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Florida investigating ChatGPT role in mass shooting

The decision to launch an investigation came after prosecutors reviewed exchanges between OpenAI chatbot ChatGPT and the suspected gunman, who opened fire at Florida State University last year, according to state Attorney General James Uthmeier.

2 days ago
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Humans far behind as robot breaks record at Beijing half marathon

Spectators lined the roads in Yizhuang in the capital's south to watch the machines and their human rivals race, each group in a separate lane to avoid accidents or collisions. ...

5 days ago
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China humanoid robot half-marathon to showcase technical leaps

Almost 40 percent of the robot participants will navigate the course autonomously in a high-profile demonstration of the industry's growing capabilities, according to the race organizers. ...

6 days ago

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Facebook Indonesia discussion forum to highlight mental health

Facebook Indonesia has introduced an online discussion forum for young people to increase their communal spirits amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

5 years ago
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Apple's subscription bundle of news, music and services to launch Friday

Apple One, the bundle of Apple Inc's paid online services, will launch on Friday, chief executive Tim Cook told Reuters in an interview.

5 years ago
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TikTok countersues rival video app Triller in patent defense

TikTok and its parent firm ByteDance have fired back in court against a patent lawsuit by rival video-sharing app Triller, in a move aimed at heading off infringement claims.

5 years ago
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How to stay safe during video conferences

Harris Iskandar, who heads the COVID-19 task force’s division for education and behavioral change, said we were currently in an era of great disruption as a result of the 5 Ds: digitalization, demographic bonus, decentralization, de-bureaucratization and the pandemic disease.

5 years ago
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Indonesian space agency to kick off search for ‘extraterrestrial life’ next year

A groundbreaking new project to search for exoplanets – planets orbiting distant stars – will begin for the first time in Indonesia following the construction of the National Observatory on Mount Timau in East Nusa Tenggara.

5 years ago
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Hotly-anticipated Cyberpunk 2077 game delayed again, to December 10

The Polish developers behind hotly-anticipated PC and console game Cyberpunk 2077 said Tuesday they would have to delay its release for a third time, pushing it back to December 10.

5 years ago
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Waymo, Daimler to partner in developing self-driving semi trucks

Daimler AG's commercial truck unit and Alphabet Inc's Waymo said they will collaborate on development of self-driving Class 8 semi trucks, applying Waymo's automated system to Daimler's Freightliner Cascadia.

5 years ago
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TikTok moves into ecommerce with Shopify partnership

Canadian e-commerce company Shopify announced a partnership with TikTok that will allow its more than one million online retailers to hype their wares on the teen-centric platform for short-form videos.

5 years ago
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Frankfurt starts building fuel station for world's biggest zero-emissions train fleet

German regional transport group RMV began construction of a filling station near Frankfurt that will use hydrogen generated as a by-product of chemicals manufacturing to fuel the world's largest fleet of zero-emissions passenger trains.

5 years ago
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NASA to launch delicate stowing of Osiris-Rex asteroid samples

NASA's robotic spacecraft Osiris-Rex is set to begin on Tuesday a delicate operation to store the precious particles it scooped up from the asteroid Bennu, but which were leaking into space when a flap got wedged open.

5 years ago
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Facebook takes mobile games into the cloud

Facebook on Monday put its spin on cloud gaming by letting players instantly hop into an array of mobile games at the social network without downloading apps -- but won't be offering the service for Apple iOS devices.

5 years ago
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Moon richer in water than once thought

There may be far more water on the Moon than previously thought, according to two studies published Monday raising the tantalizing prospect that astronauts on future space missions could find refreshment -- and maybe even fuel -- on the lunar surface.

5 years ago
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Instagram changes nudity policy after campaign by plus-sized Black model

Instagram will introduce a new nudity policy this week following a campaign by a Black British plus-sized model, who said the removal of images showing her covering her breasts with her arms betrayed "racial biases" in its algorithm.

5 years ago
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Dubai introduces facial recognition on public transport

Dubai is introducing a facial recognition system on public transport to beef up security, officials said Sunday, as the emirate prepares to host the global Expo exhibition.

5 years ago
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US insists on need to ban TikTok

US President Donald Trump's administration has insisted on the need to ban TikTok due to national security concerns in a new court filing ahead of a plan to make the video app unavailable on November 12.

5 years ago
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NATO to build 'Space Center' in Germany

The NATO alliance is to build a headquarters for space operations at its airbase in Ramstein in Germany, to counter a rising Russian and Chinese threat.

5 years ago
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NASA asteroid surface sampling likely successful

NASA released its first images of a sampling operation carried out on the asteroid Bennu, which appeared to show successful recovery of rock and dust, or as one official put it, "the kind of mess we were hoping for".

5 years ago
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Three-man US-Russian crew returns to Earth from ISS

An American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts touched down safely on the Kazakhstan steppe on Thursday, completing a 196-day mission that began with the first launch under lockdown conditions.

5 years ago
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Quibi streaming service to shut down

Short-form streaming service Quibi announced Wednesday it is pulling the plug on the platform aimed at smartphone users hungry for entertainment on the go.

5 years ago
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Naver accused of excessive censorship of webtoons after string of controversies

Internet portal site Naver was plagued this summer by a series of scandals concerning violence and sexual references in some of its webtoons, resulting in the removal or re-editing of certain scenes. 

5 years ago
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PayPal to allow cryptocurrency buying, selling and shopping on its network

PayPal Holdings Inc joined the cryptocurrency market on Wednesday, allowing customers to buy, sell and hold bitcoin and other virtual coins using the US digital payments company's online wallets.

5 years ago
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Batan develops sterilization technology for COVID-19 vaccine

Like any government institution, the National Nuclear Energy Agency (Batan) also plays a role in the nation’s efforts to tackle COVID-19, as it focuses on irradiation in the development of an antiserum and vaccine for the coronavirus.

5 years ago
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Microsoft cloud computing looks to the stars

Microsoft said its Azure cloud computing service is taking to outer space, and will deliver datacenter power to remote spots on Earth in the process.

5 years ago
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NASA probe Osiris-Rex 'boops' asteroid Bennu in historic mission

After a four-year journey, NASA's robotic spacecraft Osiris-Rex briefly touched down on asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface to collect rock and dust samples in a precision operation 330 million kilometers from Earth.

5 years ago
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Facebook unveils machine learning translator for 100 languages

Facebook on Monday unveiled software based on machine learning which the company said was the first to be able to translate from any of 100 languages without relying on English.

5 years ago
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Communications breakdown? Tesla turns away from media

The fast-growing electric carmaker appears to have taken the unusual step of disbanding its media relations department which responds to journalists.

5 years ago
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Got any signal up here? Nokia to build mobile network on the moon

Struggling to get a phone signal at home on planet Earth? Perhaps you'll have better luck on the moon.

5 years ago
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Indonesia, France team up to develop gaming industry

Indonesia and France will hold various collaborative activities to promote the gaming industry and an exchange of talent and information.

5 years ago
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YouTube toughens rules for QAnon conspiracy content

YouTube said it was tightening rules for propagation of conspiracy theories, notably targeting the QAnon movement already limited on Twitter and Facebook.

5 years ago
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Nokia's COVID detection system automatically scans for temperature, mask

Nokia has created an automated system that uses a thermal camera and real-time video analytics to determine if a person has COVID-19 symptoms and is wearing a mask.

5 years ago
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