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Three versions of Activision's Call Of Duty games are seen on sale at Best Buy, in Mountain View, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

White House war promo videos marry action movies, sports and video games to real-life combat footage

Through its social media feed, the White House has sent out a series of pumped-up videos that mix real Iran war explosions with movie action heroes, video game footage and sports heroes.

Pages from the Anthropic website and the company's logos are displayed on a computer screen in New York on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

AI company Anthropic sues Trump administration seeking to undo ‘supply chain risk’ designation

In this March 15, 2017, file photo, a sign marks a pickup point for the Uber car service at LaGuardia Airport in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Uber’s women-only option goes nationwide in the US

Family sues ChatGPT-maker OpenAI over school shooting in Canada

A sign protesting the local power utility's plan to build a 500-kilovolt power line nearby on towers as tall as 240 feet, March 4, 2026, in Sugarloaf, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)

AI is spurring a big expansion of high-voltage power lines. Landowners and locals are fighting back

Artificial Intelligence

Plumes of smoke rise as strikes hit the city during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

State actors are behind much of the visual misinformation about the Iran war

· MELISSA GOLDIN

FILE- Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, left, and Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael, right, arrive to look at a display of multi-domain autonomous systems in the Pentagon courtyard, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Pentagon’s chief tech officer says he clashed with AI company Anthropic over autonomous warfare

· MATT O’BRIEN

Pentagon says it is labeling AI company Anthropic a supply chain risk ‘effective immediately’

· MATT O’BRIEN, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN

An aerial view of the Digital Realty SFO12 Data Center, center, is seen in the Rincon Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, Dec. 16, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)

Who pays for AI’s power? California watchdog urges new data center rules

· ALEJANDRO LAZO/CalMatters

One Tech Tip

A man talks on his iPhone in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, May 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal, File)

One Tech Tip: Unspoken group chat rules you’re probably ignoring, but shouldn’t

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A person uses an iPhone on Oct. 8, 2019 in New York. ne models and later some Mac computers to get access to genuine Apple parts and tools to be able to repair them. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

One Tech Tip: Take your iPhone security to the extreme with Lockdown Mode

Art teacher Joyce Hatzidakis uses the AI tool Google Gemini in her high school classroom Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, Riverside, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

One Tech Tip: Escape the AI junk crowding your social media and music streams

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This May 18, 2021, photo shows a woman typing on a laptop on a train in New Jersey. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

One Tech Tip: Californians have a new privacy tool for deleting their data

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How to use Apple’s new Stolen Device Protection feature

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How to make your cellphone last longer

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How electric air taxis could revolutionize domestic travel

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Elon Musk, center, arrives for a Twitter shareholder trial at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Elon Musk defends tweets in lawsuit alleging they caused Twitter stock to fall before acquisition

The symbol of the United Nations is displayed outside the Secretariat Building, Feb. 28, 2022, at United Nations Headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Demand for minerals to power technology could triple by 2030, UN political chief says

Nevada will use AI for unemployment appeals. Some lawmakers are skeptical.

Students use smartphones as a classroom tool at Maloney High School, in Meriden, Conn., March 4, 2026. (Shahrzad Rasekh/CT Mirror via AP)

Should CT adopt a cellphone ban in schools? Lawmakers to decide

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to members of the media as he visits the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, during his visit to Cyprus, Monday March 9, 2026. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool Photo via AP)

Europe rallies around Cyprus days after the Iran war’s first drone attack on EU territory

Emma MacTaggart, founder of What's the Stitch needlepoint business, is photographed in her studio, in New York, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Young people are turning to old-school hobbies to get off their phones

This combination of images show promotional art for the series “Sesame Street,” left, “Scarpetta,” center, and “One Piece.” (Netflix/Prime Video/Netflix via AP)

What to Stream: ‘Zootopia 2,’ Oscars, Kim Gordon, ‘One Piece’ and ‘Scarpetta’

A robot accompanies a traditional music performance on stage at a Lunar New Year tech temple fair in Beijing, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

What China’s latest economic plans say about its tech ambitions and rivalry with the US

California colleges spend millions on faulty AI systems: ‘The chatbot is outdated’

People use their mobile phones at a bus stop in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16, communication minister says

CORRECTS LOCATION Steven Yang, senior vice president of AutoFlight, demonstrates at a flying simulation of its company eVTOL aircraft in Kunshan city in China's Jiangsu province, China, on Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

China’s 10-passenger electric aircraft, the Matrix, hints at how big flying taxis can be

An FBI seal is displayed on a podium before a news conference at the field office in Portland, Ore., Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

FBI investigating ‘suspicious’ cyber activity on system holding sensitive surveillance information

A Flock Safety license plate reader is seen along a public road, Oct. 16, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Out-of-state police access Silicon Valley license plate readers

Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wis. speaks at a rally for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, April 2, 2024, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer, File)

Wisconsin man accused of setting fire to congressman’s office over TikTok ban gets 7 years in prison

This undated photo provided by NASA shows a view from orbit looking at the surface of the moon. (Ernie T. Wright/NASA via AP, File)

No chance asteroid will slam into the moon in 2032, NASA says

FILE -Miners work at the D4 Gakombe coltan mining quarry in Rubaya, Democratic Republic of Congo, on, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)

Miners provided the material in our smartphones and tech. Now 200 are claimed dead

Lawyers for the plaintiff watch on a laptop as a recording of Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's deposition is played for the jurors on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Santa Fe, N.M. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool)

New Mexico jurors watch Zuckerberg deposition in Meta child safety bellwether trial

The Virginia state Senate convenes, Feb. 17, 2026, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Ryan M. Kelly, File)

Bill could bring Virginia’s first self-driving cars and trucks by 2028

Google settles with Epic Games with offer to lower its app store commissions

Bill Gates attends a dinner with President Donald Trump in the State Dining Room of the White House, Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

US issues first commercial construction permit for a nuclear reactor in years to a Wyoming project

This undated image provided by Joel Gavalas shows his son Jonathan Gavalas. (Joel Gavalas via AP)

Lawsuit alleges Google’s Gemini guided man to consider ‘mass casualty’ event before suicide

A MacBook Neo sits on display during an Apple unveil event, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in New York (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) ,

Apple’s ‘big week’ launches a pair of $599 devices aimed at budget buyers

Elon Musk, left, arrives for a Twitter shareholder trial at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Elon Musk defends himself against accusations of misconduct leading up to Twitter takeover

OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman speaks at the AI Summit in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo)

Dueling documentaries illuminate the promise and perils of artificial intelligence

Nogaye Sene, a West African farmer who turned to Tiktok as part of agriculture's changing image, films herself on her farm in Joal Fadiout, Senegal, Thursday Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly)

Some West African farmers turn to TikTok as part of agriculture’s changing image

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg leaves after testifying in a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Trial against Meta in New Mexico highlights video depositions by top executives

Pentagon dispute bolsters Anthropic reputation but raises questions about AI readiness in military

The sun sets behind a plume of smoke rising after a U.S.–Israeli military strike in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian strikes on Amazon data centers highlight industry’s vulnerability to physical disasters

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A truck removes snow for them street a day after a winter storm on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

High-tech snowplows and AI help cities clean up from big storms

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An electric charging station in Beatty, Nevada, on July 14, 2019. (Daniel Rothberg/The Nevada Independent via AP)

More than $130M was allocated for EV charger buildout in Nevada. Few were built.

The Automated Ball/Strike System plays on the scoreboard after a pitch call was challenged during the first inning of a spring training baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the San Diego Padres, Feb. 26, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

The A’s and Giants have the best robot-ump challenge rates in the first 10 days of spring