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“Robot Olympics” kick off in China
China has kicked off the three-day-long World Humanoid Robot Games, looking to showcase its advances in artificial intelligence and robotics with 280 teams from 16 countries.
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Close to 200 million impacted in UnitedHealth hack, US health dept reports
Last year's cyberattack at UnitedHealth Group's tech unit, Change Healthcare, impacted 192.7 million people, the US health department's website showed on Thursday.
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Canadian House of Commons hacked, Microsoft vulnerability exploited
Canada’s House of Commons revealed on Monday it was the victim of a cyberattack – suspected to be the work of the same China-linked hackers responsible for the recent rash of SharePoint zero-day attacks.
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Russian citizens can no longer make calls using WhatsApp and Telegram
Moscow's digital communications watchdog on Wednesday said it has restricted WhatsApp and Telegram users in Russia from making voice and video calls using the messaging platforms.
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New York sues Zelle, says security lapses led to 'rampant' consumer fraud
Zelle was sued on Wednesday by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who said the electronic payment platform's refusal to adopt critical safety features enabled fraudsters to steal more than $1 billion from consumers.
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DC residents push back against Trump’s crime claims with TikTok “love letters”
DC residents are flooding TikTok with “love letters” to their city, pushing back against President Donald Trump’s claims that the capital is overrun by crime.
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Russia said to be behind US Federal Court systems hack
New allegations on Tuesday say Kremlin-linked hackers may be partly responsible for the recent breach of the US Federal Court filing systems, the New York Times reports.
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GitHub falls further into Microsoft’s hands following CEO's resignation
The CEO of GitHub has announced his departure in search of new beginnings, as the platform falls further into Microsoft’s grasp.
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FDA’s bellyflop a sign that AI is no silver bullet for public safety – interview
In an interview with Cybernews, Brooke Hartley Moy, cofounder and CEO of AI fact-checking platform Infactory, admits she wasn’t exactly surprised when the Food and Drug Administration’s new AI tool Elsa, introduced to help fast-track drug approvals, began cooking up fake research data.
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Anthropic offers £340k for AI engineer role in London
Competition for top AI talent, already heating up in the US, is now crossing the Atlantic, with Anthropic offering salaries that local rivals may struggle to match.
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Pacific HealthWorks ransomware attack, files leaked from 50 partner medical practices
Pacific Healthworks, a management services provider for at least 1200 hospital-based physician groups, is claimed by the Everest ransomware group, along with hundreds of sensitive data samples from at least 50 medical groups they serve.
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Nvidia, AMD to pay 15% of China chip sale revenue to US, Trump opens door to next-gen chip sales
Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices have agreed to give the U.S. government 15% of revenue from sales to China of certain advanced computer chips, a US official said on Sunday, in an unusual move likely to faze American companies.
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Australian suspected murderer ordered to send hourly selfies to police after ankle monitor ban
An Australian man accused of murder has been ordered to send police hourly selfies after the state phased out ankle monitors, sparking debate over new bail monitoring methods.
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Worried Altman corrects course on GPT-5 after massive user revolt
In a major U-turn, OpenAI is restoring the ability for users to play with older AI models, including the beloved GPT-4o, which was removed when the GPT-5 system was launched last week.
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Fatal Texas floods trigger FCC review of US Emergency Alert System
The US Federal Communications Commission voted this week to conduct a full review of the national Emergency Alert System (EAS). The move comes after outraged Texans say they did not receive timely warnings in the lead up to last month’s deadly storms.
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Google tests Google Finance AI upgrades
Google is testing new AI-powered features for its financial news platform, Google Finance.
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Beijing’s Robot Mall sells Einstein-like and other humanoid robots
Robot Mall, dedicated to humanoid and intelligent robots, launched in Beijing on Friday, displaying 50 robots, including human-like replicas of Albert Einstein.
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UK Science Minister calls on tech experts to help cut energy bills
UK Science Minister Lord Vallance has encouraged tech experts, including businesses and researchers, to develop cutting-edge tech solutions that would help lower energy costs by 2030.
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Astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of NASA's Apollo 13 moon mission, dies at 97
American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster but became an inspirational saga of survival and the basis for the hit movie "Apollo 13," has died at the age of 97, NASA said on Friday.
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Boeing, US Navy supplier Jamco Aerospace claimed in ransomware attack
Jamco Aerospace Inc., a commercial and military aircraft industrial parts supplier for the US Navy, Boeing, and Northrop Grumman, has been claimed by the Play ransomware gang.
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