Juul seeks authorization on a new vape it says can verify a user's age. Here's how it works

E-cigarette company Juul Labs is seeking US authorization to sell a "next-generation" vape with age verification capabilities in the United States.

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Twitter threatens to sue hate-speech watchdog group

In a July 20 letter shared publicly Monday, Twitter threatened to sue the Center for Countering Digital Hate, accusing the group of a campaign to hurt Twitter by driving away its advertisers.

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San Francisco's complaint against Twitter says flashing 'X' sign put up without a permit

In a complaint, the city of San Francisco says they have visited Twitter headquarters twice since Friday regarding the new flashing "X" sign on top of the building.

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WhatsApp unveils new video messaging feature

WhatsApp will now let you record and send video clips directly in the messaging app, the Meta-owned platform announced this week.

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Microsoft under European antitrust investigation over Teams

European officials are investigating whether Microsoft's practice of bundling its Teams software with Office 365 is anticompetitive, the European Commission said Thursday.

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AC is hard on the planet. This building has a sustainable solution

In mid-July at the construction site at 1 Java Street in Brooklyn, New York, the outside temperatures can reach sweltering highs in the 90s. But 500-feet underground, it's 55 degrees all year round.

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Elizabeth Warren and Lindsey Graham want a new agency to regulate tech

Two US senators are calling for the creation of a new federal agency to regulate tech companies such as Amazon, Google and Meta, in the latest push by members of Congress to clamp down on Big Tech.

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Meta stock climbs after company posts 11% revenue growth

Meta's "year of efficiency" seems to be paying off. The Facebook-parent company on Wednesday reported revenue of some $32 billion for its quarter ending in June, marking a 11% increase compared to the same period last year and beating Wall Street's expectations.

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Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic announce industry group to promote safe AI development

Some of the world's top artificial intelligence companies are launching a new industry body to work together — and with policymakers and researchers — on ways to regulate the development of bleeding-edge AI.

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ChatGPT creator pulls AI detection tool due to 'low rate of accuracy'

Less than six months after ChatGPT-creator OpenAI unveiled an AI detection tool with the potential to help teachers and other professionals detect AI generated work, the company has pulled the feature.

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Meta's Threads gets a highly requested 'following feed'

Meta on Tuesday launched a highly anticipated "following feed" option in its Threads app as part of its latest batch of updates that could help the new social platform further chip away at Twitter's position in the market.

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Meta, Microsoft, hundreds more own trademarks to new Twitter name

Billionaire Elon Musk's decision to rebrand Twitter as X could be complicated legally: companies including Meta and Microsoft (already have intellectual property rights to the same letter.

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Twitter's rebrand is the next stage in Elon Musk's vision for the company. But does anyone want it?

Elon Musk's move over the weekend to rebrand Twitter and replace its iconic bird logo with an X is just the latest step in his effort to make over the billionaire's longtime favorite platform in his image.

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TikTok brings in text posts to rival Elon Musk's X

TikTok will now allow users to post text-only content for the first time in a challenge to Elon Musk's beleaguered X, formerly known as Twitter.

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Apple faces $1 billion UK lawsuit by app developers over App Store fees

More than 1,500 app developers in the United Kingdom brought a £785 million ($1 billion) class action lawsuit against Apple Tuesday over its App Store fees.

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Taiwan's TSMC to invest $2.9 billion in new plant as demand for AI chips soars

TSMC, the world's largest chipmaker, says it plans to invest nearly 90 billion New Taiwan dollars ($2.9 billion) to build an advanced chip plant in Taiwan, as it expands production to meet booming demand for artificial intelligence (AI) products.

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OpenAI's Sam Altman launches Worldcoin crypto project

Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency project founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, launched on Monday.

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Elon Musk begins process of rebranding Twitter as X

In a radical rebranding, Twitter owner Elon Musk has begun the process of replacing Twitter's iconic bird logo with X.

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AI is supposed to make our jobs easier. These workers disagree

A new crop of artificial intelligence tools carries the promise of streamlining tasks, improving efficiency and boosting productivity in the workplace. But that hasn't been Neil Clarke's experience so far.

