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Meta to alert parents if teens discuss self-harm with AI

Meta to alert parents if teens discuss self-harm with AI

Meta announced that parents using its family supervision tools can now receive alerts when their teen's conversations with Meta AI on Instagram,...

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Iran warns Strait of Hormuz is ‘Red Line’ amid US strikes

Iran warns Strait of Hormuz is ‘Red Line’ amid US strikes

Iran declared on Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz is an inviolable "red line", warning it would strike infrastructure across the entire...

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Apple is chasing for AI chip startups: Report

Apple is chasing for AI chip startups: Report

Apple is exploring acquisitions of chip companies to strengthen its AI server processors, The Information reported Wednesday, marking a rare shift for...

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98% of fake TikTok news anchors are AI, study finds

98% of fake TikTok news anchors are AI, study finds

A network of 30 TikTok accounts posted more than 550 videos between October 2025 and June 2026, nearly all featuring polished female presenters...

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AI chatbots of deceased loved ones may help people cope with grief, study finds

AI chatbots of deceased loved ones may help people cope with grief, study finds

Sixteen people who'd lost someone close to them sat down for Zoom sessions and talked to AI chatbots built from details about their deceased...

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FCC proposes ID checks to buy prepaid phones in US

FCC proposes ID checks to buy prepaid phones in US

Buying a prepaid phone without handing over your identity may soon be off the table in the US. The Federal Communications Commission is weighing a...

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Google Play Store opens to rivals starting July 22

Google Play Store opens to rivals starting July 22

Epic Games and Google have jointly pulled the plug on the settlement they spent months negotiating, a reversal that forces Google back under the...

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Intel deploys ASML's high NA tool for Panther Lake chips

Intel deploys ASML's high NA tool for Panther Lake chips

Intel has started using a next-generation lithography machine from ASML to manufacture part of its flagship Panther Lake laptop chips, ASML confirmed...

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New Android malware can drain bank accounts silently

New Android malware can drain bank accounts silently

A newly upgraded strain of Android malware is exploiting a developer feature most users never touch to quietly take full control of infected phones...

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Tiny 2-inch space debris discovered in key satellite orbit, scientists warn

Tiny 2-inch space debris discovered in key satellite orbit, scientists warn

Fragments as small as 2 inches across are drifting undetected through one of the most valuable regions of space, according to new research from the...

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Apple's iOS 27 child safety overhaul: Explained

Apple's iOS 27 child safety overhaul: Explained

For years, child safety advocates accused Apple of treating itself as a bystander in kids' online lives. At June's Worldwide Developers...

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Samsung Health may delete your data if you reject AI training

Samsung Health may delete your data if you reject AI training

Samsung Health users are running into an ultimatum they didn't ask for: hand over health data for AI training, or lose it entirely. A new in-app...

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WhatsApp Business can now run two accounts at once: Here’s how

WhatsApp Business can now run two accounts at once: Here’s how

Businesses juggling two phone numbers on WhatsApp no longer need a spare device to do it. WhatsApp Business beta for Android version 2.24.27.5 is...

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How to use AI for brainstorming that beats generic ideas

How to use AI for brainstorming that beats generic ideas

Most people ask AI for "ideas" and get exactly what that vague request deserves: generic, forgettable output. The fix isn't a better...

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Norwegian Air changes logo to British Airways after losing bet

Norwegian Air changes logo to British Airways after losing bet

Norwegian Air kept its word. After England beat Norway 2-1 in extra time in Saturday's World Cup quarterfinal in Miami, the Oslo-based carrier...

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Iran, US trade strikes as Strait of Hormuz shuts again

Iran, US trade strikes as Strait of Hormuz shuts again

The fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran collapsed further Sunday as Tehran launched strikes against five Gulf nations and shut down the Strait...

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Meta is testing AI smart glasses that remember your day, raising privacy concerns

Meta is testing AI smart glasses that remember your day, raising privacy concerns

Meta is testing a prototype smart glasses model, internally described as "super-sensing", that could capture photos every few seconds and...

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3 things former engineer 'took' From Apple, per OpenAI lawsuit

3 things former engineer 'took' From Apple, per OpenAI lawsuit

When engineer Chang Liu left Apple for OpenAI's hardware division in January, he didn't just take his experience with him, according to...

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AI is driving experts away from online communities, research finds

AI is driving experts away from online communities, research finds

Monthly questions on Stack Overflow have dropped nearly 76% since ChatGPT launched in 2022, but the more troubling trend is who's leaving. A new...

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5 phone screen settings to change for healthier eyes

5 phone screen settings to change for healthier eyes

If your eyes feel tired, dry, and irritated after using your phone for an extended period of time, you have digital eye strain (DES). When it gets too...

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China's Long March-10B rocket recovery shakes up space race

China's Long March-10B rocket recovery shakes up space race

China pulled off a feat only one other country had managed, recovering the first stage of an orbital-class rocket booster, and it did so without...

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Is Microsoft selling Xbox? Here's why rumours are growing

Is Microsoft selling Xbox? Here's why rumours are growing

If you haven't been following Xbox news, here's the short version: Microsoft's gaming division is going through its biggest shake-up in...

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Musk's 2024 Apple-OpenAI warning resurfaces after lawsuit

Musk's 2024 Apple-OpenAI warning resurfaces after lawsuit

A two-year-old post from Elon Musk is circulating again after Apple sued OpenAI on Friday, accusing its former AI partner of running a coordinated...

