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Musk's title of richest person challenged by Oracle's Ellison
AFP - 5h ago
Billionaire Elon Musk is at risk of losing his title of world's wealthiest person to Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, …
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Software company Oracle shares surge more than 35% on huge AI deals
AFP - 7h ago
Oracle shares surged more than 35 percent in early trading Wednesday after the software giant projected massive revenue …
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Top Japan start-up Sakana AI touts nature-inspired tech
AFP - 19h ago
When David Ha started an AI company in Japan with his former Google colleague, they had a choice: create another huge, …
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Former Meta researchers testify company buried child safety studies
Sep 09 2025
Meta systematically suppressed internal research highlighting serious child safety risks on its virtual reality …
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Apple's move to eSIM-only strengthens global trend
Sep 09 2025
Apple's Tuesday announcement that the new iPhone 17 Air will only be available around the world without physical SIM …
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Nepal protesters set parliament ablaze as PM quits
Sep 09 2025
Nepali demonstrators set parliament ablaze on Tuesday while the veteran prime minister quit, as a "Gen Z" protest …
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Nepal PM resigns after deadly protests sparked by social media ban
Sep 09 2025
Nepali youth protesters set fire to parliament on Tuesday as the veteran prime minister obeyed furious crowds to quit, a …
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Nepal rocked by protests despite overturn of social media ban
Sep 09 2025
Young protesters in Nepal defied a curfew on Tuesday to vent anger at the government a day after one of the deadliest …
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Mistral cements AI lead in Europe with cash infusion
Sep 09 2025
France's Mistral on Tuesday cemented its position as Europe's top AI hope against far larger US and Chinese competitors …
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40 years of 'Mario' games that have grown up with fans
Sep 09 2025
Surrounded by thousands of objects bearing the likeness of Nintendo's moustachioed plumber, 40-year-old Kikai reflects …
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Nepal ends social media ban after deadly protests
Sep 09 2025
Nepal rolled back its social media ban on Tuesday, a day after at least 19 people were killed in youth protests …
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AI and iPhones likely stars of Apple event
Sep 09 2025
Apple is set to unveil its iPhone 17 lineup on Tuesday, with enhanced artificial intelligence features expected to take …
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Major social media sites back online in Nepal after deadly protests
Sep 09 2025
Nepal rolled back its social media ban on Tuesday, a day after at least 19 people were killed in protests demanding that …
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OpenAI backs AI-animated film for Cannes debut
Sep 09 2025
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is backing the production of a feature-length animated film created largely with artificial …
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Ex-WhatsApp executive sues Meta over alleged security failures
Sep 08 2025
A former top security executive at WhatsApp filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging that parent company Meta …
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At consumer tech show, German firms fret about US tariffs
Sep 08 2025
Displaying one of her company's hot plates proudly labelled "Made in Germany", Sigrid Klenk concedes that maintaining …
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AI-powered meet-up apps fight loneliness
Sep 08 2025
On a summer evening in San Francisco, JT Mason went to dinner with five complete strangers, confident he would have a …
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AI giant Anthropic to pay $1.5 bn over pirated books
Sep 06 2025
Anthropic will pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a US class action lawsuit over allegedly using pirated books to train …
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Europe bets on supercomputer to catch up in AI race
Sep 05 2025
Europe's fastest supercomputer Jupiter was inaugurated Friday in Germany with Chancellor Friedrich Merz saying it could …
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Anthropic AI giant to pay $1.5 bn over pirated books
Sep 05 2025
Anthropic will pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a US class action lawsuit over pirated books download to train its …
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'Roblox' game to impose age controls this year
Sep 05 2025
The publisher of "Roblox" has promised to set up age verification mechanisms, after allegations the video game massively …
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Merz inaugurates supercomputer, says Europe can catch up in AI race
Sep 05 2025
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday that Europe can catch up in the global artificial intelligence race as …
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Don't panic: UK phones to sound at once in emergency drill
Sep 05 2025
Tens of millions of mobile phones across the UK will blare a siren sound at the same time on Sunday as part of …
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US AI giant Anthropic bars Chinese-owned entities
Sep 05 2025
Anthropic is barring Chinese-run companies and organizations from using its artificial intelligence services, the US …
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Europe's fastest supercomputer to boost AI drive
Sep 05 2025
Europe's fastest supercomputer Jupiter is set to be inaugurated Friday in Germany with its operators hoping it can help …
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US tech titans pay hommage to Trump at White House dinner