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OpenAI's head of trust and safety is stepping down

OpenAI's head of trust and safety announced on Thursday plans to step down from the job.

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Visa and Mastercard can now be used on China's biggest payment apps

Visiting China just got a whole lot easier for international travelers.

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Legendary computer hacker Kevin Mitnick dies at 59

Kevin Mitnick, one of the most famous hackers in the history of cybersecurity, died over the weekend at age 59 after a more than year-long battle with pancreatic cancer, his family said in a published obituary.

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Viral women's soccer ad uses doctored footage to prove a point

One French company is using visual effects editing to promote the Women's World Cup, putting out a now-viral video showing the French men's soccer team playing at their best — until it is revealed that the footage is actually of the French women's team.

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Teens are using social media to diagnose themselves with ADHD, autism and more. Parents are alarmed

Some people browse TikTok and Instagram for recipes, memes and colorful takes on the news. Erin Coleman says her 14-year-old daughter uses these apps to search for videos about mental health diagnoses.

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Threads now has 'tens of millions' of daily users. But its honeymoon phase may be over

Two weeks after Meta launched its Twitter competitor Threads and received an unprecedented amount of user signups, the frenzy around the app appears to have come back to Earth.

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Microsoft is giving out free cybersecurity tools after an alleged Chinese hack

Microsoft is offering free cybersecurity tools to some government and commercial customers following criticism of the tech giant's handling of a major alleged Chinese hack that compromised US government email accounts.

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Thousands of authors demand payment from AI companies for use of copyrighted works

Thousands of published authors are requesting payment from tech companies for the use of their copyrighted works in training artificial intelligence tools, marking the latest intellectual property critique to target AI development.

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TikTok is not 'fully ready' for looming EU social media rules, commissioner says

TikTok has "more work" to do to meet tough new European standards that are coming for social media and content moderation, according to a top EU official who performed a "stress test" of the company this week.

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Microsoft and Activision extend their deal deadline

Microsoft and Activision have mutually agreed to extend their merger deadline by three months in the face of ongoing negotiations with the UK government that could allow the $69 billion acquisition to close, the two companies announced on Wednesday.

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Temu and Shein lawsuits show reality of bitter fight for bargain shoppers

Temu has sued Shein in the United States, accusing its rival of violating antitrust laws by trying to monopolize suppliers and engaging in other allegedly illegal behavior.

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Estee Lauder hit by hack, some business operations affected

Cosmetics maker Estee Lauder on Tuesday said a hacker had obtained some data from its systems, with the cyber incident causing, and expected to further cause, disruption to parts of the company's business operations.

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A Twitter user found scam numbers for major airlines on Google Maps. Google is working to fix it

Google is working to fix false contact information for some major airlines on Google Maps after a Twitter user found a phone number actually connected callers to scammers.

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Meta's Threads app rolls out first big batch of updates

Meta's Twitter rival app Threads on Tuesday rolled out its first major batch of updates since its launch two weeks ago as it works to maintain momentum.

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Amazon and Apple fined $218 million by Spain antitrust watchdog

Spain's antitrust regulator has imposed fines worth a total of €194.1 million ($218 million) on Amazon and Apple for colluding to restrict competition on the Amazon website in Spain.

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'Elusive' Apple iPhone from 2007 sells for $190,000

A first-edition 2007 Apple iPhone has sold for more than $190,000 at auction, far exceeding the estimate.

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Biden administration announces new labels for gadgets that are less vulnerable to cyberattacks

The next time you're in the market for a smart TV, fitness tracker or other connected gadget, you could see a new US government-backed label identifying some products as being particularly hardened against hackers.

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With the rise of AI, social media platforms could face perfect storm of misinformation in 2024

Last month, a video posted to Twitter by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign used images that appeared to be generated by artificial intelligence showing former President Donald Trump hugging Dr. Anthony Fauci. The images, which appeared designed to criticize Trump for not firing the nation's top infectious disease specialist, were tricky to spot: they were shown alongside real images of the pair and with a text overlay saying, "real life Trump."

