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Meta awaits verdict in New Mexico child safety trial
Washington (United States) (AFP) - A New Mexico jury began its first full day of deliberations on Tuesday in a...
US social media addiction trial jury struggles for consensus
Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Jurors resume deliberations on Tuesday in a landmark social media trial after signaling that...
Namibia rejects Starlink licence request
Windhoek (AFP) - Namibia said Monday it had rejected a request for billionaire Elon Musk's Starlink to operate its satellite...
Souped-up VPNs play ‘cat and mouse’ game with Iran censors
Paris (France) (AFP) - Iranians are managing to get online during the current war with the US and Israel despite...
Three charged with sneaking Nvidia AI chips from US into China
New York (AFP) - Employees of a US computer company raked in billions of dollars diverting Nvidia artificial intelligence chips...
Alibaba pins hopes on AI as quarterly net profit drops
Beijing (AFP) - China's Alibaba said Thursday that revenue from AI-related products showed strong momentum, even as the tech giant...
Social media addiction trial jury deliberations continue
Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Jurors will return to court here on Thursday to continue deliberations in a civil...
Music popstar will.i.am meshes AI and ‘micromobility’
San José (United States) (AFP) - Black Eyed Peas star will. i
EU lawmakers back ban on sexualised AI deepfakes
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - EU lawmakers on Wednesday approved a ban on AI systems generating sexualised deepfakes, after a global...
China tech giant Tencent bets on AI agents
Beijing (AFP) - Tencent wants to bring artificial intelligence agents into its WeChat social media app, the Chinese tech firm's...
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