Microsoft will split Teams from Office in Europe after EU pressure

Microsoft will allow business customers in Europe to buy its video and chat app Teams separately from its Office software, it said Thursday, a month after the European Union opened an antitrust investigation into the company's bundling of the products.

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Baidu and SenseTime launch ChatGPT-style AI bots to the public

Chinese tech firms Baidu and SenseTime launched their ChatGPT-style AI bots to the public on Thursday, marking a new milestone in the global AI race.

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Gannett to pause AI experiment after botched high school sports articles

Newspaper chain Gannett has paused the use of an artificial intelligence tool to write high school sports dispatches after the technology made several major flubs in articles in at least one of its papers.

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Google launches watermarks for AI-generated images

In an effort to help prevent the spread of misinformation, Google on Tuesday unveiled an invisible, permanent watermark on images that will identify them as computer-generated.

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AI tools make things up a lot, and that's a huge problem

Artificial intelligence-powered tools like ChatGPT have mesmerized us with their ability to produce authoritative, human-sounding responses to seemingly any prompt. But as more people turn to this buzzy technology for things like homework help, workplace research, or health inquiries, one of its biggest pitfalls is becoming increasingly apparent: AI models sometimes just make things up.

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Apple expected to unveil new iPhone at "Wonderlust." special event

The next iPhone could be just weeks away.

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X will allow political ads again and hire for safety and election teams ahead of 2024 elections

X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, is hiring for its safety and elections teams ahead of the 2024 US presidential election and will again allow political ads for the first time since 2019.

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Schumer to host AI forum with major tech CEOs including Zuckerberg and Musk

More than a half-dozen leading tech CEOs will be among those attending a highly anticipated artificial intelligence event hosted by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer next month, according to the senator's office.

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US judge set to decertify Google Play class action

A US judge plans to free Google from having to defend against a class action by 21 million consumers who claimed it violated federal antitrust law by overcharging them in its Google Play app store.

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OpenAI launches ChatGPT Enterprise for businesses

OpenAI is releasing a version of its buzzy ChatGPT tool specifically for businesses, the company announced Monday, as an AI arms race continues to ramp up throughout corporate America.

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Maui conspiracy theories are spreading on social media. Why this always happens after a disaster

A slew of viral conspiracy videos on social media have made baseless claims that the Maui wildfires were started intentionally as part of a land grab, highlighting how quickly misinformation spreads after a disaster.

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Here's what Donald Trump's return to X could mean for the platform's business

Nine months after Elon Musk reinstated Donald Trump's account on the social network previously known as Twitter, the former president has returned to what was once his platform of choice for communicating with the country.

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Large US tech companies face new EU rules

The world's largest tech companies must comply with a sweeping new European law starting Friday that affects everything from social media moderation to targeted advertising and counterfeit goods in e-commerce.

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T-Mobile to lay off 5,000 employees

T-Mobile on Thursday announced it plans to lay off 5,000 employees, or around 7% of its total staff, over the next five weeks.

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X took two days to suspend account of suspect in Pride flag killing

X has suspended an account that posted numerous anti-gay and antisemitic posts and was used by the man accused of killing store owner Lauri Carleton over her display of a Pride Flag.

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Nvidia's quarterly sales double on the back of AI boom

The artificial intelligence boom continues to fuel a blockbuster year for chipmaker Nvidia.

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Meta's Threads is finally available on desktop

Threads users, rejoice: the app is rolling out its highly anticipated web version Tuesday.

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Microsoft gives ground on streaming in bid to remove UK block on Activision deal

Microsoft has made a major concession to UK authorities in a bid to remove the last remaining regulatory obstacle to its huge takeover of Activision Blizzard.

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Arm's mega IPO could be just around the corner, a year after the biggest chip deal in history fell apart

A hotly anticipated IPO for a company that designs chips for 99% of the world's smartphones is just around the corner, after it filed paperwork Monday to go public.

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GM's Cruise to slash fleet of robotaxis by 50% in San Francisco after collisions

California authorities have asked General Motors to "immediately" take some of its Cruse robotaxis off the road after autonomous vehicles were involved in two collisions -- including one with an active fire truck -- last week in San Francisco.

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Justin Trudeau blasts Facebook for blocking news as Canada's wildfires rage

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau blasted Facebook for "putting corporate profits ahead of people's safety" as the social media platform continues to block news content while wildfires rage in Canada's Northwest Territories and British Columbia.

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Meet your new AI tutor

Artificial intelligence often induces fear, awe or some panicked combination of both for its impressive ability to generate unique human-like text in seconds. But its implications for cheating in the classroom — and its sometimes comically wrong answers to basic questions — have left some in academia discouraging its use in school or outright banning AI tools like ChatGPT.