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Laid-off Twitter Africa team 'ghosted' without severance pay or benefits, former employees say

Former employees of Twitter Africa who were laid off as part of a global cost-cutting measure after Elon Musk's acquisition have not received any severance pay more than seven months since leaving the company, several sources told CNN.

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Call of Duty to remain on Playstation following Activision Blizzard Microsoft merger

Microsoft has signed an agreement with Sony to ensure "Call of Duty" remains available on PlayStation after Microsoft closes its $69 billion Activision Blizzard merger, the tech giant said Sunday.

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Federal appeals court rules Microsoft can close its Activision merger

A federal appeals court said it will not block Microsoft from closing its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, handing the Federal Trade Commission its second major defeat this week in a case involving the future of the video game industry.

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US officials worry about 'chilling effect' on combating election disinformation after federal court order

A federal judge's move to limit how some US agencies communicate with social media companies could have a "chilling effect" on how the federal government and states address election-related disinformation just as the 2024 election cycle gets underway, according to interviews with current and former US officials.

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China takes major step in regulating generative AI services like ChatGPT

China has published new rules for generative artificial intelligence (AI), becoming one of the first countries in the world to regulate the technology that powers popular services like ChatGPT.

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Indian tech giant Wipro will invest $1 billion in AI, including training all staff

Wipro, one of India's top providers of software services, wants everyone on staff to know how to use artificial intelligence.

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Mars One: Who wants to live on Mars?

Mars One has selected 100 potential candidates for a one-way trip to Mars. But what kind of person would choose to go?

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'Time is money': Shopify calculator shows how much unnecessary meetings really cost company

One tech company is escalating its war on meetings by introducing a calculator that shows employees how much it really costs to force dozens of their colleagues to huddle together for an hour instead of just sending an email.

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Bill Gates says AI risks are real but nothing we can't handle

Bill Gates sounds less worried than some other executives in Silicon Valley about the risks of artificial intelligence.

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Tax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and Meta for years, congressional probe finds

Some of the nation's largest tax-prep companies have spent years sharing Americans' sensitive financial data with tech titans including Meta and Google in a potential violation of federal law — data that in some cases was misused for targeted advertising, according to a seven-month congressional investigation.

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Google hit with lawsuit alleging it stole data from millions of users to train its AI tools

Google was hit with a wide-ranging lawsuit on Tuesday alleging the tech giant scraped data from millions of users without their consent and violated copyright laws in order to train and develop its artificial intelligence products.

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Elizabeth Holmes could be released from prison two years earlier than expected

Disgraced former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes could be out of prison nearly two years earlier than expected, according to the projected release date posted by the Bureau of Prisons.

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Why Amazon's Prime Day is in July

Amazon Prime Day is back again starting Tuesday. But a random couple of days in July does, indeed, feel a bit random. Here's why Amazon made the seemingly nonsensical decision to throw what could be one of its biggest sales days into the middle of the summer.

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Foxconn pulls out of $19 billion chipmaking project in India

Foxconn says it is exiting an ambitious project to help build one of India's first chip factories.

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Meta made cuts to election teams ahead of Threads launch prompting concerns for 2024

Meta has made cuts to its teams that tackle disinformation and coordinated troll and harassment campaigns on its platforms, people with direct knowledge of the situation told CNN, raising concerns ahead of the pivotal 2024 elections in the US and around the world.

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EU blesses transatlantic data sharing deal

The European Union on Monday gave final approval to an agreement with the US government that restores the ability for thousands of businesses to easily transfer the personal information of European citizens to servers located in the United States, and vice versa, in the face of surveillance concerns by privacy advocates.

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Sarah Silverman sues OpenAI and Meta alleging copyright infringement

Comedian Sarah Silverman and two authors are suing Meta and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, alleging the companies' AI language models were trained on copyrighted materials from their books without their knowledge or consent.

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Elon Musk jet-tracking account moves to Twitter rival Threads

One of Elon Musk's least-favorite Twitter users is moving to Meta's competing platform Threads.

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Twitter's future is in doubt as Threads tops 100 million users

Twitter has weathered months, if not years, of mismanagement as well as mass layoffs, frequent service disruptions and an exodus of top advertisers, but the launch of a rival app from Meta could prove to be the final straw.

