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Apple lets China Mac users connect Siri to Alibaba's Qwen

Apple lets China Mac users connect Siri to Alibaba's Qwen

Apple has quietly published a guide showing eligible Mac users in mainland China how to plug Alibaba's Qwen AI models into Siri and Writing...

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Gen Alpha expects the 9-to-5 commute to disappear by 2040

Gen Alpha expects the 9-to-5 commute to disappear by 2040

The average New Yorker still spends 53 minutes each way commuting to the office, a habit Mark Dixon, CEO of workspace giant IWG, believes won't...

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Louisiana: Five deaths reported from flesh-eating bacteria in seawater

Louisiana: Five deaths reported from flesh-eating bacteria in seawater

On Thursday, Louisiana health officials cautioned residents to take precautions after a surge in severe cases of Vibrio vulnificus-a type of dangerous...

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Ruqia Shahid

Solar Eclipse in UK: Met office reveals best places to watch on Wednesday

Solar Eclipse in UK: Met office reveals best places to watch on Wednesday

The meteorological office has revealed the best spots to witness the UK’s deepest total solar eclipse for the next 54 years on coming Wednesday. On...

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South Korea captures first images of SpaceX Moon crash

South Korea captures first images of SpaceX Moon crash

A spent SpaceX rocket stage slammed into the Moon at roughly 8,700 kph on 5 August, and South Korea's Danuri orbiter was there to catch it,...

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Can sharks help predict hurricanes? Scientists think so

Can sharks help predict hurricanes? Scientists think so

Scientists in a recent breakthrough have turned to sharks for better hurricane predictions and potential intensity of a hurricane before making...

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Microsoft Teams Live Chat feature is being retired

Microsoft Teams Live Chat feature is being retired

Microsoft Teams live chat is being shut down barely 18 months after launch, the latest casualty in a broader clear-out of Teams features this year....

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US Senate passes short-term funding bill to avoid government shutdown

US Senate passes short-term funding bill to avoid government shutdown

The US Senate has passed a short-term financing bill aimed at funding federal agencies through December on Saturday. The move passed by 90-6 votes, is...

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Pentagon releases 41 new UFO Files: Here’s what they reveal

Pentagon releases 41 new UFO Files: Here’s what they reveal

A telegram sent from Brazil in 1963 describing a dead crewman inside a crashed metal balloon is among 41 new documents the Pentagon released on...

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WhatsApp parental controls now easier to find on iPhone

WhatsApp parental controls now easier to find on iPhone

WhatsApp is giving iPhone users a dedicated home for parental controls, making a feature that's existed since March far easier to actually find....

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X launches ‘Original Content Rewards Program’ after ending monetization scheme: Key changes explained

X launches ‘Original Content Rewards Program’ after ending monetization scheme: Key changes explained

X has ended its creator monetization program and replaced it with a new Original Content Rewards Program in a major shake-up. The purpose of this...

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OpenAI warns of critical cybersecurity risk in new AI model

OpenAI warns of critical cybersecurity risk in new AI model

OpenAI has issued a latest warning regarding its upcoming AI model after a series of unsettling incidents of breaching the cybersecurity protocols,...

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Meta hit with $567m penalty over teen safety failures

Meta hit with $567m penalty over teen safety failures

A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay $567 million and overhaul how Facebook and Instagram operate for young users, ruling that the company...

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Bus driver kicked explosive drone out of the air at German airport

Bus driver kicked explosive drone out of the air at German airport

A bus driver knocked an explosive-laden drone out of the air, potentially preventing an ‌attack this week at a German airport that serves as a major...

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Typhoon Dolphin tracks toward Eastern China after heavy rain drenches Beijing

Typhoon Dolphin tracks toward Eastern China after heavy rain drenches Beijing

Multiple districts across Beijing, issued urgent yellow warnings as torrential downpours struck the Chinese capital, coinciding with nationwide...

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UK to witness its deepest total solar eclipse in decades

UK to witness its deepest total solar eclipse in decades

The UK will not see a total solar eclipse until Sept. 23, 2090, but millions across Britain and Ireland are about to get the next best thing. On...

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White House draws backlash for using Spider-Man as an ICE agent

White House draws backlash for using Spider-Man as an ICE agent

White House uses the superhero as Tom Holland’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” shatters records on box office The White House is receiving backlash...

