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NASA astronauts Butch and Suni return to Earth: “what a ride"
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Tuesday.
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Alphabet buys cybersec firm Wiz in its biggest-ever purchase
Google’s parent company Alphabet has announced its largest-ever acquisition, buying cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion.
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Apple loses German antitrust appeal
Apple lost an appeal on Tuesday against a regulatory assessment that opens the iPhone maker up to stricter controls in Germany, the Federal Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday, following years of debate over the company's market position.
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EU countries file complaint against Russia over ongoing satellite interference
Eight European countries have filed a complaint with the United Nations (UN) over ongoing interference with satellite communication by Russia.
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Google has to compensate Proxistore for blocking ad campaigns
A Belgian court has ordered Google to pay €76 million to Proxistore, a company specializing in online ad campaigns.
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Google may also have received a TCN from the UK government
Senator Ron Wyden’s office (D-Ore) recently received word that Google might have obtained a Technical Capabilities Notice (TCN) from the United Kingdom’s government to weaken its encryption.
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OpenAI and Google ask Trump to waive copyright laws to train AI models
OpenAI and Google have asked the United States government to allow the use of copyrighted material to train their AI models.
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Is the future of work being built for man or machine?
Since the release of ChatGPT, much of the discussion about the future of work has focused on AI's technological capabilities and the potential impact they might have on the workplace.
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Huawei tried to bribe 15 former members of the European Parliament, sources say
Belgian law enforcement authorities have launched a major corruption investigation into the Chinese tech company Huawei.
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BeReal lives: Japan is giving the “anti-Instagram” app a second chance at life
The “anti-Instagram” app that seemingly died in 2023 is getting a second chance at life. Gen Z Japanese users, in particular, appreciate the authenticity of apps like BeReal.
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Community Notes work on social media under one condition
A new study suggests the content moderation tool adopted by Elon Musk and Meta can work, but not by itself.
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X outage appears to ease, Downdetector shows
An outage on Elon Musk's social media platform X appeared to ease after thousands of users in the US and the UK reported glitches.
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Trump says US talking to four different groups on TikTok sale
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that his administration was in touch with four different groups about the sale of the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok and that all options were good.
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On the verge of a burnout crisis, can tech companies still afford terrible work culture?
Impossible demands and meager resources – seven in ten IT workers say they are devastated by insane workloads and a lack of backing.
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SpaceX Starship failure prompts diversions, Florida airports ground stops
The failure of a SpaceX Starship test flight prompted numerous flight diversions and temporary ground stops.
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Zalando takes on EU rules, seeking to have “the best of both worlds”
Zalando criticised EU tech regulators for lumping it in the same group as Amazon and AliExpress.
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Retail traders fuel Eutelsat rally, stock surges 650% following the spat at the White House
Shares in Franco-British satellite operator Eutelsat rose on Thursday, bringing gains over four days to near 650% in a rally that bears the hallmarks of retail traders amplifying moves on a highly shorted stock.
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Google embraces virtual shopping with updated AI tools
Google has updated its virtual shopping tools to minimize the struggles that users face when shopping online.
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