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SHEIN has been misleading customers, EU demands answers
EU watchdogs have just put SHEIN on notice over fake discounts, greenwashing, and dodgy tactics.
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AI now threatens entry-level jobs: big tech hires 50% fewer college grads
Entry-level hiring has now collapsed, and the ruthless advance of artificial intelligence (AI) is at least partly to blame, a new report says.
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Plunge in tech jobs deflating majestic housing bubble in San Francisco
San Francisco is still one of the most expensive US cities to live in. But widespread tech layoffs are now plunging the area’s housing prices to pre-pandemic levels.
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OpenAI’s o3 model successfully avoids being turned off, researchers say
OpenAI’s o3, a powerful large language model, managed to alter a shutdown script to avoid being turned off even though it was specifically instructed to allow shutdown.
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YouTube has already paid out $12 billion to rightsholders through Content ID
Rightsholders are increasingly choosing monetization over removal of their content on YouTube, the platform’s latest “Copyright Transparency Report” shows.
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New AI model Aurora already better at weather prediction than current systems
A new artificial intelligence (AI) model named Aurora uses machine learning to outperform current weather prediction systems, researchers say, and hope it will help forecast extreme weather better.
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Musk’s DOGE pushes Grok AI into US government, causing conflict of interest concerns
Billionaire Elon Musk’s DOGE team is expanding use of his artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok in the US federal government to analyze data, said three people familiar with the matter, potentially violating conflict-of-interest laws and putting at risk sensitive information on millions of Americans.
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OnlyFans could be sold for $8 billion
OnlyFans owner Fenix International Ltd is in talks to sell the porn-driven company to an investor group at a valuation of around $8 billion, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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AI will use half of power generated in datacentres by end of year
Artificial intelligence (AI) will most likely account for nearly half of data center power consumption by the end of this year, an expert has estimated.
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Kettering hospitals scramble after ransomware attack, thousands patient procedures canceled
A ransomware attack on Kettering Health network in Ohio forces more than 120 medical facilities, including nine major hospitals, to cancel thousands of patient procedures – some of them for life-threatening illnesses.
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Microsoft blocks words like “Palestine,” “Gaza” from company emails
Microsoft employees report that internal emails containing words such as “Palestine,” “Gaza,” and “genocide” were blocked from reaching recipients.
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We’ll buy AI-generated drugs by end of decade, startup head says
Artificial intelligence (AI) helps many with productivity, but it will probably help even more people when it generates entirely new drugs. And they’ll probably be commercially available by the end of the decade, the CEO of an AI drug discovery startup says.
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M&S confirms month-long breach result of third-party vendor phishing attack
Marks & Spencer (M&S) has confirmed a Cybernews report that Scattered Spider hackers were able to infiltrate the UK retailer’s networks by phishing employees of a third-party vendor and stealing their login credentials. This is as unnamed sources on Tuesday identified Tata Consulting Services (TCS) as that vendor.
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Amazon refunds customer $1,800 for return made seven years ago
Amazon has suddenly started issuing refunds for returns going months and even years back, with some customers saying they were refunded for items they never returned.
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Chrome will auto-change your compromised password – if you want
A new feature in Google Chrome browser allows its built-in Password Manager to automatically change a user’s password when it determines that the credentials have been compromised.
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Hacker who breached Trump aide’s app, uncovers widespread US government data
A hacker who breached the communications service used by former Trump national security adviser Mike Waltz earlier this month intercepted messages from a broader swathe of American officials than has previously been reported, according to a Reuters review, potentially raising the stakes of a breach that has already drawn questions about data security in the Trump administration.
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The resume illusion – why Gen Z feels forced to lie on job applications
TikTok influencers are encouraging Gen Z to lie on resumes to land jobs in a competitive market. With over 80% of young job seekers admitting to resume exaggeration, "CareerTok" is reshaping how Gen Z approaches job applications.
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Expert on Google’s AI plans: they know what they’re doing
After Google announced a series of artificial intelligence (AI)-related updates during its annual I/O conference, an expert tells Cybernews it’s obvious the tech giant knows it now has to play catch-up to maintain its lead in online search.
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Elon Musk’s companies' ratings tank in latest poll
Ratings for Elon Musk’s companies, Tesla, X (formerly Twitter), and SpaceX, have tanked amid growing discontent with Musk’s involvement in the US government.
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Telegram launches $50K content creator contest to embarrass a 'desperate' WhatsApp
Telegram throws down the gauntlet with its first-ever content creator contest, and all that’s required to claim the $50,000 grand prize is to slam WhatsApp in the process.
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