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Trump targets Switzerland over trade deficit with ‘one pen stroke’ warning

Trump targets Switzerland over trade deficit with ‘one pen stroke’ warning

President Donald Trump has issued a subtle warning to Switzerland over the US trade deficit with the country. In an interview clip on August 7 widely...

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‘GTA VI’ fans get major update as Take-Two confirms November launch

‘GTA VI’ fans get major update as Take-Two confirms November launch

Major American video game holding company Take-Two Interactive stuck to its yearly booking projections today ahead of the highly anticipated launch...

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Ruqia Shahid

Creators say false AI labels are damaging their reputations

Creators say false AI labels are damaging their reputations

Ashton McGrady spent hours building a detailed collage for Disability Pride Month, only to find TikTok had tagged it "AI-generated". The...

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Pareesa Afreen

Trump orders fresh probes after reports of depleted US weapon stockpiles: WSJ

Trump orders fresh probes after reports of depleted US weapon stockpiles: WSJ

U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered new, aggressive investigations into unauthorized disclosures regarding the Pentagon's munitions...

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Hafsa Naeem Baig

Astronomers watch a massive star die in rare space breakthrough

Astronomers watch a massive star die in rare space breakthrough

For the first time ever, astronomers have watched a massive star die from start to finish, uncovering a new mechanism for how this kind of violent...

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Ruqia Shahid

AI could challenge Wall Street’s long-standing EPS obsession, study shows

AI could challenge Wall Street’s long-standing EPS obsession, study shows

The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is forcing a strategic shift in how Wall Street evaluates corporate performance, reducing the...

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Hafsa Naeem Baig

AI designs 16 novel viruses never seen in nature: Scientific breakthrough or bio threat?

AI designs 16 novel viruses never seen in nature: Scientific breakthrough or bio threat?

Artificial intelligence has designed 16 novel viruses never seen in nature before in a recent breakthrough. According to the US researchers, the brand...

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World heading towards hunger crisis? FAO warns extreme weather and global conflict pushing food prices to record highs

World heading towards hunger crisis? FAO warns extreme weather and global conflict pushing food prices to record highs

According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization FAO, world food prices rose in July to their highest in more than three years as adverse weather...

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Australia issues stark warning over smart-glasses, urges new privacy laws

Australia issues stark warning over smart-glasses, urges new privacy laws

Australia has issued a stark warning over the use of camera-enabled smart-glasses including Meta’s Ray-Bans and Kmart’s Anko glasses, raising new...

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People are singing Disney songs when smart glasses film them: Here’s why

People are singing Disney songs when smart glasses film them: Here’s why

If you suspect someone is filming you with smart glasses without permission, the internet has an unlikely suggestion: start singing a Disney tune. The...

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OpenAI to launch portable screenless AI speaker: Check details here

OpenAI to launch portable screenless AI speaker: Check details here

OpenAI's long-rumoured entry into consumer hardware is coming into focus. The company's screenless smart speaker will be shaped like a...

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Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan forge new defence alliance amid Middle East tensions

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan forge new defence alliance amid Middle East tensions

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey are set to sign a joint defence agreement on Friday, as confirmed by regional sources with direct knowledge of the...

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Thailand School Shooting: Gunman kills grandparents, six others including teachers and students

Thailand School Shooting: Gunman kills grandparents, six others including teachers and students

At least seven people were killed and dozens injured on Friday ‌when a student opened fire at a school in Thailand before turning the gun on...

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Hafsa Naeem Baig

Alibaba to charge heavy commercial users on next open source AI models

Alibaba to charge heavy commercial users on next open source AI models

Alibaba is planning to implement a revenue-sharing model for major commercial users of its upcoming open-source/open-weight AI models such as the...

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ByteDance trains 10 trillion-parameter AI model to rival Anthropic’s Mythos

ByteDance trains 10 trillion-parameter AI model to rival Anthropic’s Mythos

ByteDance is set for its next artificial intelligence move as the Chinese tech company is training its mega AI model with as many as 10 trillion...

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Meta faces $567 million penalty in New Mexico teen mental health case

Meta faces $567 million penalty in New Mexico teen mental health case

A New Mexico state court has ordered Meta to pay $567 million into a youth mental health remediation fund following the conclusion of a landmark...