Sep 05 2025
Tech world executives showered Donald Trump with praise Thursday during a rare dinner that saw the US president host …
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France detains seven over new cryptocurrency kidnapping
Sep 04 2025
French authorities have detained seven people in an investigation into the kidnapping of a young Swiss citizen believed …
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Berlusconi media group takes control of German broadcaster
Sep 04 2025
Italy's MediaForEurope (MFE) announced Thursday it had taken control of one of Germany's biggest private broadcasting …
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Digital loan sharks prey on inflation-hit Nigerians
Sep 04 2025
Cash-strapped and in dire need of 30,000 naira (about $20), Mariam Ogundairo turned to a loan app, downloading it and …
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Jury tells Google to pay $425 mn over app privacy
Sep 04 2025
A US federal jury on Wednesday ordered Google to pay about $425 million for gathering information from smartphone app …
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Record French fines for Google and Shein over cookies
Sep 03 2025
France's data protection authority on Wednesday issued record fines against search giant Google and fast-fashion …
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First Bond game in a decade seeks licence to thrill
Sep 03 2025
Developing the first James Bond video game in over a decade has felt like returning "back home" for IO Interactive, the …
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Impact of US judge's ruling on Google's search dominance
Sep 03 2025
Google has escaped a breakup of its Chrome browser in a major US competition case, but the judge imposed remedies whose …
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Singapore to order Meta clamp down on govt impersonator scams
Sep 03 2025
Singapore will order Meta to crack down on scammers pretending to be government officials, a type of fraud that has …
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US limits TSMC chipmaking tool shipments to China
Sep 03 2025
President Donald Trump's administration has revoked Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC's authorization to export US …
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Paramount to make live-action 'Call of Duty' movie
Sep 03 2025
Paramount, the Hollywood studio recently acquired by the software billionaire Ellison family, will make a movie based on …
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Not my bag: Trump blames AI for viral video
Sep 03 2025
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday blamed AI for a viral video that appeared to show a black bag being thrown out of a …
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Google not required to sell Chrome in antitrust victory
Sep 03 2025
A US judge on Tuesday rejected the government's demand that Google sell its Chrome web browser as part of a major …
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Google not required to sell Chrome, judge rules
Sep 02 2025
A US judge on Tuesday rejected the government's demand that Google sell its Chrome web browser as part of a major …
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Anthropic valued at $183 bn in new funding round
Sep 02 2025
Anthropic announced Tuesday that it raised $13 billion in a funding round valuing the artificial intelligence startup at …
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Australia to tackle deepfake nudes, online stalking
Sep 02 2025
Australia said Tuesday it will oblige tech giants to prevent online tools being used to create AI-generated nude images …
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'Vibe hacking' puts chatbots to work for cybercriminals
Sep 02 2025
The potential abuse of consumer AI tools is raising concerns, with budding cybercriminals apparently able to trick …
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Bollywood reels as AI reshapes Indian films
Sep 01 2025
Bollywood, famed for its lavish song-and-dance numbers and vast production crews, now finds itself confronting a new …
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'Fueling sexism': AI 'bikini interview' videos flood internet
Sep 01 2025
The videos are strikingly lifelike, featuring bikini-clad women conducting street interviews and eliciting lewd comments …
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Fans pour into S.Africa Comic Con despite few celebrity headliners
Aug 30 2025
A 16-year-old in a yellow spandex Wolverine suit, claws fashioned from plastic straws, squared off against a stockier …
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France probes online platform for possible 'paedophile content'
Aug 30 2025
French authorities are zeroing in on an anonymous online platform suspected of distributing child pornography after a …
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Austria orders YouTube to give users access to their data
Aug 29 2025
Austria's data protection authority said Friday that it has ordered YouTube to comply with EU regulations and respond to …
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US stocks reach new peaks as investors digest US GDP
Aug 28 2025
Two of Wall Street's major indexes closed at record highs Thursday, lifted by an upward revision to second-quarter US …
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Need a pee? Japan has QR code for that
Aug 28 2025
Japanese toilet giant TOTO has launched a service allowing those caught short in public to locate the nearest washrooms …
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South Korea to ban mobile phones in school classrooms
Aug 28 2025
South Korea has passed a bill banning the use of mobile phones in school classrooms nationwide, officials said Thursday, …
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AI giant Nvidia beats earnings expectations but shares fall
Aug 27 2025
AI powerhouse Nvidia reported quarterly earnings Wednesday that beat expectations, but shares slipped amid concerns …
