Tech
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European privacy watchdog creates ChatGPT task force
The body that unites Europe’s national privacy watchdogs said on Thursday it had set up a task force on ChatGPT, a potentially important first step toward a common policy on setting privacy rules on …
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S.Korea’s top court orders Google to disclose user information sharing
South Korea’s top court on Thursday said Alphabet Inc’s Google should disclose whether the technology giant had shared local user information with third parties, news agency Yonhap reported, sending …
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Italy agrees to unfreeze ChatGPT if developers meet end-April deadline
Italy’s data protection agency on Wednesday set an end-April deadline for OpenAI to meet its demands on data protection and privacy in order for its artificial intelligence ChatGPT chatbot service to…
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U.S. begins study of possible rules to regulate AI like ChatGPT
The Biden administration said Tuesday it is seeking public comments on potential accountability measures for artificial intelligence (AI) systems as questions loom about its impact on national securi…
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Musk says Twitter ‘roughly breaking even’ as advertisers begin to return
Twitter Inc CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday the social media company is “roughly breaking even,” as most of its advertisers have returned and its aggressive cost-cutting efforts have started bearing …
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South Korea slaps Google with $32m fine for blocking games on competing platform
South Korea’s antitrust regulator has fined Alphabet Inc’s Google 42.1 billion won ($31.88 million) for blocking the release of mobile video games on a competitor’s platform. The Korea Fair Trade Com…
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Musk says SpaceX Starship rocket eyes later in April launch
A key SpaceX Starship Super Heavy rocket launch test now is likely to take place later this month rather than sometime this week, the space company’s CEO Elon Musk said on Monday. SpaceX envisions St…
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Vodafone fixed broadband outage in the UK
Vodafone on Monday said it resolved an outage that impacted thousands of its home broadband service users in the United Kingdom, after hours of downtime. “We have now fixed the issue impacting just o…
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Global PC shipments slide in first quarter, Apple takes biggest hit, IDC says
Global shipments of personal computers slumped by nearly a third in the first quarter of 2023, with Apple Inc dropping the most among the market heavyweights as the industry struggles with a post-pan…
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Nigeria’s govt, Google bar online loan apps from accessing customers’ photos and contacts
The federal government of Nigeria has banned Loan apps from accessing customers’ photos and contacts. From May 31, 2023 loan apps on Play Store will lose their ability to access their users’ contacts…