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Study finds 281 Android VPN apps leak user data

Study finds 281 Android VPN apps leak user data

Sixty-one of 281 popular Android VPN apps transmitted user data without encryption across more than 10,000 observed traffic flows, according to a new...

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Trump declares US-Iran ceasefire over, agrees to keep

Trump declares US-Iran ceasefire over, agrees to keep

President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States and Iran had agreed to keep talking, even as he declared the ceasefire between the two...

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Elon Musk shares story behind his famous 100-hour workweek

Elon Musk shares story behind his famous 100-hour workweek

Long before he became the first person in history to reach a trillion-dollar net worth, Elon Musk was sleeping on an office couch and showering at the...

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UK puts Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Oracle under new oversight: Here’s why

UK puts Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Oracle under new oversight: Here’s why

The UK has designated Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Oracle as critical third parties to the country's financial system, bringing the four cloud...

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US-Iran escalation could upend 2027 oil surplus: IEA

US-Iran escalation could upend 2027 oil surplus: IEA

A fresh flare-up in US-Iran hostilities could derail the International Energy Agency's forecast of a major oil market surplus next year, the...

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China reveals plans for an asteroid early-warning network

China reveals plans for an asteroid early-warning network

China has announced plans to build a coordinated "space-ground" monitoring network to detect near-Earth asteroids, though officials have...

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced: Full mission list

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced: Full mission list

If you're planning your time with Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, knowing exactly how many missions stand between you and the credits...

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Mario Kart Tour shuts down for good on September 30

Mario Kart Tour shuts down for good on September 30

Unlike Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, which was replaced by an offline version, known as "Complete", that Nintendo had to create for it when...

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Your public Instagram photos are now AI fodder by default: Here’s how

Your public Instagram photos are now AI fodder by default: Here’s how

If your Instagram account is public, someone can now generate an AI image using your face without your knowledge, your permission, or so much as a...

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Minecraft adds new sitting feature after 17 years

Minecraft adds new sitting feature after 17 years

Minecraft players have spent 17 years finding workarounds, boats, minecarts, and saddled animals just to make their character sit down. Mojang's...

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Broadcom, Apple chip deal extended through 2031

Broadcom, Apple chip deal extended through 2031

Broadcom said Monday it has agreed to expand its partnership with Apple through 2031 to develop and supply custom chips, a move that eased concerns...

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Shark Tank investor says entrepreneurs should skip ChatGPT, shares 2 AI business ideas

Shark Tank investor says entrepreneurs should skip ChatGPT, shares 2 AI business ideas

Shark Tank investor Kevin O'Leary says aspiring entrepreneurs shouldn't try to compete with tech giants by building the next ChatGPT. ...

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7.6 billion people could see asteroid Apophis in 2029: Here’s the map

7.6 billion people could see asteroid Apophis in 2029: Here’s the map

Three years ahead of asteroid Apophis's close but safe pass by Earth, scientists have already charted exactly when and where billions of people...

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UK regulator may bring ChatGPT, Claude under its rules

UK regulator may bring ChatGPT, Claude under its rules

Britain's Financial Conduct Authority should examine whether general-purpose AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini need to fall under...

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UN Chief warns AI is outpacing the world's ability to govern it

UN Chief warns AI is outpacing the world's ability to govern it

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened the first-ever government-level global dialogue on AI in Geneva on Monday with a blunt warning:...

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WhatsApp adds paid partnership label to channels

WhatsApp adds paid partnership label to channels

WhatsApp is rolling out a paid partnership label for channel admins on Android and iOS, giving them an official way to flag sponsored updates instead...

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Researchers uncover first fully autonomous AI ransomware attack

Cloud security firm Sysdig says it has documented the first ransomware operation carried out entirely by an autonomous AI agent, with no human...

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Study reveals human cells that compute like chips

Researchers at Hebrew University have engineered human cells capable of processing multiple biological signals at once, functioning much like small...

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NSW becomes Australia's third state with bird flu

New South Wales has confirmed its first case of H5N1 bird flu, making it the third Australian state to detect the highly pathogenic virus. According...

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AI will cost 15m US jobs: Goldman economist

Joseph Briggs, who leads the global economics team at Goldman Sachs Research, said on the bank's Exchanges podcast that he expects AI adoption to...

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PS5 to release 5 new games on July 9: Check full list here

Summer is usually a quiet stretch for new video game releases, but PS5 owners have plenty to look forward to on July 9. There will be five games being...

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Tesla puts $200 weekly limit on AI spending for employees

Tesla has told employees they cannot spend more than $200 a week on AI tools starting July 6, according to an internal memo first reported by The...

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Fitness apps may leave users feeling ashamed, new study finds

Nearly a quarter of negative social media posts about popular fitness apps described feelings of shame, disappointment, or demotivation, according to...

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Google Maps may soon order food for you, leak shows

Hidden strings buried in the latest Android version of Google Maps point to a feature that would let users order food through conversation and have it...

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg admits AI strategy 'miscalculated' after 8,000 layoffs

Mark Zuckerberg told employees at an internal town hall this week that Meta's AI agents have not advanced as quickly as leadership expected,...

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Trump says Iran 'Dying' to settle as talks pause for Khamenei funeral

US President Donald Trump said Friday that Iran is eager to reach a settlement with Washington, framing a pause in negotiations as a courtesy tied to...

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Experts share 3 predictions for America's next 250 years in space

As the United States marks 250 years of independence, space experts are looking ahead to where the country's off-Earth ambitions might stand by...

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