http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:00:03 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/23/warner-bros-shareholders-approve-paramount-s-81-billion-takeover-of-hollywood/stories/20260423100 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/23/warner-bros-shareholders-approve-paramount-s-81-billion-takeover-of-hollywood/stories/20260423100#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:19:14 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/23/warner-bros-shareholders-approve-paramount-s-81-billion-takeover-of-hollywood/stories/20260423100 NEW YORK — An $81 billion Warner-Paramount mega merger has received shareholders’ stamp of approval, propelling a deal that could vastly reshape Hollywood and the wider media landscape closer to the finish line. The Paramount Pictures water tower is seen in Los Angeles, Dec. 18, 2025, with the Hollywood sign in the distance. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/18/some-workers-embrace-ai-others-won-t-use-it-gallup-poll/stories/20260418007 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/18/some-workers-embrace-ai-others-won-t-use-it-gallup-poll/stories/20260418007#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/18/some-workers-embrace-ai-others-won-t-use-it-gallup-poll/stories/20260418007 More American workers are experimenting with artificial intelligence in their jobs, but skepticism is still widespread. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/16/chatgpt-maker-openai-shifts-its-focus-to-business-users-amid-anthropic-pressure/stories/20260416099 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/16/chatgpt-maker-openai-shifts-its-focus-to-business-users-amid-anthropic-pressure/stories/20260416099#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:58:15 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/16/chatgpt-maker-openai-shifts-its-focus-to-business-users-amid-anthropic-pressure/stories/20260416099 The same ChatGPT chatbot that gave OpenAI’s chief financial officer Sarah Friar a tilapia recipe for a recent Sunday night dinner at home is also now doing her most mundane tasks at work like summarizing her emails and Slack messages. The OpenAI logo is displayed on a cell phone with an image on a computer monitor generated by ChatGPT's Dall-E text-to-image model Dec. 8, 2023, in Boston A ChapGPT logo is seen in West Chester, Pa., Dec. 6, 2023. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/14/hollywood-heavyweights-voice-unequivocal-opposition-to-paramount-warner-merger/stories/20260414086 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/14/hollywood-heavyweights-voice-unequivocal-opposition-to-paramount-warner-merger/stories/20260414086#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:43:18 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/14/hollywood-heavyweights-voice-unequivocal-opposition-to-paramount-warner-merger/stories/20260414086 NEW YORK — More than a thousand movie stars, writers, directors and other Hollywood professionals announced their “unequivocal opposition” to the proposed Paramount merger with Warner Bros. Discovery in an open letter published Monday. The Paramount Pictures water tower is seen in Los Angeles, Dec. 18, 2025, with the Hollywood sign in the distance. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/13/a-new-generation-is-reviving-the-ipod-for-distraction-free-listening/stories/20260413010 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/13/a-new-generation-is-reviving-the-ipod-for-distraction-free-listening/stories/20260413010#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:18:14 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/13/a-new-generation-is-reviving-the-ipod-for-distraction-free-listening/stories/20260413010 Remember the iPod? It’s making a quiet comeback. An iPod is displayed after its introduction by Apple CEO Steve Jobs during a news conference Oct. 23, 2001, in Cupertino, Calif. An iPod is displayed at the new Apple Museum which traces 50 years of the iconic brand's innovations, April 1 in Utrecht, Netherlands. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/12/how-filming-your-chores-could-train-the-android-butlers-of-the-future/stories/20260411007 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/12/how-filming-your-chores-could-train-the-android-butlers-of-the-future/stories/20260411007#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:14:56 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/12/how-filming-your-chores-could-train-the-android-butlers-of-the-future/stories/20260411007 The dream of deploying humanoid robots in every home has created a new type of job. The only requirements are a head strap, a smartphone, and a list of chores. Workers are seen training humanoid robots inside X-humanoid's robot training center on the outskirts of Beijing on March 19. Workers are seen training humanoid robots inside X-humanoid's robot training center on the outskirts of Beijing on March 19. Workers are seen training humanoid robots inside X-humanoid's robot training center on the outskirts of Beijing on March 19. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/07/samsung-discontinuing-texting-app-users-to-switch-to-google-messages/stories/20260407088 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/07/samsung-discontinuing-texting-app-users-to-switch-to-google-messages/stories/20260407088#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:39:38 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/07/samsung-discontinuing-texting-app-users-to-switch-to-google-messages/stories/20260407088 NEW YORK — Samsung is saying goodbye its namesake texting app. Samsung unveils its latest Galaxy smartphones during a showcase in San Francisco, Feb. 25. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/06/one-tech-tip-got-an-awkward-or-embarrassing-gmail-address-google-is-now-letting/stories/20260406005 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/06/one-tech-tip-got-an-awkward-or-embarrassing-gmail-address-google-is-now-letting/stories/20260406005#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:32:03 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/06/one-tech-tip-got-an-awkward-or-embarrassing-gmail-address-google-is-now-letting/stories/20260406005 Good news for people who regret the Gmail address they came up with when they registered for an account: Google is now letting users change it. This March 20, 2018, file photo shows the Gmail app on an iPad in Baltimore. