Tech
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Uganda’s president insists country won’t be swayed after anti-LGBTQ law triggers aid cut threats
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has defended signing one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ laws, with punishments up to and including the death penalty, saying it was needed to prevent LGBTQ comm…
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Russia fines WhatsApp for first time for not deleting banned content
A Russian court on Thursday fined messenger service WhatsApp three million roubles ($37,080) for not deleting banned content, its first fine in Russia for that offence. WhatsApp’s parent company Meta…
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Russia accesses U.S. of spying on thousands of Apple phones
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday it had uncovered a U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) plot using previously unknown malware to access specially made so-called backdoor vulne…
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Tennis great Roger Federer to feature as direction voice on Waze navigation app
After a career spent navigating the toughest opponents on the court, 20-times major winner Roger Federer will now help commuters navigate the open road, as the newest voice of driving app Waze. The r…
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Australia pushes for tougher laws needed on artificial intelligence
Australia said on Thursday it planned to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) including a potential ban on deep fakes and realistic-looking but false content, amid concerns the technology could be m…
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James Webb Telescope finds Saturn’s moon emitting water into space
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected a stream of water vapour spanning 9,600km rising into space from Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus — 504km-wide and famously known for its spray of water. Enc…
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Microsoft accuses UK regulator of being an ‘outlier’ for blocking Activision deal
Microsoft on Tuesday accused Britain’s anti-trust regulator of being a global “outlier” in blocking its $69 billion takeover of “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard. The Competition and Markets A…
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U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear bid to sue Reddit over child porn
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a bid by child pornography victims to overcome a legal shield for internet companies in a case involving a lawsuit accusing Reddit Inc of violating …
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WhatsApp introduces 2 interesting updates for users
Meta-owned WhatsApp is bringing two new updates for people who use the Windows app, WaBetaInfo reported. According to the app-tracking website, the instant messaging app is rolling out a feature to …
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Chinese organisations launched 79 AI large language models since 2020 – report
Chinese organisations launched 79 large-language models (LLMs) in the country over the past three years as they doubled down on efforts to develop artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, a report by…