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On her way back from class, Clemson University student Liv Benedetto expected a quiet ride up to her dorm room. Instead, the elevator jerked to a stop between floors, leaving her stranded inside with ...

Google Photos has started rolling out a new AI-powered editing feature called “AI Enhance” to Android users globally. The feature appears as a new button inside the photo editor. The rollout is being ...

Liv Benedetto tells PEOPLE she wasn’t afraid while trapped in a campus elevator, but knew her rescue as a wheelchair user would be “a bit more sophisticated” Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Samsung will no longer offer its own messaging app starting in July, switching instead to Google's messaging service. The ...

ChatGPT Images 2.0, the newest image generation model from OpenAI, shows just how much AI capabilities have evolved over the ...

GTA 6 – it’s not just Rockstar that will make money from it (Rockstar Games) New reports about GTA 6’s UGC plans suggest that Rockstar Games is looking to emulate Roblox, in terms of allowing its ...

The company says it ‘never quite figured out how to make Rec Room a sustainably profitable business.’ The company says it ‘never quite figured out how to make Rec Room a sustainably profitable ...

OpenAI’s latest round of private investment has closed, with participation from Amazon, Nvidia, Softbank, and Microsoft, as well as $3 billion from individual investors, as it prepares for a potential ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Faced with another budget deficit, the Evergreen Public School Board voted Tuesday on a resolution authorizing the superintendent to begin making the necessary cuts. Board ...

MASON COUNTY, Ky. (WKRC) - Residents of a mobile home park in Mason County — many of them elderly or disabled — say they are being forced to relocate as a proposed data center project moves forward ...

Fake 'Apple Pay fraud alerts' are being sent via text messages to victims, claiming there is a problem with their account, such as a purchase was attempted or declined, prompting immediate action. If ...