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/01/apple-s-50-year-odyssey-has-redefined-technology-pop-culture-and-comeback/stories/20260401115 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/01/apple-s-50-year-odyssey-has-redefined-technology-pop-culture-and-comeback/stories/20260401115#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:34:36 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/04/01/apple-s-50-year-odyssey-has-redefined-technology-pop-culture-and-comeback/stories/20260401115 CUPERTINO, Calif. — A scrawny hippie and a nerdy engineer who became prank-playing friends vowed to change the world when they founded a Silicon Valley startup on April Fools' Day 50 years ago and then — no joke — pulled it off. The logo of Apple is illuminated at a store in the city center in Munich, Germany, on Dec. 16, 2020. In this March 28, 1984, file photo, thousands of Apple Macintosh computers sit on double decked manufacturing lines. The former home of Steve Jobs’ parents house in Los Altos, Calif., is shown on March 21. Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds up an Apple iPhone at the MacWorld Conference, Jan. 9, 2007, in San Francisco. Apple Computer Inc. co-founder and current adviser Steve Jobs, background left, stands at a podium as Bill Gates, chief executive of Microsoft Corp., appears on a video screen as he addresses the MacWorld convention praising the new alliance between Apple and Microsoft Aug. 6, 1997, in Boston. Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks on stage during an announcement of new products at Apple Park on Sept. 9, 2025, in Cupertino, Calif. This July 16, 2010 photo shows Apple's Tim Cook, left, and Steve Jobs, right, during a meeting at Apple in Cupertino, Calif. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/31/judge-blocks-trump-order-to-end-funding-for-national-public-radio/stories/20260331100 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/31/judge-blocks-trump-order-to-end-funding-for-national-public-radio/stories/20260331100#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:39:38 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/31/judge-blocks-trump-order-to-end-funding-for-national-public-radio/stories/20260331100 WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump Administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service. National Public Radio on North Capitol Street in Washington, April 15, 2013. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/30/some-airport-bottlenecks-ease-as-tsa-says-workers-got-their-pay/stories/20260330096 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/30/some-airport-bottlenecks-ease-as-tsa-says-workers-got-their-pay/stories/20260330096#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:56:28 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/30/some-airport-bottlenecks-ease-as-tsa-says-workers-got-their-pay/stories/20260330096 After weeks of chaos in U.S. airports, the Transportation Safety Administration said Monday that most of its officers received much of their backpay Monday for working during the shutdown. A TSA agent hands a passport back to a passenger at the security checkpoint in Pittsburgh International Airport March 30. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/29/michigan-medical-technology-company-victim-digital-attack-war-iran/stories/20260329107 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/29/michigan-medical-technology-company-victim-digital-attack-war-iran/stories/20260329107#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2026 11:58:21 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/29/michigan-medical-technology-company-victim-digital-attack-war-iran/stories/20260329107 WASHINGTON — As they fled an Iranian missile strike, some Israelis with Android phones received a text offering a link to real-time information about bomb shelters. But instead of a helpful app, the link downloaded spyware giving hackers access to the device's camera, location and all its data. People take shelter in an underground metro station as air raid sirens warn of incoming Iranian missile strike, in Ramat Gan, Israel, on March 10. Stryker CEO Kevin Lobo is seen at a groundbreaking ceremony for their building in Portage, Mich., in 2017. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/29/recycle-old-laptops-iphones-earbuds/stories/20260329037 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/29/recycle-old-laptops-iphones-earbuds/stories/20260329037#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:30:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/29/recycle-old-laptops-iphones-earbuds/stories/20260329037 Many consumers are guilty of filling drawers or closets with old laptops, cellphones, fitness trackers, and other electronic devices once they are no longer needed. It’s hard to know where to recycle those items, or it seems costly and inconvenient. Used charging cables and power adapters are piled up at a shop in Nhat Tao market, the largest informal recycling market in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in 2024. A sea of electronic waste, consisting mostly of televisions, microwaves and computers, cover the landscape at Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling, in Unity, Pa., on March 24, 2017. