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Britain’s big bet on AI: can it rival OpenAI?
The UK is planning to build a challenger to OpenAI with the aim of becoming a major global player in AI and revolutionizing computer infrastructure.
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Musk-Bannon war elevates to Defcon 1: is it really possible to take down Elon?
Steve Bannon has escalated his fight against Elon Musk once again, calling him “racist” and “truly evil.” But is it even possible for him to dethrone a tech billionaire who’s now extremely close to US President-elect Donald Trump?
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Emergency shutdown as top tech university grapples with cyberattack
The cyberattack has knocked Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) back to the pre-internet era, forcing the university to cancel classes for thousands of students.
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Meta’s fact-checking out, X’s parody labels in
Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) just revealed its plans to add labels to parody accounts to increase transparency and ensure that “users aren’t deceived.”
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AI agents: the new personal assistants or just digital interns on day one?
Imagine a world where your AI assistant plans your vacation, handles your emails, and even learns your quirks — all without a single back-and-forth. Is this future already here? I tested the latest AI agents to find out.
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Breaking down Meta’s community notes: innovation or a digital wild west?
Community notes on Meta: a game-changer for free speech, or just a hot mess in the making?
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Meta used piracy site to train AI models, court documents allege
Meta has allegedly been training its artificial intelligence (AI) models using datasets from an illegal shadow library website.
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EU court fines EU for breaching its own data protection laws
The European General Court has ruled that the European Commission must pay €400 ($412) to a German citizen for illegally transferring his data to the United States.
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Lemon8 steps in as TikTok substitute, but it won’t be as easy to gain followers
Bytedances Lemon8 platform might just be the answer to the potential TikTok ban, but will the switch be sweet, or sour?
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Starship's seventh test flight: a milestone for SpaceX and space exploration
SpaceX is about to launch its seventh Starship test flight, marking a potential turning point in the future of space exploration
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Elon Musk says we’ve already exhausted AI training data
Elon Musk says he agrees with AI experts that there’s very little real-world data left for model training. Not to worry though – the billionaire knows the path forward.
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K-12 software provider for 60M+ students naively pay hackers to erase stolen data
Power Schools, a K-12 software provider serving over 60 million students in North America, says it paid off the ransomware gang that hacked its systems in December to delete the files it stole – and they have the video to prove it
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They’re everywhere: Treasury hack shows Chinese hackers are stepping up their game
The United States blaming China for yet another major cyberattack? It’s almost not news anymore. Still, last week’s report that Washington is accusing Beijing for breaching the Treasury shows that the cyberwarfare between the two countries is as intense as ever.
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UK foreign workers had their passports and visas leaked, hackers claim
Healthcare professionals trying to work in the UK may have had their passport details exposed – if hacker claims of infiltrating the Home Office’s database are true.
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Starlink causes a stir in Brussels as Italy flirts with Musk
Italy might consider a billion-dollar deal with Starlink that would undermine Europe’s efforts to achieve space sovereignty.
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Garmin Connect suffers worldwide outage: users speculate hackers behind it
Garmin Connect suffers a major outage, leaving hundreds of thousands of users worldwide without access.
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Sam Altman faces explosive allegations as family feud turns public
Annie Altman is suing her brother, Sam Altman, for sexual abuse – claims that the tech mogul says are entirely baseless.
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Algorithmic pricing scheme harms millions: the DOJ is now suing
The US Department of Justice has sued six of America’s largest landlords for allegedly participating in algorithmic pricing schemes that harmed millions of renters across the country.
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CES 2025: Yaccarino predicts Musk’s AI Grok will 'propel' X to next level, and more keynote highlights
At CES 2025, X CEO Linda Yaccarino reveals her take on the future growth of X, Elon Musk's new DOGE position, and how X Money will be the platform's next game-changer.
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CES 2025 Keynote: Panasonic CEO Yuki Kusumi leads with sustainability
Keynote speaker Yuki Kusumi, Group CEO of Panasonic Holdings Corporation, kicked off the first official day of CES 2025 in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
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