Fri 21 February 2025: Tech giant Google has paid 326 million euros (339.4 million U.S. dollars) to settle a dispute over unpaid taxes, Italian authorities confirmed on Wednesday. Prosecutors in Milan launched an investigation into Google Ireland Limited after the Italian revenue agency determined that the company had failed to declare its income and pay […]
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Thu 20 February 2025: US technology companies have quietly ramped up support for Israel’s military operations by providing advanced artificial intelligence and computing services, an investigation by The Associated Press (AP) has found. The tech aid has accelerated the identification and targeting of “alleged militants” in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon — but it has […]
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Wed 19 February 2025: Tech company Meta is set to build the world’s longest undersea cable, a 50,000-km (31,000-mile) project designed to enhance global internet connectivity, according to British media on Tuesday. The cable, longer than Earth’s circumference, will link the US, India, South Africa, Brazil, and other regions, Sky News reported. Named Project Waterworth, […]
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Tue 18 February 2025: Elon Musk’s xAI has launched Grok 3, the latest version of its AI chatbot. Musk hopes Grok 3 will compete with established chatbots like ChatGPT and DeepSeek in the competitive AI market. The launch comes as the world’s richest man is deploying the enormous powers granted him by US President Donald Trump to […]
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Mon 17 February 2025: Artificial Intelligence is playing a crucial role in other walks of life. Can it also prevent loss of human life in aviation accidents? More than 100 people have been killed in air crashes this year already, including in a midair collision between a commercial airliner and a helicopter near Washington, DC, […]
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Sat 15 February 2025: Last time you scrolled the “For You” page on TikTok, did you get a video about current events? Politics? Breaking news? If you’re one of the 63% of teens or 33% of adults in the U.S. who uses TikTok, you probably have. But where did it come from? Who created it? And should you believe […]
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Sat 15 February 2025: The United Arab Emirates has begun mapping air corridors for air taxis and cargo drones, its civil aviation authority said in a statement on Thursday, Reuters has reported. The oil and gas-rich country has sought to distinguish itself in the Middle East as a high-tech, forward-looking society, with Dubai starting to test two-seater, […]
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Thu 13 February 2025: Kuwait said on Thursday that it had foiled large-scale cyberattacks targeting telecom towers and banks in the Gulf country, Anadolu reports. An Interior Ministry statement said that the attacks were orchestrated by an international cybercrime ring of Chinese nationals. The ministry said the suspects behind the attacks were arrested and affirmed its commitment […]
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Thu 13 February 2025: A team from Australia’s national science agency has developed an AI tool capable of rapidly and accurately identifying biological sex from human skulls. Researchers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) revealed the tool in a study published on Wednesday, saying that it could support investigators in criminal analysis […]
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Wed 12 February 2025: Australia on Wednesday imposed sanctions on a Russian entity and five individuals over their alleged involvement in stealing the personal information of millions of customers of a private health insurance company in a major cyberattack in 2022. In a joint statement with Defense Minister Richard Marles and Home Minister Tony Burke, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the attack affected millions of […]
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