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Elon Musk’s Neuralink shows brain-chip patient playing online chess
Noland Arbaugh, paralyzed after diving accident, received implant in January but experts caution that procedure is...
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Reddit shares priced at $34 in largest IPO by social media company in years
Platform to make its debut on New York stock exchange on Thursday with a market value...
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Apple to pay $490m to settle claims it misled investors over sales in China
Company denied that Tim Cook deceived investors when he said iPhone sales were strong weeks before...
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Canada conducts national security review of Chinese-owned TikTok
Industry minister says review of popular video app that is planning to expand in country has...
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McDonald’s restaurants hit by technology outage at outlets across Australia
Spokesperson says company is working to resolve issue as soon as possible and thanks customers for...
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Growing safety concerns over lithium-ion batteries after four fires in one day in NSW
Firefighters responded to blazes set off by an ebike, an EV charging station, a garden hedger...
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Much of west and central Africa without internet after undersea cable failures
Ivory Coast, Liberia, Benin, Ghana and Burkina Faso among countries experiencing outages Much of west and...
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House votes to force TikTok owner ByteDance to divest or face US ban
CEO of China-based company says vote is ‘disappointing’ and that it will do all it can...
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Is the US really preparing to ban TikTok?
A bill passed Wednesday by the House requiring TikTok owner ByteDance to sell or face a...
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Crypto firm moved $4.2m of assets to digital wallet linked to alleged Russian arms dealer
Analysis shows link between Copper Technologies and Jonatan Zimenkov, who was later hit with US sanctions...
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Warning over use in UK of unregulated AI chatbots to create social care plans
University of Oxford study shows benefits and risks of technology to healthcare, but ethical issues remainBritain’s...
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Meta on collision course with Australian government after announcing end to journalism funding deals
Publishers informed on Friday Meta would not enter new deals when current contracts expire and Facebook...
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Canada lawyer under fire for submitting fake cases created by AI chatbot
Chong Ke, from Vancouver, under investigation after allegedly using ChatGPT to cite case law – but...
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Revealed: the names linked to ClothOff, the deepfake pornography app
Exclusive: Guardian investigation for podcast series Black Box reveals names connected to app that generated nonconsensual...
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Elon Musk makes ‘things good’ with California bakery after $2,000 pie fiasco
Tesla had ditched an order for 4,000 mini pies, but the X owner paid the debt...
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US supreme court appears skeptical of social media content moderation laws
World’s biggest social media firms challenge state laws blocking them from moderating certain content or banning...
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India confronts Google over Gemini AI tool’s ‘fascist Modi’ responses
Junior minister accuses tech firm of violating country’s IT laws with ‘downright malicious’ answersA response from...
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US leading global alliance to counter foreign government disinformation
Washington hopes more countries will join US, UK and Canada in signing agreement to define, identify...
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Canadian university vending machine error reveals use of facial recognition
University of Waterloo dispenser displays facial recognition message despite no prior indication it was monitoring studentsA...
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Huge cybersecurity leak lifts lid on world of China’s hackers for hire
Leaked files shows range of services offered and bought, with data harvested from targets worldwideA big...
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Drones could deliver medical supplies under UK travel watchdog plans
CAA proposals would allow operators to fly drones at low heights beyond the line of sightDrones...
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EU opens investigation into TikTok over online content and child safeguarding
Video platform under scrutiny over potential breach of Digital Services Act in areas such as age...
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Ministers confirm plan to ban use of mobile phones in schools in England
Teaching unions say guidance includes practices already adopted and most schools already have policies in placeMinisters...
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‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhood
Local WhatsApp group started by two mothers concerned about online safety attracts more than 4,000 membersMore...