Most teens report feeling happy or peaceful without phones, survey finds
The survey comes as policymakers and children’s advocates are growing increasingly concerned about teens’ relationships with their phones and social media.
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Purdue launches interdisciplinary master’s program in AI
Representatives from 10 different colleges at Purdue provided input to help develop the curriculum. One track is aimed at people with technical backgrounds, and the other is for people without such background.
Bill that could make TikTok unavailable in U.S. advances quickly in House
TikTok said “the legislation would trample the First Amendment rights of 170 million Americans and deprive 5 million small businesses of a platform they rely on to grow and create jobs.”
Most Indianapolis parks now offering free Wi-Fi access
Nineteen Indianapolis parks currently have access to free high-speed wireless internet, with another 10 slated to receive it by the end of the summer.
Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads logins restored after widespread outage
A technical issue caused widespread login issues for a few hours across Meta’s platforms on Tuesday.
Moms’ group launches grassroots fight against social media ‘addiction’
Tech companies have taken steps to limit how much time children spend on their sites—including by sending notifications nudging them to take time away from their products—but they have strongly pushed back on claims by regulators that their products are addictive.
EA Sports says more than 10,000 athletes have accepted NIL deal for video game
EA Sports said players who opt in to the game will receive a minimum of $600 and a copy of EA Sports College Football 25.
State’s effort to attract data centers starting to pay off
At least seven projects have been announced around since the Legislature in 2019 passed an economic development aimed specifically at data centers, which house computers, servers, and related hardware and equipment.
U.S. prescription drug market in disarray as ransomware gang attacks
A ransomware gang once thought to have been crippled by law enforcement has snarled prescription processing for millions of Americans over the past week, forcing some to choose between paying prices hundreds or thousands of dollars above their usual insurance-adjusted rates or going without lifesaving medicine.
Indianapolis startup Dwellane aims to provide local context for online house-hunting
Dwellane, founded by a longtime Indianapolis real estate agent, offers a website where users can both search for local homes and learn about the neighborhoods in which those homes are located.
Sideways landing cuts moon mission short
A private lunar lander is expected to cease operations Tuesday, its mission shortened after it tumbled over near the south pole of the moon.
AT&T to give $5 credit to customers hit by cellphone network outage
Indianapolis was one of the top nine markets affected by the AT&T outages, according to outage tracker Downdetector.
$868M project aims to bring broadband to all Hoosiers
That federal funding represents Indiana’s share of the $41.6 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program—called BEAD—which aims to extend broadband access to nearly 8.5 million U.S. addresses currently unserved or underserved by broadband infrastructure.
Lander ‘alive and well’ after company scores first U.S. moon landing since Apollo era
Intuitive Machines reported Friday that it’s communicating with its lander, Odysseus, and sending commands to acquire science data.
Meta, IBM create industrywide AI alliance to share technology
The group also will look to increase the number of open source AI models—rather than the proprietary systems favored by some companies—develop new hardware and team up with academic researchers.
Cellphone outage makes it clear: Landlines are disappearing
In an increasingly digital United States, landlines are more and more a remnant of a time gone by, an anachronism of a now-unfathomable era when leaving your house meant being unavailable to callers.
Notre Dame IDEA Week extending its reach to Indianapolis this year
IDEA Week is an annual entrepreneur and innovation festival that takes place in the South Bend-Elkhart region. This year, the weeklong festival will extend its brand to events in Indianapolis in hopes of forging stronger connections between the two regions.
AT&T says outage to its U.S. cellphone network was not caused by cyberattack
The outage knocked out cellphone service for thousands of its users across the United States starting early Thursday before it was restored.
Private company makes first U.S. moon landing in more than 50 years
The landing put the U.S. back on the surface for the first time since NASA’s famed Apollo moonwalkers.
TechPoint Mira Award nominees for 2024 unveiled
The annual Mira Awards honor the best in tech in Indiana. Indianapolis-based TechPoint said the record number of entries for two of the key awards underscores the “vibrancy of Indiana’s tech sector.”