Tech
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Amazon says employees expected in office three days a week
Amazon.com Inc would require employees to be in office at least three days a week from May 1, the e-commerce giant said on Friday. The COVID-19 pandemic had altered the workplace, with companies send…
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Twitter down for thousands of users – Downdetector
Thousands of Twitter users were unable to access the social media platform on Wednesday, according to outage monitoring website Downdetector.com. More than 8,000 users reported issues with the micro-…
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Nokia, Kyndryl extend partnership for private 5G factory networks
Nokia and Kyndryl have extended their partnership for three years after clocking up more than 100 customers for automating factories using 5G wireless networks, following their first tie-up a year ea…
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Elon Musk says Twitter to produce new head at the end of 2023
Twitter Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday that towards the end of 2023 would be “good timing” to find someone else to run Twitter, when he expects the social media platform to be stable. “I…
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Beijing backs firms in construction of ChatGPT-like AI models
China’s capital Beijing will support leading enterprises in building large artificial intelligence (AI) models that can challenge ChatGPT, the city’s economy and information technology bureau said on…
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Yahoo announces plan to lay off over 20% of staff
Yahoo said on Thursday it plans to lay off more than 20% of its total workforce as part of a major restructuring of its ad tech division. The cuts will impact nearly 50% of Yahoo’s ad tech employees …
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Meta restores Donald Trump’s access to Facebook, Instagram
Meta Platforms Inc has restored former U.S. President Donald Trump’s access to Facebook and Instagram, Meta spokesperson Andy Stone confirmed on Thursday, following a two-year suspension after the de…
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says ChatGPT ‘will change our world’
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates believes ChatGPT, a chatbot that gives strikingly human-like responses to user queries, is as significant as the invention of the internet, he told German business dai…
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U.S. and Britain invoke heavy sanctions on Russian hacking gang, Trickbot
The United States and Britain have imposed sanctions against seven leading members of a notorious Russian hacking gang known as Trickbot, officials announced on Friday. Trickbot’s malicious software …
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EU hands Musk’s Twitter yellow card over disinformation reporting effort
Elon Musk’s Twitter was hit with a yellow card from the European Commission on Thursday as its reported efforts to tackle disinformation fell short of those by Alphabet’s Google, Meta Platforms, Micr…