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Altman Back as OpenAI CEO Days After Being Fired
The ousted leader of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is returning to the company that fired him late last week, culminating a days-long power struggle that shocked the tech industry and brought attention to the conflicts around how …
DetailsLargest Crypto Exchange Fined $4 Billion; CEO Pleads Guilty to Allowing Money Laundering
The U.S. government dealt a massive blow to Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, which agreed to pay a roughly $4 billion settlement Tuesday as its founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to a …
DetailsArtists Push for US Copyright Reforms on AI, But Tech Industry Says Not So Fast
Country singers, romance novelists, video game artists and voice actors are appealing to the U.S. government for relief — as soon as possible — from the threat that artificial intelligence poses to their livelihoods. “Please …
DetailsQ&A: Taiwan’s Digital Minister Audrey Tang on AI and Censorship
On the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York last week, Taiwan’s Minister of Digital Affairs Audrey Tang delivered a speech at the Concordia Annual Summit on digital democracy and artificial …
DetailsIran Says It Successfully Launched Imaging Satellite Amid Tensions With West
Iran claimed on Wednesday it successfully launched an imaging satellite into space, a move that could further ratchet up tensions with Western nations that fear its space technology could be used to develop nuclear weapons. …
DetailsDRC Company Turns Plastic Waste from Lake Kivu Into Building Materials
In Goma, a city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, residents say plastic and other waste is increasingly polluting Lake Kivu. A new initiative is keeping some of that waste out of the lake. Austere …
DetailsNew Artificial Intelligence Solutions Developed to Combat Wildfires
Wildfires fueled by climate change have ravaged communities from Maui to the Mediterranean this summer, killing many people, exhausting firefighters and fueling demand for new solutions. Enter artificial intelligence. Firefighters and startups are using AI-enabled …
DetailsNASA’s 1st Asteroid Samples Land on Earth After Spacecraft Release
NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey. In a flyby of Earth, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the sample capsule from 63,000 miles (100,000 …
DetailsArizona Governor: Taiwan Firm’s Semiconductor Plant Back on Schedule
Earlier this year, Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC announced that it was delaying the opening of a computer chip plant in the U.S. state of Arizona because of a shortage of specialized workers. But during a …
DetailsSchool Shooting Survivor Develops App That Seeks to Help People Heal
Kai Koerber was a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a gunman killed 14 students and three staff members there on Valentine’s Day in 2018. Seeing his peers — and himself — struggle …
DetailsReport: Increase in Chinese-Language Malware Could ‘Challenge’ Russian Dominance of Cybercrime
For decades, Russian and eastern European hackers have dominated the cybercrime underworld. These days they may face a challenge from a new contender: China. Researchers at cybersecurity firm Proofpoint say they have detected an increase …
DetailsGerman Proposal for Huawei Curbs Triggers Telecom Operator Backlash
Germany’s interior ministry has proposed forcing telecommunications operators to curb their use of equipment made by China’s Huawei and ZTE, a government official said Wednesday, sparking warnings of likely disruption and possible legal action. The …
DetailsGoogle Plans to Incorporate Its Bard Chatbot Into Its Apps
Google announced Tuesday that its Bard chatbot would be integrated into Gmail, YouTube and other applications in a push to broaden Alphabet’s user experience. Google has spent years refining its generative AI without immediate plans …
DetailsBritain Invites China to Its Global AI Summit
Britain has invited China to its global artificial intelligence summit in November, with foreign minister James Cleverly saying the risks of the technology could not be contained if one of its leading players was absent. …
DetailsFBI Echoes Warning on Danger of Artificial Intelligence
Just as many in the United States are starting to explore how to use artificial intelligence to make their lives easier, U.S. adversaries and criminal gangs are moving forward with plans to exploit the technology …
DetailsWater-Starved Saudi Confronts Desalination’s Heavy Toll
Solar panels soak up blinding noontime rays that help power a water desalination facility in eastern Saudi Arabia, a step towards making the notoriously emissions-heavy process less environmentally taxing. The Jazlah plant in Jubail city …
DetailsSomalia’s Digital ID Revolution: A Journey From Standstill to Progress
For more than three decades, Somalia’s digital identity system remained stagnant, untouched by the major technological changes sweeping the globe. That standstill is now coming to an end, says Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre. …
DetailsHackers Say They Stole 6 Terabytes of Data From MGM, Caesars Casinos
The Scattered Spider hacking group said on Thursday it took six terabytes of data from the systems of multibillion-dollar casino operators MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment as both companies probed the breaches. Speaking to …
DetailsTikTok Popular in Kenya, but Facing Backlash and Call for Ban
One of the world’s most popular apps, TikTok, is under growing scrutiny in Kenya over what critics see as explicit and offensive content, and hate speech. An activist has petitioned parliament to ban the Chinese …
DetailsFrench Agency: iPhone 12 Emits Too Much Radiation, Must Be Taken Taken off Market
A government watchdog agency in France has ordered Apple to withdraw the iPhone 12 from the French market, saying it emits levels of electromagnetic radiation that are too high. The National Frequency Agency, which oversees …
DetailsIndia’s Transition to Electric Vehicles Powered by Three and Two Wheels
At bus stops and metro stations in the Indian capital and towns around it, passengers are accustomed to the familiar call by three-wheel electric rickshaw drivers to take an eight-cent, shared ride to their offices, …
DetailsApple’s New iPhones Get Faster Chips, Better Cameras and New Charging Ports
Apple unveiled its next generation of iPhones Tuesday — a lineup that will boast better cameras, faster processors, a new charging system and a price hike for the fanciest model. The showcase at Apple’s headquarters …
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