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“Parasitic” AI-powered news piracy site finally blocked in France
It took years, but a coalition of 40 media outlets in France finally managed to obtain a blocking order and slam the brakes on the operations of an automated AI-powered news platform.
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Waymo recalls over 1,200 cars after crashes with road barriers
Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle division Waymo is recalling 1,212 self-driving cars – its largest recall to date – after some collided with roadway barriers.
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Advocacy group hits Meta with “cease and desist” letter over AI training
Austrian digital advocacy group Noyb says it’d seek an injunction against Meta if the US tech giant goes ahead with its audacious plans to use Europeans’ personal data to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models.
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Microsoft will lay off roughly 3% of workforce in largest cuts since 2023
Technology giant Microsoft on Tuesday announced it will lay off around 6,000 employees, or less than 3% of its workforce, as the company looks to rein in costs while funneling billions of dollars into its ambitious bet on artificial intelligence.
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Amazon touts warehouse robots but humans still better at tasks
In a couple of research papers, retail giant Amazon says that its warehouse robots can now pick and stow products. But people are still better and can’t be replaced, the tests have shown.
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Using AI at work might hurt your professional reputation, study finds
The so-called artificial intelligence (AI) super users enthusiastically utilize the technology for work and say it helps them to get ahead. But a new study says that using these tools can invite social stigma.
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UK's M&S says customer data was taken in cyberattack
British retailer Marks and Spencer said on Tuesday some personal customer information was taken in the cyberattack that has crippled its online operation for more than three weeks.
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ALERT: CISA revamps how it disperses security advisories and updates starting today
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday said it is officially changing the way it disseminates online security updates and guidance.
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Fidelity fail as trading customers still unable to log-in for Monday's market rally
Thousands of Fidelity customers are reporting ongoing issues logging in to the investment company’s trading platform, which began just minutes after the US stock markets opened on Monday morning.
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FTC delays easy click-to-cancel, hints the rule may be weakened
The jumping through hoops and loops to cancel unwanted subscriptions should end on July 14th, 2025. The Federal Trade Commission gives companies two additional months to comply with the click-to-cancel rule.
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Mexico sues Google over “Gulf of America”
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has said that her government is suing Google over the “Gulf of America” rebrand.
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$TRUMP meme coin enthusiasts pay millions for chance to meet President Trump
Buyers of US President Donald Trump’s $TRUMP meme coin are expected to learn Monday if they’ve won an opportunity to dine with the president at his country club outside of Washington, DC on May 22nd.
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How has a recent surge in LLM applications scraping the web impacted the hosting industry?
The AI revolution’s aftershocks are being felt in more ways than one.
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In bid to prevent piracy, Nintendo now threatens to brick your console
Nintendo has updated its Account User Agreement with a severe warning against “unauthorized use” of its Switch consoles in a bid to prevent emulation and piracy.
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DISH Network slams IPTV hosting firm with $25M lawsuit
UK-based hosting provider Innetra PC was served over allegedly supporting piracy activities, the International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) says.
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Tariffs and Apple: When will iPhones become more expensive?
So far, Apple is choosing to absorb the additional costs imposed by tariffs on goods imported to the US. But the iPhone will almost undoubtedly get more expensive after June – why?
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Google will fork over $50 million to settle “racially biased corporate culture" lawsuit
Google has agreed to pay $50 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the search engine company of systemic racial bias against Black employees.
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San Francisco Bay transit recovering after systemwide outage causes commuting chaos
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system said it is recovering from a systemwide network outage "unknown causes" that left thousands of commuters in the lurch Friday morning.
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