Venmo announced early Thursday that an issue impacting the payment service had been fixed and it was “back up and running,” after users reported trouble sending and receiving money for hours. “We’re sorry for the inconvenience and appreciate you bearing with us while our team addressed this,” the company said in a post on the...

Policymakers in Washington are grappling with key questions about how to regulate AI and deal with its potential downstream effects, as the technology continues to develop at a rapid pace. Current and former lawmakers and industry stakeholders joined The Hill’s "AI in America Summit" on Wednesday to discuss the future of AI, where the difficulty of legislating on the technology,...

Rideshare company Uber has started the use of robotaxis in Dallas, according to a Wednesday press release. The company said it had announced Wednesday that customers in Dallas now had access to an Avride robotaxi, which it called “a brand-new way to ride with Uber.” “The service will be available throughout 9 square miles of...

A highly critical inspector general report found Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth jeopardized troop safety and violated department policy by using the Signal app on his personal cell phone to discuss a pending strike on Houthi targets in Yemen. Brought to light when high-ranking officials accidentally included The Atlantic's editor in a Signal group chat, the...

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), a leading Senate critic of the threat he says the artificial intelligence (AI) poses to American workers and impressionable teenagers, is applauding a preliminary decision by House GOP leaders to drop a provision barring states from regulating AI from the annual defense bill. “Good. This is a terrible provision and should...