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Spanish court opens 550-mn-euro Meta data protection trial
Madrid (AFP) - A Spanish court opened a trial on Wednesday over a 550-million-euro lawsuit brought by more than 80...
Amazon adds AI muscle to connected home lineup
New York (AFP) - Amazon on Tuesday unveiled the latest generation of connected products, featuring enhanced artificial intelligence capabilities designed...
Anthropic launches new AI model, touting coding supremacy
New York (AFP) - US startup Anthropic on Monday announced the launch of its new generative artificial intelligence model, Claude...
Embattled Australia telco giant hit by another major outage
Sydney (AFP) - Australian telecommunications giant Optus said Monday it had suffered a network outage that prevented calls to emergency...
Trump urges Microsoft to fire ex-Biden administration official
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump called on Microsoft on Friday to fire its head of global affairs, Lisa...
Facebook, Instagram to offer paid ad-free UK subscriptions
London (AFP) - Meta announced Friday that Facebook and Instagram users in the UK will be able to buy ad-free...
France doubles down on threat to build future fighter jet alone
Paris (AFP) - France is in a position to develop a next-generation combat aircraft alone should negotiations with Germany and...
Sunset for Windows 10 updates leaves users in a bind
Paris (AFP) - Microsoft's plan to halt updates for its Windows 10 operating system in mid-October has raised hackles among...
Nvidia to invest up to $100 bn in OpenAI data centers
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - Nvidia said Monday it will invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI, building infrastructure...
China’s Xiaomi to remotely fix assisted driving flaw in 110,000 SU7 cars
Beijing (AFP) - Chinese consumer tech giant Xiaomi will remotely fix a flaw in the assisted driving system on over...
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