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AI giant Nvidia shares slip despite record sales
Aug 27 2025
AI powerhouse Nvidia on Wednesday reported quarterly earnings that beat market expectations, but shares slipped amid …
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'Old things work': Argentines giving new life to e-waste
Aug 27 2025
Need a new gaming console? Just make one yourself with an old ventilator. Got an old payment terminal? Turn it into a …
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What is swatting? Shooting hoaxes target campuses across US
Aug 27 2025
Students at the University of South Carolina were sent into panic when they received an active shooter alert and police …
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Meta to back pro-AI candidates in California
Aug 26 2025
Meta is launching a political action committee in California to support candidates who favor lighter regulation of …
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The European laws curbing big tech... and irking Trump
Aug 26 2025
Fresh off a trade truce with Donald Trump, the EU is back in the US leader's crosshairs after he vowed to punish …
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Perplexity AI to share search revenue with publishers
Aug 25 2025
Perplexity AI on Monday said it will begin paying out millions of dollars to media outlets as part of a new model for …
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Musk's xAI sues Apple, OpenAI alleging antitrust violations
Aug 25 2025
Elon Musk's companies xAI and X filed a sweeping US antitrust lawsuit Monday against Apple and OpenAI, alleging the tech …
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US studio unearths fossilized dinosaur game 'Turok'
Aug 25 2025
Everything old is new again, especially for gamers at the Gamescom trade fair, who got a preview of upcoming video game …
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France's regulator says unable to block dead streamer's channel
Aug 24 2025
The head of France's broadcast and online regulator said on Sunday it did not have the authority to block an online …
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UK's mass facial-recognition roll-out alarms rights groups
Aug 24 2025
Outside supermarkets or in festival crowds, millions are now having their features scanned by real-time …
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Firefighting games spark at Gamescom 2025
Aug 23 2025
In a video gaming landscape often dominated by fantasy duels and kinetic gunfights, one different genre is standing out …
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'KPop Demon Hunters' craze hits theaters after topping Netflix, music charts
Aug 23 2025
Netflix's gargantuan hit film "KPop Demon Hunters" has captured the global zeitgeist this summer, smashing streaming and …
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Trump, Intel announce deal giving US a 10% stake in chipmaker
Aug 22 2025
Chipmaker Intel has agreed to give the US government a 10-percent stake in its business, the company and President …
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TikTok's UK content moderation jobs at risk in AI shift
Aug 22 2025
Social media platform TikTok announced on Friday it will restructure its UK trust and safety operations, putting several …
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Australia orders audit of crypto trading giant Binance
Aug 22 2025
Australia has ordered the local arm of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, to appoint an external …
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Chinese tiger, French berets and space cannons mark Gamescom 2025
Aug 22 2025
A new instalment in Chinese action saga "Black Myth", a long-awaited indie favourite and stereotypically French cosplay …
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Japan city proposes two-hour daily smartphone limit
Aug 22 2025
A Japanese city will urge all smartphone users to limit screen time to two hours a day outside work or school under a …
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Nvidia chief says H20 chip shipments to China not a security concern
Aug 22 2025
Shipping Nvidia's H20 chips to China was "great" for Beijing and Washington and not a security threat, the tech giant's …
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Meta makes huge cloud computing deal with Google: source
Aug 22 2025
Meta has made a cloud computing deal with Google worth more than $10 billion over the course of six years, a source …
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Google to provide Gemini AI tools to US government
Aug 21 2025
Google will provide its Gemini artificial intelligence tools to US federal agencies practically free, the government …
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Autopsy rules out 'trauma' in Frenchman livestream death
Aug 21 2025
A post mortem on a Frenchman who died during a live stream found that he was not killed by trauma or a third party, a …
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Online behaviour under scrutiny as Russia hunts 'extremists'
Aug 21 2025
Just like his peers, Russian teenager Artyom spends "half his life" online -- something that could soon become risky as …
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Weaponising the feed: Inside Kenya's online war against activists
Aug 21 2025
When software developer Rose Njeri created a pro-democracy tool to help Kenyans object to a contested finance bill, she …
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PlayStation prices rise as US tariffs bite
Aug 21 2025
Sony on Wednesday said it is bumping up the price of PlayStation 5 video game consoles by $50 in the United States due …
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Meme-lord Newsom riles Republicans with Trump-trolling posts
Aug 21 2025
All-caps hyperbole, wild accusations and idiosyncratic spelling: not just an average Wednesday on Donald Trump's Truth …
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Games publisher Kepler on cloud nine after smash hits
Aug 20 2025
Games publisher Kepler Interactive has notched up two of the breakout titles of the year with "Clair Obscur: Expedition …