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iPhone 15 could have faster charging

Apple's fall product launch next month is all but certain to include a new iPhone, and rumors say it could include faster charging.

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Schools are teaching ChatGPT, so students aren't left behind

When college administrator Lance Eaton created a working spreadsheet about the generative AI policies adopted by universities last spring, it was mostly filled with entries about how to ban tools like ChatGPT.

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Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers

Lyft and Uber threatened to stop doing business in Minneapolis after the city council adopted a new rule Thursday that would set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers.

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Pro-Wagner accounts keep showing up on Facebook and Instagram after Meta's ban, report shows

A large network of accounts on Facebook and Instagram have been promoting Russia's Wagner mercenary group to hundreds of thousands of followers, months after Meta vowed to remove content glorifying the group, according to a new report by disinformation experts.

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Two brands suspend advertising on X after their ads appeared next to pro-Nazi content

At least two brands have said they will suspend advertising on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, after their ads and those of other companies were run on an account promoting fascism. The issue came less than a week after X CEO Linda Yaccarino publicly affirmed the company's commitment to brand safety for advertisers.

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Snapchat users freak out over AI bot that had a mind of its own

Snapchat users were alarmed on Tuesday night when the platform's artificial intelligence chatbot posted a live update to its profile and stopped responding to messages.

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Illinois passes a law that requires parents to compensate child influencers

When 16-year-old Shreya Nallamothu from Normal, Illinois, scrolled through social media platforms to pass time during the pandemic, she became increasingly frustrated with the number of children she saw featured in family vlogs.

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X appears to slow load times for links to several news outlets and rival platforms

Link loading times to some Twitter competitors and news media sites posted to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, appeared to be delayed or throttled for much of Tuesday.

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Meta criticized for making reproductive health an R-rated issue

Female reproductive health experts are calling on Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to rethink its restrictions on reproductive health content.

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YouTube to prohibit false claims about cancer treatments under its medical misinformation policy

YouTube announced Tuesday that it will start removing false claims about cancer treatments as part of an ongoing effort to build out its medical misinformation policy.

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Taiwan's Foxconn says it sees 'billions' of dollars in India investments

A month after exiting an ambitious project to help build one of India's first chip factories, Taiwan's Foxconn says it remains bullish about the world's most populous nation and is planning "billions" of dollars in investments there, as multinationals seek to diversify their supply chains beyond China.

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More than 20 million Americans enrolled in a federal program for subsidized internet access

More than 20 million US households are now receiving discounts on internet service as part of a federal program created to close the digital divide, according to the Federal Communications Commission.

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After a string of shark attacks, here's how officers at one New York beach use drones to keep swimmers safe

Warmer and cleaner waters off the coast of Long Island, New York, in recent years have brought growing numbers of bait fish to the area — and with them, the bigger fish that eat them, including sharks. In some ways, it's a good sign for the environment. But it's a different story for swimmers, surfers and beach goers.

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Mark Zuckerberg says 'it's time to move on' from Elon Musk cage fight

Mark Zuckerberg says Elon Musk "isn't serious" about a cage fight and "it's time to move on" from their proposed showdown, the details of which were never nailed down.

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Modern romance: which AI-powered dating apps are right for you?

Alexandra is a very attentive girlfriend. "Watching CUBS tonight?" she messages her boyfriend, but when he says he's too busy to talk, she says, "Have fun, my hero!"

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'It gave us some way to fight back': New tools aim to protect art and images from AI's grasp

For months, Eveline Fröhlich, a visual artist based in Stuttgart, Germany, has been feeling "helpless" as she watched the rise of new artificial intelligence tools that threaten to put human artists out of work.

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Richard Branson's space tourism company, Virgin Galactic, successfully launched its first three tourists to the edge of the cosmos.

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Portable hotspots arrive in Maui to bring internet to residents and tourists

Portable mobile hotspots have arrived in Maui to help bring internet service to the thousands of people who may have been unable to call for help since the wildfires started to rage out of control on the island.

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X CEO Linda Yaccarino says company is still watching Threads competition

X CEO Linda Yaccarino, leader of the platform formerly known as Twitter, said the company is keeping an eye on new competitor Threads, despite the sharply slowing growth of the rival app from Meta.

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X to auction off old Twitter items, from desk chairs to painting of Ellen DeGeneres' Oscar Selfie

Twitter is officially rebranding as X — so Elon Musk is holding a giant garage sale to purge the company's HQ of remnants of the past.

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An author says AI is 'writing' unauthorized books being sold under her name on Amazon

An author is raising alarms this week after she found new books being sold on Amazon under her name — only she didn't write them; they appear to have been generated by artificial intelligence.

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Co-founder of Russia's equivalent of Google slams 'barbaric' invasion of Ukraine

The co-founder of Russian internet giant Yandex, Arkady Volozh, on Thursday condemned what he described as Moscow's "barbaric" invasion of Ukraine, days after criticism in Russia over his apparent efforts to distance himself from the country.