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Tired of Elon Musk? Here are the Twitter alternatives you should know about

When Elon Musk took over Twitter in October and began upending the platform, there weren't many viable alternatives for frustrated users. Now, there may be too many.

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Mark Zuckerberg concealed his kids' faces on Instagram. Should you?

When Mark Zuckerberg shared a photo on Instagram of his family on July 4, two things stuck out: the billionaire CEO wore a striped souvenir cowboy hat, and the faces of his children were replaced with happy face emojis.

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Elon Musk is the gift that keeps on giving to Mark Zuckerberg

At the start of last year, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was in the hot seat.

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Meta could become even more dominant in social media with Threads

In less than 48 hours, Meta's Twitter rival Threads has surpassed 70 million sign-ups, upended the social media landscape and appears to have rattled Twitter enough that it is now threatening legal action against Meta.

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China fines Jack Ma's Ant Group nearly $1 billion

China's top financial regulators have fined Ant Group — the fintech firm founded by billionaire Jack Ma — about 7.1 billion yuan ($994 million) for breaking rules related to consumer protection and corporate governance.

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Samsung flags massive drop in quarterly profit as chip glut drags on

Samsung Electronics reported a likely 96% plunge in second-quarter operating profit on Friday, largely in line with forecasts, as an ongoing chip glut drives large losses in the tech giant's key business despite a supply cut.

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Twitter threatens to sue Meta after rival app Threads gains traction

Twitter is threatening Meta with a lawsuit after the blockbuster launch of Meta's new Twitter rival, Threads — in perhaps the clearest sign yet that Twitter views the app as a competitive threat.

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Japan's largest port hit with ransomware attack

Japan's busiest shipping port said Thursday it would resume operations after a ransomware attack prevented the port from receiving shipping containers for two days.

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Threads explained: The Twitter rival that pits Mark Zuckerberg against Elon Musk

Facebook-parent Meta on Wednesday officially launched its Twitter competitor, Threads, after first confirming its plans for the app just three months ago.

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Meta officially launches Twitter rival Threads

Facebook has tried to compete with Twitter in numerous ways over the years, including copying signature Twitter features such as hashtags and trending topics. But now Facebook's parent company is taking perhaps its biggest swipe at Twitter yet.

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Analysis: With Twitter in chaos Mark Zuckerberg looks to pounce

Mark Zuckerberg has tried for years to take on Twitter. Now he may finally have his best chance to deliver a knockout blow to the social network at a turbulent moment.

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Federal judge blocks Biden administration officials from communicating with social media companies

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered some Biden administration agencies and top officials not to communicate with social media companies about certain content, handing a win to GOP states in a lawsuit accusing the government of going too far in its effort to combat Covid-19 disinformation.

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AI is already linked to layoffs in the industry that created it

Many have raised alarms about the potential for artificial intelligence to displace jobs in the years ahead, but it's already causing upheaval in one industry where workers once seemed invincible: tech.

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Meta takes aim at Twitter with new Threads app

The rivalry between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk has just kicked up a notch.

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China just played a trump card in the chip war. Are more export curbs coming?

A trade war between China and the United States over the future of semiconductors is escalating.

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A flying car prototype just got an airworthiness certificate from the FAA

A California startup says it has been certified by the Federal Aviation Administration for testing what it describes as the first flying car with US government approval — a fully electric vehicle that can both fly and travel on roads.

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Tesla smashed it last quarter but China's BYD did even better

BYD outpaced Tesla in the second quarter as the Chinese carmaker posted record sales of hybrid and electric vehicles.

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Australian firm sues Twitter for $665000 for not paying bills

An Australian project management firm has filed a lawsuit against Twitter in a US court seeking cumulative payments of about A$1 million ($665,000) over alleged non-payment of bills for work done in four countries, court filings showed.

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These startups raised billions and then laid off thousands. Workers are shocked and frustrated

Just a few months ago, discount hotel chain OYO seemed unstoppable. The India-based startup touted plans for global expansion and saw its valuation double to $10 billion in October. But in mid-January, the company began sweeping layoffs that have seen thousands lose their jobs.

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