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The Garden State has enacted a hefty new tax credit specifically for AI businesses. But tax incentives—particularly for data centers—don’t always create a lot of jobs.

Google’s new advance combines a large language model with a self-learning AI. The technique could address some shortcomings with AI—although there’s a catch.

The release of Eminem’s new album The Death of Slim Shady has led to a series of viral shitposts from Gen X. Their targets, Gen Z, remain unbothered.

Ready to move on from the traditional glass slab? Introduce a hinge into your life with these folding smartphones.

Phones are supported well beyond their average ownership lifetime. In stark contrast, automakers are struggling to work out how long their “smartphones on wheels” can be kept on the road.

This lightweight, full-power electric mountain bike was born to take on long uphills and wide open spaces.

This week, we learn about the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, and how the failure of this critical ocean current could throw the world’s climate even further into crisis.

Biden's campaign crafted countless bespoke identities for him, a response to a fractured internet. It's early, but the Harris campaign appears to have a very different approach.

A controversial new surveillance system in Paris foreshadows a future where there are too many CCTV cameras for humans to physically watch.

Deadpool’s first foray into the Marvel Cinematic Universe is all about giving fans more Easter eggs and references than they can catch. Will it also score Disney a hit?

Platforms combining plants and recycled garbage could offer a cut-price solution for reviving polluted bodies of water.

The former public health lead opens up on serving under Trump, what dangers America faces right now, and what keeps him up at night.

A gigantic, weather-defining current system could be headed to collapse. Peter and Susanne Ditlevsen had a simple yet controversial question: How much time might we have left to save it?

The FBI says Donald Trump’s would-be assassin acted alone; the CIA denies any association with him. But experts say the complex reasons for belief in conspiracies will likely keep people believing.

Researchers believe they have discovered oxygen being produced 4,000 meters below the sea surface, and think polymetallic nodules—the sought-after bounty of deep-sea miners—could be the source.

For the first time in history, the Olympics opening ceremony won’t be held inside a stadium. Instead, it will float down the Seine. Here’s everything you need to know.

The latest dominant Covid variants have stronger infectiousness than their predecessors and the ability to evade vaccine-induced antibodies.

This time around, it will be much easier to watch the games you want, live or on-demand.