Sat 11 January 2025: The US Supreme Court, in a hearing on Friday, appeared in favor of upholding the sell-or-ban law approved by Congress in April that restricts access to social media platform TikTok, according to multiple news outlets. The nine justices listened to oral arguments from lawyers of TikTok, who appealed against a lower […]
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Sat 11 January 2025: YouTubers and other digital content creators are selling their unused video footage to artificial intelligence (AI) companies seeking exclusive videos to better train their AI algorithms, oftentimes netting thousands of dollars per deal, Bloomberg News on Friday cited industry source. “OpenAI, Alphabet Inc.’s Google, AI media company Moonvalley and several other […]
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Fri 10 January 2025: The act of handing over hard-earned cash has long been associated with pain. And historically, research has also found that consumers tended to spend less using cash rather than a payment card. In a study from the early 2000s where consumers were observed using either cash or a pre-paid card, it was shown that those with […]
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Wed 08 January 2025: NASA has announced revisions to its Mars Sample Return Program, aiming to simplify the mission, reduce costs, and expedite the timeline for bringing Martian soil samples to Earth. The initial plan, which involved multiple spacecraft, is being restructured to address technical and financial challenges. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said Tuesday that the agency is now considering […]
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Sun 05 January 2025: Billionaire Elon Musk confirmed Saturday that Starlink applied to launch internet services in Pakistan but was “waiting for approval from the government.” It is in response to a post by a Pakistani netizen, Sanam Jamali, who said Starlink internet services could “leap” Pakistan “into the future, where every citizen has the […]
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Sun 05 January 2025: Artificial intelligence (AI) could significantly influence users’ decision-making processes by analyzing “intention, behavior, and psychological data,” according to a study published Monday. The research, conducted by Britain’s Cambridge University’s Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, explores a new digital market known as the “intention economy.” This model is designed to […]
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Sun 05 January 2025: Google has paid $CAN100 million ($69 million) to use news stories from Canadian media outlets on its platform, the tech company said Friday. Canadian news outlets were struggling to survive and lost ad revenue to Google and Meta. Under the Online News Act, both companies were told to pay large sums […]
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Sat 04 January 2025: Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a civil lawsuit that alleges the privacy-focused company used its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhones and other popular devices. The proposed settlement, which was filed Tuesday in a federal court in Oakland, California, would resolve a five-year-old […]
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Tue 31 December 2024: It will likely prove ever harder for governments and police to regulate 3D-printed firearms. Police investigating the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 4, 2024, have announced that the suspected assailant had used a 3D-printed gun. Several high-profile crimes in recent years have involved this kind of homemade, or partially homemade, weapon. […]
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Tue 31 December 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia would develop artificial intelligence with BRICS partners and other countries, in a bid to challenge the dominance of the United States in one of the most promising and crucial technologies of the 21st century. Speaking at Russia’s flagship AI conference on Wednesday, Putin […]
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