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Apple announces newest budget phone: meet the iPhone 16e
Apple has ditched the ‘SE’ moniker and introduced its newest addition to the iPhone 16 family: the iPhone 16e.
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Australian children massively bypass age limit set by social media
Around 84% of all kids between the age of 8 and 12 in Australia had used at least one social media or messaging service since the beginning of 2024. And their parents knew about this.
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South Korean intelligence agency: ‘DeepSeek excessively collects personal data’
The South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) has accused Chinese startup DeepSeek of “excessively” collecting personal data to train its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot.
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TikTok is offering its Android app for download in the US
TikTok users from the United States can now download and install the mobile application for Android devices from TikTok’s website.
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Google lifts ban on using its AI technology for warfare
Google has updated its guidelines for the use of its artificial intelligence (AI) by removing rules about using AI for purposes that could be harmful for humanity, such as deploying its technology in weapons systems.
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Google is boosting investments in AI to $75B this year
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet, is planning to spend up to $75 billion in expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) operation this year.
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Microsoft and Meta: ‘Heavy investments in AI will pay off soon’
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, and Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, are defending their hefty investments in artificial intelligence (AI), suggesting that the companies will capitalize as demand for AI applications will grow in the future.
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Rumor: ‘New iPhone SE will have bigger screen and Dynamic Island’
Leaked images show that Apple’s fourth generation iPhone SE might have a bigger display and may feature a Dynamic Island.
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AI’s knowledge of history remains to be desired, but there is a silver lining
Large Language Models (LLMs) are great in numerous tasks. Yet their knowledge and comprehension of history fall short. However, there’s hope for future historians.
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Rumor: ‘Apple to release iPhone 17 Air in 2025’
Apple is setting the stage for releasing its thinnest iPhone to date. According to Mark Gurman, the Cupertino-based tech company is launching a brand new model this year, called the iPhone 17 Air.
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Telegram introduces third-party account verification to improve transparency
Telegram has rolled out the first update of 2025, introducing several new features to its platform. One of them is called third-party account verification.
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TikTok fined for $10M in Venezuela for deaths of children from viral challenges
Venezuela’s Supreme Court has issued a $10 million fine against TikTok for failing to implement measures to prevent viral video challenges that have led to the deaths of three children.
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USB-C common charger for handheld devices in the EU
The Common Charger Directive has gone into effect, meaning that all handheld products that are being sold in the EU have to support USB-C charging.
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ICO: ‘Millions of Brits don’t know how to remove data from old device’
Approximately 14 million British citizens don’t know how to wipe their personal information and other data from an old device or tech product.
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Apple sued for not implementing CSAM detection for iCloud
Apple is being sued by a 27 year old woman for the amount of $1.2 billion for its decision not to implement a system that could scan iCloud photos for child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
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Canadian publishers suing OpenAI for copyright infringement
A group of Canadian news and media companies filed a lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, accusing the ChatGPT developer of infringing their copyrights. The publishers are demanding financial damages.
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Sony allegedly working on gaming handheld that runs PS5 games
Rumor has it that Sony is making a comeback to the handheld gaming market.
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US wants Google to sell Chrome to break the company’s search monopoly
The United States’ Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed an official motion in Washington’s Federal Court to sell its web browser Chrome in order to break the tech company’s illegal search monopoly.
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British telecom operator deploys ‘AI Granny’ to battle scammers
British telecom operator Virgin Media O2 has launched ‘Daisy’, a human-like ‘AI Granny’ designed to talk to scammers and waste as much of their time as possible.
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Google announces new real-time protection measures for Pixel phones
Google has introduced two new real-time protection features to enhance users’ safety: Scam Detection and Google Play Protect live threat protection.
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