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/27/ai-arrival-complicates-big-tech-climate-goals/stories/20260327109 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/27/ai-arrival-complicates-big-tech-climate-goals/stories/20260327109#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:06:53 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/27/ai-arrival-complicates-big-tech-climate-goals/stories/20260327109 Six years ago, Google was confident that by 2030 it would power all operations with electricity generated from clean sources, including wind and solar power, and remove as much pollution as it produced. Today it calls those goals a “moonshot.” Microsoft says it's still aiming to remove more carbon than it creates by 2030 but now describes the effort as “a marathon, not a sprint.” A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pa., in 2025. An Amazon logo is visible at an event in New York in 2025. The Douglas County Google Data Center complex is visible on March 6 in Lithia Springs, Ga. A woman walks by a giant screen with a logo at an event at the Paris Google Lab on the sidelines of the AI Action Summit in Paris in 2025. A Meta logo is shown on a video screen at LlamaCon 2025, an AI developer conference, in Menlo Park, Calif., in 2025. Meta's Stanton Springs Data Center is visible on Jan. 13 in Newton County, Ga. A Microsoft sign and logo are displayed at the company's headquarters in 2025, in Redmond, Wash. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/25/supreme-court-sides-with-cox-communications-in-a-copyright-fight/stories/20260325091 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/25/supreme-court-sides-with-cox-communications-in-a-copyright-fight/stories/20260325091#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:41:17 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/25/supreme-court-sides-with-cox-communications-in-a-copyright-fight/stories/20260325091 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with internet service provider Cox Communications in its copyright fight with record labels over illegal music downloads by Cox customers. The Supreme Court in Washington, Nov. 4, 2020. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/23/ice-officers-will-begin-assisting-tsa-as-shutdown-frustrates-travelers/stories/20260323068 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/23/ice-officers-will-begin-assisting-tsa-as-shutdown-frustrates-travelers/stories/20260323068#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:08:50 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/23/ice-officers-will-begin-assisting-tsa-as-shutdown-frustrates-travelers/stories/20260323068 WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's decision to order federal immigration agents to U.S. airports to help with security during a budget impasse is drawing concerns that their presence may escalate tensions among air travelers frustrated over hourslong waits and screeners angry about missed paychecks. People wait in a TSA line at the John F. Kennedy International Airport March 22 in New York. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/22/restaurant-reservation-wars-show-no-signs-slowing-down/stories/20260321005 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/22/restaurant-reservation-wars-show-no-signs-slowing-down/stories/20260321005#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:30:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/22/restaurant-reservation-wars-show-no-signs-slowing-down/stories/20260321005 NEW YORK — When Mona Panjwani opened One40 Rooftop, an upscale restaurant in lower Manhattan last year, one of her first big decisions was choosing the reservation platform. One40 Rooftop in New York City uses the reservation platform Resy. Pictured are diners at a restaurant in New York. One40 Rooftop owner Mona Panjwani knew that choosing a reservation platform would be one of her biggest decisions for the restaurant. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/20/fcc-approves-merger-of-local-television-owners-nexstar-and-tegna-as-two-lawsuits/stories/20260320095 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/20/fcc-approves-merger-of-local-television-owners-nexstar-and-tegna-as-two-lawsuits/stories/20260320095#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:50:19 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/20/fcc-approves-merger-of-local-television-owners-nexstar-and-tegna-as-two-lawsuits/stories/20260320095 The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday said it had approved the merger of local television giants Nexstar Media Group and rival Tegna, the same day that two lawsuits trying to block the deal were announced. New York Attorney General Letitia James attends a news conference Dec. 15, 2025, in New York. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/16/some-basics-on-using-film-photography/stories/20260316008 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/16/some-basics-on-using-film-photography/stories/20260316008#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:18:20 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/16/some-basics-on-using-film-photography/stories/20260316008 Film photography has been undergoing a renaissance, especially with younger people who love its unique look and analog vibe. A journalist takes a picture with an analog camera as film photography is making a comeback. A film sits in front of analog cameras. A journalist puts a film into an analog camera. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/15/china-doesn-t-want-to-catch-up-with-the-us-in-tech-it-aims-to-lead/stories/20260315075 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/15/china-doesn-t-want-to-catch-up-with-the-us-in-tech-it-aims-to-lead/stories/20260315075#comments Sun, 15 Mar 2026 11:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/03/15/china-doesn-t-want-to-catch-up-with-the-us-in-tech-it-aims-to-lead/stories/20260315075 HONG KONG — In an era marked by U.S. overseas military actions and trade turbulence, Chinese leader Xi Jinping is counting on a plan to shield his country from the storm: driving innovation to transform China into the world’s leading tech superpower. People queue to have their laptops install with OpenClaw, an open-source AI assistant at the Baidu headquarter in Beijing on March 11. A robotic hand performs semiconductor chips packaging at Shandong NEM Semiconductor Co., Ltd. in Binzhou, China, on Jan. 28. A humanoid robot learns to organize shelves at the data collection training ground for humanoid robots in Qingdao, China, on Jan. 12. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives during the closing session of the National People's Congress, the country's rubber-stamp legislature, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 12.