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What the Online Safety Act is – and how to keep children safe online
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are also calling for stronger protection from the dangers of social media, saying "enough is not being done".They unveiled a temporary memorial in New York City dedicated to children who have died due...
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Intel’s AI Breakthrough: How Reinforcement Learning Could Data Centers from Silent Errors
For high-performance chips in massive data centers, math can be the enemy. Thanks to the sheer scale of calculations going on in hyperscale data centers, operating round the clock with millions of nodes and vast amounts of silicon, extremely...
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On TikTok, Chinese Manufacturers Open a New Line in the Trade War
Chinese manufacturers are flooding TikTok and other social media apps with direct appeals to American shoppers, urging people to buy luxury items straight from their factories. And amid the threats of sky-high tariffs on Chinese exports, Americans seem to...
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Robotic system zeroes in on objects most relevant for helping humans
For a robot, the real world is a lot to take in. Making sense of every data...
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Fake job seekers are flooding the market, thanks to AI
Scammers are using artificial intelligence to alter their appearance and build fake profiles to apply for remote job postings, research shows.Already, scammers can use AI at almost every step in the job application process to...
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Here are the 19 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2025 | TechCrunch
Last year was monumental for the AI industry in the U.S. and beyond.There were 49 startups that raised funding rounds worth $100 million or more in 2024, per our count at TechCrunch; three companies raised more than one “megaround,”...
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These Companies Were the Patent Powerhouses of 2024
This article is best viewed on desktop.In 2006, IEEE Spectrumranked patenting powerhouses in our first annual patent survey. The survey, conducted by the research firm 1790 Analytics, examined the number and influence of U.S. patents generated by more than...
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First evidence of gladiator fight with lion seen in Roman-era skeleton
Bite marks on the pelvis of a man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain were probably made by a lion...
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WhatsApp defends ‘optional’ AI tool that cannot be turned off
Graham FraserTechnology ReporterGetty ImagesWhatsApp says its new AI feature embedded in the messaging service is "entirely optional" - despite the fact it cannot be removed from the app.The Meta AI logo is an ever-present blue circle with pink and...
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ChatGPT maker wants to buy Chrome from Google
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI would be interested in buying Chrome, the world's most popular browser, if Google was forced to sell it. Nick Turley, an executive at the artificial intelligence (AI) company, was testifying on behalf of the US government in...
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Former DR Congo PM sentenced to hard labour on corruption charge
A former prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been sentenced to a decade's forced labour for...