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Tesla, SpaceX confirm largest Terafab chip factory in Texas

Tesla, SpaceX confirm largest Terafab chip factory in Texas

Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Tesla have taken a significant step by investing $16.8 billion to build “Terafab” in Texas as the companies scramble to...

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Ruqia Shahid

Elon Musk accused of weaponizing crisis as business strategy

Elon Musk accused of weaponizing crisis as business strategy

Elon Musk has been accused of weaponizing a crisis and stoking division with his comments on a recent crisis in Ceuta, Spain. Taking aim at the...

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SpaceX shares under pressure as lockup expiry fuels post-IPO concerns

SpaceX shares under pressure as lockup expiry fuels post-IPO concerns

On Thursday, SpaceX shares fluctuated as investors evaluated the consequences of sales on the stock which has experienced volatility since its IPO....

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Ruqia Shahid

FDA approves Moderna’s mRNA-based vaccine: What you need to know

FDA approves Moderna’s mRNA-based vaccine: What you need to know

The Food and Drug Administration has reportedly approved a new kind of flu vaccine for older people: a pioneering mRNA formulation that was key to...

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Leaked report shows TikTok withheld safety fix from millions

Leaked report shows TikTok withheld safety fix from millions

A confidential internal document has revealed that TikTok deliberately withheld a safety update from millions of users in 2021 to measure its effect...

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Old Reddit set for more changes as AI scraping fight mount

Old Reddit set for more changes as AI scraping fight mount

Old Reddit, the legacy desktop interface preferred by long-time users since the platform's 2018 redesign, faces further changes as Reddit steps...

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Trump tariff refund boosts Nintendo profit by 53%

Trump tariff refund boosts Nintendo profit by 53%

Nintendo has experienced a massive surge in its profits, thereby beating its own earning forecasts. And all credit goes to Trump tariffs refund. As a...

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Amazon redesigns AI data centres to train next AGI model: Report

Amazon redesigns AI data centres to train next AGI model: Report

Amazon is redesigning part of a sprawling AI data centre campus in rural Indiana, consolidating multiple facilities into a single powerful cluster...

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Companies use AI as ‘heat shield’ for layoffs: Trump advisor

Companies use AI as ‘heat shield’ for layoffs: Trump advisor

A senior Trump administration official says companies are increasingly using artificial intelligence as cover for job cuts they had already planned. ...

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Meta’s 'spy glasses' spark privacy alarm, prompting multiple UK venue bans

Meta’s 'spy glasses' spark privacy alarm, prompting multiple UK venue bans

Meta has been under fire due to privacy concerns triggered by the production of a new line of camera-equipped smart glasses. As a result, several...

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Could AI wipe out humanity? Google DeepMind executive says risk is 'not zero'

Could AI wipe out humanity? Google DeepMind executive says risk is 'not zero'

Google DeepMind Chief AI Readiness Officer Lila Ibrahim has declined to put a number on the odds of AI causing human extinction, but she isn't...

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ByteDance founder warns employees against AI distillation: Report

ByteDance founder warns employees against AI distillation: Report

ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming has urged the Chinese internet giant’s staff to avoid using AI distillation aimed at training and improving...

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Spider-Man, Darth Vader head to TikTok under Disney deal

Spider-Man, Darth Vader head to TikTok under Disney deal

Darth Vader, Spider-Man and Moana are set to become official TikTok stars for the first time after Walt Disney struck what it calls a "first of...

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OpenAI asks judge to dismiss Apple trade secrets lawsuit

OpenAI asks judge to dismiss Apple trade secrets lawsuit

OpenAI has asked a US federal judge to throw out Apple's lawsuit accusing the ChatGPT maker and two former Apple employees of misappropriating...

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Meta AI hacks another company during cybersecurity testing

Meta AI hacks another company during cybersecurity testing

Meta on Wednesday revealed that one of its AI models hacked another company during cybersecurity testing, raising the concerns of growing attacks by...

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Iran and Oman reach understanding on coordinates of route through Hormuz

Iran and Oman reach understanding on coordinates of route through Hormuz

Iran and Oman have reached an understanding on the geographic coordinates for a shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, and ‌a joint...

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Anthropic confirms in-house AI chip team for Claude

Anthropic confirms in-house AI chip team for Claude

Anthropic has confirmed it is building an in-house team to design custom AI chips for its Claude models, marking a major step in the company's...

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