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Trump brings Apple, Nvidia and Boeing CEOs to China amid trade deal talks
The Trump administration is inviting CEOs from Nvidia, Apple, Exxon, Boeing and other big companies to accompany the president on his trip to China next week, Semafor reported on Thursday.
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Amazon delivers first parcels in the UK by drone
Amazon’s drone package-delivery service testing in the UK has become a spectacle, but will customers actually use it?
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GameStop CEO wants to buy eBay, gets his account suspended instead
The account, which was created to pay for a $56 million bid on eBay, was permanently shut down.
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German political parties leave X: should other European politicians follow?
With German left-wing parties making a departure from social media platform X, a professor says a coordinated exodus may inspire others to finally leave the network.
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Side project gone wrong? Taiwan student brings country’s rail network to a standstill
The disruption at the train station, initially thought to be an insider job, turned out to be the work of a 23-year-old radio equipment enthusiast.
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$430,000 SK Hynix bonuses are creating a new elite in South Korea
In the AI gold rush, Nvidia might be selling shovels, but it's the shovel parts manufacturers who are getting insanely rich. Korean chipmaker SK Hynix is sharing 10% of its profits with employees, meaning each will pocket an average bonus of $430,000 this year. Company jackets are now listed on secondhand markets as the "ultimate blind date outfit."
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Meta uses AI to analyze users' bone structure for age verification, insists it's not facial recognition
Meta is rolling out new AI tools to detect underage users across Facebook and Instagram, including a system that analyzes bone structure in photos and videos.
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Dutch universities join efforts to move away from American tech
Universities in the Netherlands will collaborate more closely to achieve digital autonomy from big tech.
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Aliens or demons? UFO insider pushes back as pastors warn of imminent disclosure
As UFO disclosure debates intensify, whistleblower David Grusch has cautioned against “demonic” interpretations of unknown phenomena, even as some evangelical claims suggest pastors are being told to prepare for imminent alien revelations.
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Phasing out Chinese tech could cost Europe $400bn, China's researchers did the math
European Union proposals to tighten cybersecurity by phasing out equipment from Chinese suppliers risk costing the bloc over $400 billion in the next five years, with Germany facing nearly half of the burden, China's Chamber of Commerce to the EU (CCCEU) said on Wednesday.
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Millions of iPhone users eligible for $95 payout: are you among them?
Apple’s promise of better AI has caught up with it in the form of a $250 million lawsuit.
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Check your fine print: woman learns she can’t use HP printer without subscription
Is there anything left that doesn’t require a subscription?
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This tool can tell whether a cloud provider is truly sovereign
The Sovereign Cloud Compass evaluates 17 cloud service providers and determines their sovereignty level across different use cases.
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Alexander Wang robot steals spotlight at Jeff Bezos-backed Met Gala
With some celebrities skipping this year’s Jeff Bezos-backed Met Gala, a robot posed for photographers instead.
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eYou is an emerging European alternative to X that fact-checks in real-time
A new European social network, eYou, which offers AI-powered fact-checking in real time, promises the renaissance of social media.
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Billions of people might not be able to watch the World Cup starting next month
Millions of soccer fans in the world's two most populous nations may not be able to watch the World Cup that starts next month, due to a deadlock over broadcast rights in India and no official decision in China.
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TikTok yanks Charlie Kirk assassination audio as viral outfit trend sparks backlash
A viral TikTok trend of outfit transition videos featuring repurposed audio referencing Charlie Kirk’s assassination has been taken down by the platform.
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Sony agrees to $7.8M PlayStation Store settlement – can you claim compensation?
The lawsuit isn’t finalized yet, but users can already check if they’re eligible for a payout from Sony.
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I would recommend the Samsung Galaxy A37 to my grandma, but would she approve?
I went through Samsung’s Galaxy A37 features to see if it could be simplified into a device that my grandmother could use.
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New laptops sold in the EU must come with USB-C charging ports
An anti-waste regulation standardizes charging ports across all new laptops sold in the European Union (EU).
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