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EU probes Facebook, Instagram over child protection
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The EU on Thursday opened a formal investigation into Facebook and Instagram on suspicion the platforms...
Consumer groups accuse Temu of manipulating online shoppers
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - European consumer groups on Thursday accused Chinese shopping app Temu of using "manipulative techniques" to make...
Google’s AI search revamp puts publishers in a quandary
San Francisco (AFP) - Google's use of artificial intelligence to sum up answers to search queries has publishers wondering if...
Renault to pursue autonomous minibuses but not cars
Paris (AFP) - French automaker Renault said Wednesday it will pursue developing autonomous minibuses for public transit but would stick...
OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever announces departure
San Francisco (AFP) - OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever announced his departure Tuesday from the startup that ignited an artificial intelligence...
In major change, Google to use AI-generated answers in search results
Mountain View (United States) (AFP) - Google on Tuesday said it would introduce AI-generated answers to online queries, in one...
Swiss nursery lets robot do the talking
Lausanne (AFP) - Sat in a circle on the nursery floor, a group of Swiss three-year-olds ask a robot called...
Foxconn reports sharp rise in first-quarter net profit
Taipei (AFP) - Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn on Tuesday reported a 72 percent jump in net profit during the first...
Students, activists, entertainers: Minecraft’s global appeal
Paris (AFP) - Since the first version of Minecraft was released to the public 15 years ago, the block-based world-building...
Anthropic AI assistant ‘Claude’ arrives in Europe
San Francisco (AFP) - Anthropic on Monday announced that its artificial intelligence assistant "Claude" is available in Europe after launching...
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