Technology
The latest Technology coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Business section.
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T-Mobile to buy almost all of U.S Cellular in deal worth $4.4 billion with debt
T-Mobile is buying U.S. Cellular's wireless operations and certain spectrum assets in a deal valued at $4.4 billion, and further consolidating the industry.
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EVs and hybrids are twice as likely to hit pedestrians as gas cars, study shows
Young children are trained to stop, look and listen before they cross the street. In the electric car age, parents might want to put extra emphasis on the word "listen."
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Scarlett Johansson says a ChatGPT voice is ‘eerily similar’ to hers and OpenAI is halting its use
OpenAI on Monday said it plans to halt the use of one of its ChatGPT voices that "Her" actor Scarlett Johansson says sounds "eerily similar" to her own.
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A former OpenAI leader says safety has ‘taken a backseat to shiny products’ at the AI company
A former OpenAI leader who resigned from the company earlier this week said Friday that safety has "taken a backseat to shiny products" at the influential artificial intelligence company.
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Big brands could pivot easily if TikTok goes away. For many small businesses, it’s another story
If content creators and corporate executives made TikTok videos about the platform's possible U.S. demise, disco diva Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" could supply the soundtrack.
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Justice Department sues Apple, alleging it illegally monopolized the smartphone market
The Justice Department on Thursday announced a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of engineering an illegal monopoly in smartphones that boxes out competitors, stifles innovation and keeps prices artificially high.
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SpaceX comes close to completing test flight of mega rocket but loses spacecraft near end
SpaceX came close to completing an hourlong test flight of its mega rocket on its third try Thursday, but the spacecraft was lost as it descended back to Earth.
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OpenAI says Musk agreed the ChatGPT maker should become a for-profit company
Elon Musk supported making OpenAI a for-profit company, the ChatGPT maker said, attacking a lawsuit from the wealthy investor who has accused the artificial intelligence business of betraying its founding goal to benefit humanity as it pursued profits instead.
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Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads logins restored after widespread outage
A technical issue caused widespread login issues for a few hours across Meta's Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Messenger platforms Tuesday.
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Nuclear power fuels Tennessee economy, study says
Critics say industry renaissance is actually a relapse as few previously planned reactors were ever built
