AI curing cancer has become a meme. This Google researcher is actually trying to do it.
Tech Memo author Alistair Barr with Yossi Matias (right), head of Google Research, at Google I/O. Alistair Barr/Business InsiderA version...
Trump takes parting shots at lawmaker who stood up to him: ‘I will miss that lunatic’
President Donald Trump on Wednesday unleashed an attack on a longtime Democratic lawmaker who was unseated in a primary runoff...
Drone Ports and Funding Mayhem: Trump’s Ballroom Has Turned Toxic
President Donald Trump is squeezing Republicans to do his bidding on the ballroom. White House officials are pushing Republicans in...
China Is Testing Its State Surveillance Model Abroad
The first sign that something unusual was unfolding in the Solomon Islands was when the Chinese police showed up at...
How Elon Musk ended up with a $132-billion pay package
The typical CEO compensation package rose nearly 6% in 2025 to $17.7 million, as company boards rewarded their top executives...
False Ebola claims run wild as Congo outbreak worsens
NAIROBI — As a deadly outbreak of Ebola spreads through the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, one conspiracy theory is...
Two of America’s Thorniest Political Issues Are Dividing an Arizona Town
Among the cotton fields and mesquite stands of southern Arizona, two of the nation’s most contentious political issues — immigration...
Uber Says Its AI Costs Just Aren’t Worth It
The true cost of AI is rapidly catching up with the tech industry. At first, tech leaders were adamant that...
What happened when one university set out to purge ‘woke’ classes
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Students in both classrooms were considering historic events. In Introduction to Sociology, the discussion was about globalization....
People Think These 2 Habits Mean You’re Dumb, but Psychologists Say They’re Actually Signs of Intelligence
Smart people do a lot of things that look stupid from the outside. Two of the most well-documented ones involve...
