracy and sue anyone," according to the app's website.

 | Chloe Nordquist

People walk past a Microsoft store.

Microsoft reports outage for Teams, Outlook, other services

Microsoft said a network change that was suspected to be causing the problem was rolled back and that it is monitoring as the rollback takes effect.

 | AP and Scripps News Staff

Person watching Netflix on tablet.

Netflix sharing fees start soon — here's how to transfer your profile

Netflix confirmed that it will begin charging fees for account sharing as soon as March. Here's what to do if you're currently sharing a login.

 | Tricia Goss

Twitter logos are displayed outside the company's offices in San Francisco

What is the future of Twitter?

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has floated the possibility of declaring bankruptcy and has slashed costs and thousands of jobs.

 | Patrick McGovern

A courtroom sketch of Elon Musk, left, with shareholder attorney Nicholas Porritt, right.

Elon Musk testifies in 2nd day of Tesla tweet trial

The trial hinges on the question of whether a pair of tweets that Musk posted damaged Tesla shareholders.

 | AP

Kid reading on a smart tablet.

Report: 96% of K-12 apps share children's data with third parties

Next time you download an education app, consider the following expert advice on data privacy.

 | Chloe Nordquist

In this courtroom sketch, Elon Musk appears in federal court in San Francisco.

Elon Musk takes witness stand to defend Tesla buyout tweets

The tweets resulted in a $40 million settlement with securities regulators and a class-action lawsuit alleging he misled investors.

 | AP