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Hackers take on ChatGPT in Vegas, with support from the White House

Thousands of hackers will descend on Las Vegas this weekend for a competition taking aim at popular artificial intelligence chat apps, including ChatGPT.

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Why cell phone service is down in Maui — and when it could be restored

Thousands of people in Maui are without cell service as the wildfires continue to rage out of control on the island, preventing people from calling emergency services or updating loved ones about their status. It could take days or even weeks to get the networks back up and running.

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Justice Kagan order: Apple doesn't have to change app store terms while battling Epic in court

The US Supreme Court ruled on Epic Games appeal to pause an injunction that was granted to Apple by a lower court, following Epic's initial legal victory in its dispute over Apple store practices.

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Pope Francis warns about AI's dangers

Pope Francis warned that artificial intelligence could pose a risk to society, highlighting its "disruptive possibilities and ambivalent effects" and urging those who would develop or use AI to do so responsibly.

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iPhone users will soon have to adjust to this small but significant change

Get your thumb ready for next month. Apple is making a subtle change to the iPhone's software that will likely mess with your muscle memory: The big red "end call" button is moving.

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Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain implant startup, raises $280 million

Elon Musk's biotechnology startup Neuralink raised $280 million in a fundraising round, the company announced on Monday via X, the Musk-owned social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

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Google moves forward with plan to delete inactive accounts

Google is moving ahead with its plan to delete accounts that have been inactive for at least two years.

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The big bottleneck for AI: a shortage of powerful chips

The crushing demand for AI has also revealed the limits of the global supply chain for powerful chips used to develop and field AI models.

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Judge narrows Trump-era Google antitrust case brought by states and the Justice Department

Google will not have to face allegations by dozens of states that the tech giant's design of its search results page has harmed rivals, such as Yelp or Expedia, a federal judge ruled in an opinion unsealed Friday, just weeks before the closely watched antitrust case is set to go to trial.

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Google update makes it easier for US users to remove some unwanted search results

Google unveiled new privacy updates this week that lets US users have a wee bit more control over the search results that pop up about themselves online.

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FCC issues historic $300 million fine against the largest robocall scam it has ever investigated

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday cracked down on a massive illegal robocall operation responsible for billions of auto-warranty scam calls in recent years, with regulators imposing a record $300 million fine on what authorities said is the largest such network it has ever investigated.

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India restricts laptop, PC imports to boost local manufacturing

India has placed restrictions on the import of computers and laptops in a surprise move from the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi which has been trying to encourage domestic manufacturing in the tech sector.

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Apple's sales fall for the third consecutive quarter

Apple said Thursday that its revenue slipped 1% to $81.8 billion for its quarter ending July 1, marking the third consecutive year-over-year drop in quarterly revenue for the world's most valuable company.

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Amazon profit jumps and sales surge

E-commerce behemoth Amazon increased its net sales 11% to $134.4 billion in the second quarter as analysts monitor consumer spending in both the cloud and retail markets.

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Threads user count falls to new lows, highlighting retention challenges

Threads, Meta's Twitter rival, is struggling to retain users roughly a month after its highly publicized launch, according to fresh industry estimates showing that app engagement has fallen to new lows.

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'Zelda' sales breakout juices Nintendo's aging Switch

Japan's Nintendo on Thursday said it sold 3.91 million units of its Switch console in the April-June quarter, exceeding sales in the same period a year earlier, boosted by the runaway success of its latest "Zelda" title.

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China wants to limit minors to no more than two hours a day on mobiles

China is proposing new measures to curb the amount of time that kids and teens can spend on their phones, as the country takes aim at internet addiction and tries to cultivate "good morality" and "socialist values" among minors.

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Meta begins blocking news access on its platforms in Canada

Meta has begun to remove news content from Facebook and Instagram in Canada, the social media giant said Tuesday, in response to recently passed legislation in the country that requires tech companies to negotiate payments to news organizations for hosting their content.

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Amazon expands its virtual health clinic nationwide

Amazon's virtual clinic is now available in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., the company announced on Tuesday.

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Uber's post-pandemic growth is slowing

Uber has reported that its revenue ticked up 14% last quarter, marking a slower pace of growth than recent quarters when sales surged as riders returned to pre-pandemic habits.

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Twitter sues hate-speech watchdog, following through on its litigation threat

Twitter has sued the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a nonprofit group that has criticized the company's handling of hate speech, following through on a litigation threat that had been publicly revealed just hours before.

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'X' removed after being installed atop company headquarters following Twitter's rebrand

Officials from the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection on Monday morning observed that the new "X" on top of the building formerly known as Twitter's headquarters was being dismantled, according to Patrick Hannan, the department's spokesman.

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