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More states move to ban cellphones use in school

More states are moving to ban or restrict cellphones in school, a trend that continues to win bipartisan support in legislatures.

Scientists genetically engineer wolves like extinct dire wolf

Three genetically engineered wolves that may resemble extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an undisclosed secure location in the US, according to the company that aims to bring back lost species.

US doubles down on attempt to teardown Google focused now on it’s ad technology

The US Justice Department is doubling down on its attempt to break up Google by asking a federal judge to force the company to part with some of the technology powering the company’s digital ad network.

TECH TALK: Grand Theft Auto VI delayed again, this time until May 2026

Fans of the hugely popular video game series Grand Theft Auto will have to wait a little longer to play the latest version.

TRIBUNE TECH: Dutch govt recommends children under 15 stay off social media

The Dutch government advised parents on Tuesday not to have children under 15 use social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram, citing psychological and physical problems among children using them, including panic attacks, depression and difficulties sleeping.

TECHTALK: Meta brings advertisements to WhatsApp

WHATSAPP said Monday that users will start seeing ads in parts of the app, as owner Meta Platforms moves to cultivate a new revenue stream by tapping the billions of people that use the messaging service.

TRIBUNE TECH: How ChatGPT and other AI tools are changing the teaching profession

FOR her 6th grade honours class, math teacher Ana Sepúlveda wanted to make geometry fun.

TECH TALK: Google avoids breakup in search monopoly case, but judge orders other changes in landmark ruling

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a shake-up of Google’s search engine in a crackdown aimed at curbing the corrosive power of an illegal monopoly while rebuffing the US government’s attempt to break up the company and impose other restraints.

TECH TALK: How the AP uncovered US big tech’s role in China’s digital police state

Over the past quarter century, American tech companies to a large degree designed and built China’s surveillance state, playing a far greater role in enabling human rights abuses than previously known, the Associated Press has found.

TRIBUNE TECH: What next for tiktok?

President Donald Trump announced a preliminary agreement for the sale of a majority stake in TikTok from Chinese tech giant ByteDance to a group of US investors following Trump’s negotiation with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.