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Google hints at a brand new transportation system, but it’s not for people
Transportation for insects might be as important as for humans.
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Like this new band on Spotify? It could turn you into an AI groupie
AI may be coming for royalties, too.
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France fines retailer Shein 40 million euros for misleading discounts
France's antitrust agency said on Thursday it had fined China-founded fast-fashion retailer Shein 40 million euros ($47.17 million) for alleged deceptive business practices including misleading discounts, following a nearly year-long probe.
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Scientists might have figured out a way to measure aging
A fast-aging brain could be the reason for intricate health problems.
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Apple joins Threads after 14 years of not posting on Twitter
Apple has joined Threads, a Twitter alternative launched two years ago by Meta. It remains to be seen if it treats the platform the same way – by never posting anything.
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ICE app downloads skyrocket after freak out at the White House
The creator of ICEBlock doesn’t see anything sinister about the app's use.
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Google slapped with $314M fine for misusing customers’ data
Alphabet’s subsidiary Google has been ordered to pay a fine of $314.6 million to the state of California for exploiting customers’ cellphone data.
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Microsoft to lay off up to 9,000 employees, Seattle Times reports
Microsoft is laying off as much as 4%, or roughly 9,100, of its employees in the largest round of job cuts since 2023, the Seattle Times reported on Wednesday.
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Tinder makes facial recognition mandatory in the Golden State
The platform is trying to tackle bots and users with multiple accounts.
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Your inbox is a billboard for ads – why Gmail is under fire in France
Google has been fined €10 million ($11.8 million) in France for Gmail ads that mimic real emails. The EU is cracking down on privacy, dark patterns, and inbox abuse.
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Proton challenges “one of the most powerful corporations in the history of capitalism”
Proton has joined an existing class-action lawsuit against Apple to “ensure the internet of the future lives up to its potential.”
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AI in disguise? Music lovers angry at Spotify for promoting an allegedly fake band
The band addressed the claims via its X account.
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Beijing hosts futuristic soccer match with fully autonomous AI robot team
While China’s team keeps flopping on the sidelines, Beijing just unleashed AI-powered humanoid robots to battle in a soccer match.
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Android 16 will flag fake cell towers and warn users of potential spying threats
For a feature to work, certain requirements need to be met.
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Error by gambling company left thousands thinking their lives were about to change
The error led to the company’s CEO's resignation.
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Trump tells Fox News he has group of wealthy people to buy TikTok
US President Donald Trump said in a Fox News interview broadcast on Sunday that he had found a buyer for the TikTok short-video app, which he described as a group of "very wealthy people" whose identities he will reveal in about two weeks.
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New iOS and Android app rethinks fitness for larger bodies
Existing fitness apps can make people with obesity feel trapped and often fail to measure their physical activity accurately, say scientists from Northwestern University. Now, they believe they’ve found a solution.
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Today’s Fahrenheit 451? Anthropic destroys millions of books to train its AI
The company paid for the physical copies, which technically allows it to do whatever it wants with them, butchering included.
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