Washington CNN — On Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit to block Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, challenging one of the biggest tech acquisitions in history. The administrative complaint filed Thursday by the FTC alleges that the blockbuster deal, which would make Microsoft the world’s third-largest video game publisher, would give …
CNN — Imagine if Siri could write you a college essay, or if Alexa could spit out a Shakespeare-style movie review. Last week, OpenAI opened up access to ChatGPT, an AI-powered chatbot that interacts with users in a strangely compelling and conversational way. His ability to providing long, thoughtful, and thorough answers to questions and …
CNN — In 2015, the same year, Apple launched its smartwatch, a Kickstarter campaign launched for a very different kind of wearable device: a wellness tracking ring called Oura. Seven years later, the Apple Watch is the most popular wearable device while other similar products from Google and Samsung too dominate the wearable market. But …
hong kong CNN Business — Internet users in China will soon be held accountable for liking posts deemed illegal or harmful, raising fears that the world’s second-largest economy is planning to control social media like never before. China’s internet watchdog is stepping up its regulation of cyberspace as authorities step up a crackdown on online …
hong kong CNN Business — Internet users in China will soon be held accountable for liking posts deemed illegal or harmful, raising fears that the world’s second-largest economy is planning to control social media like never before. China’s internet watchdog is stepping up its regulation of cyberspace as authorities step up a crackdown on online …
London CNN Business — According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), pests destroy up to 40% of the world’s crops each year, causing $220 billion in economic losses. Trapview harnesses the power of AI to help solve the problem. The Slovenian company has developed a device that traps and identifies …
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Kherson, Ukraine CNN — For eight months, residents of the Ukrainian city of Kherson have been living under brutal Russian occupation. But on Friday, Ukrainian forces overran the town and Russian troops retreated east. Residents have no water, no internet connection and little electricity. But as a CNN crew rolled into town on Saturday, the …
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Changes are coming for Wordle…again. For starters, The New York Times this week named Tracy Bennett the new editor of Wordle, the wildly popular online puzzle game that gives players six chances to guess a five-letter word a day. With an editor in place, The Times said the game is …
Washington CNN — Ukraine’s fears that its troops will lose access to Elon Musk’s crucial Starlink internet service intensified last week after 1,300 army satellite units were taken offline, two sources familiar with the outage say. . Small, easy-to-use satellite dishes made by Musk’s private rocket company, SpaceX, have been universally hailed as a revolutionary …
CNN Business — Most people can live their digital lives assuming they can delete their posts, messages, and personal data from the services whenever they want. But a technical hearing this week challenged that fundamental assumption. Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, Twitter’s former security chief, told a Senate committee on Tuesday that the social network does not …
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