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Lincoln, celebrating 100 years as Ford Motor Company's luxury division, showcased one of its ideas for the next 100 years on Wednesday, showing the Lincoln L100 concept car, which it describes as a vision of the "future of luxury." The ' Lincoln L100. ' Ford Motor Company The Lincoln L100, named in honor of the brand's first luxury car, the 1922 Lincoln Model L, is a sleek, driverless, totally electric, zero-emission vehicle with aerodynamic style and powerful artificial intelligence technology, the firm says. The concept vehicle employs next-generation battery cell and pack technology, which Lincoln claims "will deliver game-changing energy density and enable efficient, structural integration by treating the entire vehicle as a system." The idea is similar to Lincoln's "Quiet Flight" designs, with modern technology that enhance internal passenger space. The automobile seems to greet drivers and passengers with appropriate e...

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, reports that a new AI-driven algorithm has led to a considerable rise in screen time among users. Meta CEO ' Mark Zuckerberg. ' Getty Images In its latest quarterly results on Wednesday, the US tech giant reported an 8% rise in time spent on Facebook and a 6% increase in time spent on Instagram due to improved AI. The survey did not specify how much more time the average user spent on social media sites, but the most current eMarketer estimates indicate that US individuals spend around 30 minutes each day on both Facebook and Instagram. Over the course of a year, this increased screen time amounts to between 10 and 15 hours. Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, stated during a Wednesday evening earnings call that he intends to introduce a new feed on Facebook and Instagram that would only feature AI-generated content. "I think we're going to add a whole new category of content which is AI-generated or AI-sum...