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Google unveils latest Pixel phones packed with AI
Aug 20 2025
Google on Wednesday unveiled new Pixel 10 smartphones that promise more artificial intelligence capabilities, as it …
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Google packs new Pixel phones with AI
Aug 20 2025
Google on Wednesday unveiled new Pixel 10 smartphones, showcasing artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities woven into …
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Eurovision returns to Vienna, 11 years after Conchita Wurst triumph
Aug 20 2025
Vienna was chosen on Wednesday to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, 11 years after bearded drag performer Conchita …
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Vienna chosen to host Eurovision 2026
Aug 20 2025
Vienna was chosen on Wednesday to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, the world's biggest live televised music event, …
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Polar bear waltz: Fake Trump-Putin AI images shroud Ukraine peace effort
Aug 20 2025
From a fake image of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin dancing in the snow with a polar bear to a fabricated photo of …
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White House starts TikTok account as platform in US legal limbo
Aug 20 2025
The White House launched a TikTok account on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump continues to permit the Chinese-owned …
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'Call of Duty', 'Black Myth' wow Gamescom trade show
Aug 19 2025
A twisted futuristic version of "Call of Duty", Batman in Lego form and the "Resident Evil" series' ghoulish monsters …
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Brazil asks Meta to remove chatbots that 'eroticize' children
Aug 19 2025
Brazil's government has asked US technology giant Meta to rid its platforms of chatbots that mimic children and can make …
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Google agrees to US$36m fine over Android search deals
Aug 19 2025
Google has agreed to pay a Aus$55 million (US$36 million) penalty for striking "anti-competitive" deals to pre-install …
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'Call of Duty' to fire starting gun at Gamescom trade show
Aug 19 2025
Mega-selling first-person shooter franchise "Call of Duty" will blow open the Gamescom video games trade fair Tuesday, …
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Games industry in search of new winning combo at Gamescom 2025
Aug 18 2025
The global games industry gathers for the vast Gamescom trade fair in Cologne this week, with hopes that upcoming …
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'Pickypockets!' vigilante pairs with social media on London streets
Aug 17 2025
On a recent weekday, Diego Galdino was on the hunt for pickpockets in central London, patrolling tourist hotspots for …
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Louisiana sues Roblox game platform over child safety
Aug 16 2025
The US state of Louisiana has filed a lawsuit accusing Roblox of facilitating the exploitation of children, prompting …
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Football and falls as first humanoid robot games launch in China
Aug 15 2025
The first World Humanoid Robot Games began on Friday in Beijing with over 500 androids alternating between jerky tumbles …
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Falsehoods swirl around Trump-Putin summit
Aug 15 2025
From false claims of a Ukrainian assassin shot dead in Alaska to baseless reports of Russia declaring the sale of the …
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Stressed UK teens seek influencers' help for exams success
Aug 15 2025
Posing as a fortune teller on his YouTube channel, former teacher Waqar Malik tells thousands of followers that he can …
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World's first humanoid robot games begin in China
Aug 15 2025
The world's first-ever humanoid robot games began Friday in Beijing, with over 500 androids alternating between jerky …
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YouTube turns to AI to spot children posing as adults
Aug 15 2025
YouTube has started using artificial intelligence (AI) to figure out when users are children pretending to be adults on …
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Apple Watch gets revamped blood oxygen feature
Aug 14 2025
Apple on Thursday said some of its top smartwatch models are getting a redesigned blood oxygen sensing feature, …
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Apple rejects Musk claim of App Store bias
Aug 14 2025
Apple on Thursday rejected Elon Musk's claim that its digital App Store favors OpenAI's ChatGPT over his company's Grok …
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Musk clashes with Altman after accusing App Store of favoring OpenAI
Aug 13 2025
Elon Musk has accused Apple of unfairly favoring ChatGPT on its App Store and threatened legal action, triggering a …
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Fortnite developer claims win against Apple and Google
Aug 13 2025
An Australian court has found Apple and Google misused their market power in a dispute with the maker of wildly popular …
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Chatbot Grok stirs confusion over suspension after Gaza claims
Aug 13 2025
AI chatbot Grok on Tuesday offered conflicting explanations for its brief suspension from X after accusing Israel and …
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Passwords under threat as tech giants seek tougher security
Aug 13 2025
Fingerprints, access keys and facial recognition are putting a new squeeze on passwords as the traditional computer …
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Elon Musk accuses App Store of favoring OpenAI
Aug 13 2025
Elon Musk has taken his feud against OpenAI to the App Store, accusing Apple of favoring ChatGPT in the digital shop and …
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