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Nintendo: ‘Switch 2 gaming console is breaking all sales records’
The sales numbers of Nintendo’s latest game system, the Nintendo Switch 2, have gone through the roof. The Japanese gaming company has sold 3.5 million units worldwide in just four days since its release on June 5.
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German supervisor imposes two fines on Vodafone totaling €45M
The Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit (BfDI) has issued two fines to Vodafone due to privacy and security breaches.
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Microsoft and Crowdstrike team up to bring clarity to threat actor naming
To better deal with cyberattacks, it’s important to describe and categorize cyberthreats as best as possible. That’s why Microsoft and Crowdstrike have decided to join forces and come up with a way to harmonize the naming of threat actors.
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‘Apple is going to realign operating systems, skipping iOS 19’
Apple is reportedly planning to make major changes to the numbering of its operating systems.
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Class-action lawsuit against Adobe pushed by 18 months
A verdict in the case between Stichting Data Bescherming Nederland (SDBN) and software company Adobe will be delayed for at least a year and a half.
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Apple’s Tap to Pay launched in eight more European countries
On Tuesday, Apple announced that its in-person contactless payment service has been introduced in eight more European countries.
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Experts call on Dutch government to set age limit for smartphone and social media usage
A group of over 1,400 experts has called on the government of the Netherlands to implement a minimum age for the use of smartphones and social media.
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No preliminary injunction for Meta in Germany, court rules
The Verbraucherzentrale North Rhine-Westphalia (VZ NRW) has lost in court. The German consumer organization tried to stop Meta from collecting and processing EU user data to train its AI models.
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Google is testing functionality to upload documents in Gemini Deep Research
Google Gemini Deep Research might get a significant upgrade soon. Google is testing a new feature that allows users to upload files when using Google’s Deep Research tool.
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Instagram calls for EU regulation to implement age verification at the app stores
Instagram wants Brussels to implement new regulations that oblige app stores, like the Google Play Store and Apple App Store, to introduce age verification and parental approval to protect minors from potentially harmful content.
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LockBit itself has become the victim of a data breach
What comes around, goes around. Ransomware operation LockBit has been hacked by an unknown threat actor, exposing sensitive information.
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It’s finally game over for Skype, this is how you make the switch to Teams
Microsoft has shut down its video calling and messaging service Skype. People who want to video chat with other users can use Teams from now on.
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Strava has set its sights on running coaching app Runna
Strava, a mobile app that tracks sports performances, plans to acquire competing sports service Runna. The financial details of the acquisition haven’t been disclosed.
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Leak confirms OpenAI is working on ChatGPT 4.1 and other AI models
ChatGPT developer OpenAI is getting ready to launch a few new versions of its AI model. They are called GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and GPT-4.1 nano, and they will arrive before GPT 5, which is scheduled to be released in a couple of months.
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Midjourney announces V7 image model with higher accuracy and Draft Mode
Midjourney has introduced an alpha version of its V7 image model, which produces images of noticeably higher quality.
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Apple Intelligence available across Europe
Apple Intelligence is available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac users in the European Union. It also supports several new languages and is packed with additional features to safeguard European users’ privacy.
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Elon Musk’s xAI acquires X for $33B
Elon Musk is merging his AI company xAI with messaging platform X. According to the billionaire entrepreneur, the futures of both companies are “intertwined”.
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OpenAI slammed with GDPR complaint over creating fake child murderer
Austrian privacy organization Noyb has filed a complaint against ChatGPT developer OpenAI for creating false and slanderous ‘hallucinations’.
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Apple confirms: personalized AI infused Siri delayed until 2026
Apple says that all personalized AI features for its voice assistant Siri have been delayed until 2026. Initially, the tech company wanted to release the long-anticipated upgrade of Siri this April, along with iOS 18.4.
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OpenAI releases free version of Advanced Voice Mode and rolls out Deep Research to all paying users
OpenAI has made a free version of Advanced Voice Mode publicly available for all users. Users with a paid subscription are able to use a feature called Deep Research.
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