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Eyes turn to space to feed power-hungry data centers

Tech firms are floating the idea of building data centers in space and tapping into the sun's energy to meet out-of-this-world power demands in a fierce artificial intelligence race.

3 days ago
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OpenAI says a million ChatGPT users talk about suicide

In a blog post published on Monday, the AI company estimated that approximately 0.15 percent of users have "conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent." ...

1 week ago
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AI can help double oil-well productivity: Saudi Aramco

President and CEO Amin Nasser said Aramco, the world's biggest oil exporter, was now realising gains after investing tens of billions of dollars in computing and hiring thousands of data scientists.  ...

1 week ago

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Facebook to ban Holocaust denial content

Facebook announced Monday that it will ban content that denies or distorts the Holocaust, describing the move as its latest effort to free the platform of hate.

5 years ago
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Telescopes capture supermassive black hole devouring star

Astronomers have captured the moment a supermassive black hole shredded a star the size of our Sun, releasing images Monday showing the devastating process in unprecedented detail.

5 years ago
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Chinese app allows small glimpse beyond 'Great Firewall'

An app launched this week in China allows access to some content on Western social media sites long banned domestically, marking the first product by a major Chinese tech firm that helps internet users bypass the Great Firewall.

5 years ago
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5G iPhone expected to star at Apple event

Apple is expected on Tuesday to unveil a keenly anticipated iPhone 12 line-up starring models tuned to super-fast new 5G telecom networks in an update considered vital to the company's fortunes.

5 years ago
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TikTok rival Triller explores deal to go public: Sources

Triller Inc is in discussions with blank-check acquisition companies about a merger which would take the US social media company public.

5 years ago
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Judge won't force App Store to let Fortnite return

A federal judge on Friday denied the latest bid by Epic Games to force Fortnite back into the App Store while its lawsuit against Apple heads for trial next year.

5 years ago
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Stuck in your 'smart' chastity device? Use a screwdriver, manufacturer says

Chinese firm Qiui, whose Bluetooth-controlled Cellmate device can only be unlocked via an app, issued a video called "When nothing else works", showing the screwdriver fix.

5 years ago
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Accelerating MSMEs’ digital transformation supports RI economy

Embracing digital transformation has become a prerequisite for strengthening MSMEs to enable them to bolster economic resilience amid the global health and economic crisis.

5 years ago
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Mobile games thrive, even as pandemic keeps players home

Mobile games are thriving as players turn to them for fun and friendship during the pandemic, with increasing numbers of women joining the trend.

5 years ago
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IBM to break up 109-year old company to focus on cloud growth

International Business Machines Corp is splitting itself into two public companies, capping a years-long effort by the world's first big computing firm to diversify away from its legacy businesses to focus on high-margin cloud computing.

5 years ago
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Google must talk to French publishers about paying for their content, court says

Google must open talks with publishers in France about paying to use their content, an appeals court confirmed on Thursday, paving the way for an industry-wide deal in the country.

5 years ago
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Facebook, Twitter dismantle global array of disinformation networks

Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc said they had taken down more than a dozen disinformation networks used by political and state-backed groups in multiple countries to deceive users on their platforms.

5 years ago
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Web Summit to be held... on the Web

The 2020 edition of the Web Summit, an annual gathering for the global tech industry, will be held exclusively over the internet this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

5 years ago
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Waymo opens robo-taxi service to the public in US city

Waymo, the autonomous car unit of Google-parent Alphabet, opened its robo-taxi project to the general public in the US city of Phoenix on Thursday, becoming the first widely available driverless ride service.

5 years ago
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Study finds preserved brain material in Vesuvius victim

Brain cells have been found in exceptionally preserved form in the remains of a young man killed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius almost 2,000 years ago.

5 years ago
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Nobel winning women hope to inspire a new generation of scientists

On hearing that they had been awarded a Nobel Chemistry Prize for their groundbreaking work on gene-editing Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier said they hoped it would inspire a new generation of women in science.

5 years ago
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Election bot counters sexist abuse in New Zealand, one tweet at a time

An abuse-fighting bot has sent out hundreds of positive messages on social media to counter the online harassment of women candidates in New Zealand's general election.

5 years ago
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What is QAnon and how are online platforms taking action on it?

Online marketplace Etsy Inc is removing all QAnon merchandise from its site, the latest in a series of platform crackdowns on the unfounded and sprawling conspiracy theory.

5 years ago
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Agate’s ‘Onet Asli’ game available globally on Hago

By collaborating with Hago, Onet Asli can be played by users worldwide, enabling them to compete with each other regardless of their location.

5 years ago
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Mexican Nobel laureate Molina, ozone layer prophet, dies at 77

Mexican scientist Mario Molina, who became his country's first winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work on the threat to the ozone layer from chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), has died at the age of 77.

5 years ago
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US-French duo Charpentier, Doudna win Nobel Chemistry Prize for gene editing tool

Emmanuelle Charpentier of France and Jennifer Doudna of the United States on Wednesday won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for developing the gene-editing technique known as the CRISPR-Cas9 DNA snipping "scissors".

5 years ago
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Musk says Tesla to use new batteries, tech at Berlin factory; flags production risk

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday the company will produce Model Y with a new structural battery design and technology at its Berlin factory next year and that could result in a "significant production risk".

5 years ago
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Musk says Tesla to use new batteries, tech at Berlin factory; flags production risk

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday the company will produce Model Y with a new structural battery design and technology at its Berlin factory next year and that could result in a "significant production risk".

5 years ago
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Twitter is testing how its misinformation labels can be more obvious, direct

Twitter is rethinking how the labels it applies to misinformation look and work, as the social media company tries to make these interventions more obvious and cut its reaction times.

5 years ago
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SK Telecom, Microsoft team up to create 'Netflix of video games'

Firms to target Korea’s burgeoning console, cloud gaming market.

5 years ago
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Facebook, Instagram ban QAnon conspiracy-linked accounts

Facebook announced a ban on all accounts linked to the QAnon conspiracy group, as the social network tries to clamp down on misinformation ahead of the heated US presidential election.

5 years ago
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Apple sets unveil for Oct 13 amid 5G iPhone speculation

Apple scheduled a media event for October 13 amid expectations it would unveil one or more new iPhones which use ultrafast 5G wireless technology.

5 years ago
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American universities dominate the science Nobels

The Nobel science prizes reward not only the individual laureates, but also their universities, a competition won by far by the United States' prestigious faculties.

5 years ago
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Black hole discoveries win 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics

Physics is the second of this year's crop of Nobels to be awarded, after three scientists won the medicine prize for their discovery of Hepatitis C on Monday.

5 years ago
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South Korean search giant fined $23 million for manipulating results

South Korea's biggest internet portal Naver was hit with an unprecedented 26.7 billion won ($23 million) fine Tuesday for manipulating search results in favor of its own online shopping service.

5 years ago
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