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iPhone overheating controversy: some blame Instagram, others – design
The saga of the iPhone 15 having an overheating problem took a left turn as popular YouTube reviewers confirmed that they’ve experienced similar problems, accompanied by higher battery drain.
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Cybernews podcast #12: how conspiracy theories are fueled by tech
Artificial intelligence, profit-hungry algorithms, bot armies, and of course the age-old human tendency to favor fiction over fact – these have intertwined to present humanity with one giant headache, as it strives to discern truth from falsehood.
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Musk’s Neuralink begins recruiting for first human brain implant trial
Neuralink officially opened recruitment Tuesday for its first-in-human clinical trial to implant a wireless chip into the brain that could allow the person to control bodily movements with only their thoughts.
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Musk forms new company xAI to solve the universe
Elon Musk, along with top scientists and researchers from leading AI companies such as DeepMind and OpenAI, have created xAI – a new company whose sole driven purpose will be “to understand the true nature of the universe.”
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What really ended dinosaurs: Computer simulation sheds light on their final days
The mass extinction of the dinosaurs has triggered the curiosity of scientists for decades. Now, new technology allows them to investigate in more depth one of biggest mysteries of prehistoric times.
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The man who found a world: detecting an exoplanet
Skepticism over using artificial intelligence for scientific discoveries is best beaten with hard evidence, says a researcher who found an undiscovered world with a little help from machine learning.
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Quantum Corridor boasts nearly instant data transmission
The first transmission achieved a latency of 0.266 milliseconds of information exchange over its current 12-mile network.
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OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Anthropic launch forum for safe AI development
OpenAI and other leading tech companies have formed a new industry body to monitor the safe and responsible development of the next generation of “frontier” AI models – even more powerful than ChatGPT.
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Russia fines Google $164K for not keeping user data inside the country
A Moscow court imposed 15 million roubles ($164,000) fine on Google for repeated refusal to store Russian users' data on servers inside Russia.
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Tesla forbids Cybertruck buyers to sell for a year or risk $50K fine
You shall not sell the Cybertruck. Buyers of Tesla’s long-awaited electric pickup trucks must now sign an agreement prohibiting them from selling them to a third party.
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Social media’s GDPR fines exceed $3 billion
Meta, TikTok, and X (formerly Twitter) have collectively been fined over $3 billion, with almost a third of the fines prompted by the mishandling of children’s data.
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Facebook forcing Europeans to choose: pay up or agree to ads and tracking
Meta now demands that its European users swallow one of two pills: either pay €9.99-12.99/month to use Facebook without ads, or continue using for free, but “your info will be used for ads.” And the privacy policy is pervasive.
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ESA’s Euclid space telescope delivers first photos
European astronomers have released the first images from the newly launched Euclid space telescope, which is designed to unlock the secrets of dark matter and dark energy – the hidden forces thought to make up 95% of the universe.
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WeWork files for bankruptcy with debts of $19 billion
WeWork, the SoftBank Group-backed startup whose meteoric rise and fall reshaped the office sector globally, sought US bankruptcy protection on Monday.
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Musk’s AI startup xAI to be integrated with X
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI will be integrated into his social media platform X and also be available as a standalone app, the billionaire businessman has announced.
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Jury sides with Tesla in first fatal Autopilot crash trial
Tesla has won the first US trial over allegations that its Autopilot driver assistant feature led to a death, a major victory for the automaker as it faces several other lawsuits and federal investigations related to the same technology.
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The hacker who breached NASA to prove that UFOs exist
In the heart of Wood Green, a forgotten suburban corner of North London, lay a dingy room steeped in shadows, where a solo hacker wasted no time to wash, shave, meet anyone, or sometimes even eat. He had just accessed classified military and NASA networks, where UFO Research and secret technologies were hidden.
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Germany court bans LinkedIn from ignoring browser “do-not-track” setting
The business and employment-focused social media platform LinkedIn has no right to ignore users that set the “do not track” function on their browser. The ruling in the Berlin Regional Court has also prohibited LinkedIn from disregarding other user privacy features.
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Revolut client loses €127k, seeks refund to no avail
Investment scam victims make, on average, dozens of payments and lose tens of thousands before realizing that they’ve been tricked. Some Revolut customers go to extreme lengths to get their money back. However, their reimbursement claims are almost always rejected.
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Fighting back against automation: must-have skills revealed
Tech is advancing into high and low skill jobs alike. Cybernews asked experts what traits do we, as human beings, need to focus on to ensure that we still have jobs after the robot revolution.
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