Google announces $40 billion Texas investment to expand AI infrastructure
Google announced Friday a major $40 billion investment in Texas through 2027 to build new cloud computing and artificial intelligence...
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GITEX GLOBAL Day 4: Security in a world driven by AI and data takes center stage
Dubai, UAE-- On the day 4 of GITEX GLOBAL 2025, policymakers, cybersecurity leaders, and innovators convened to address the most...
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Meta to start using Europeans’ data for AI training May 27
Paris, France -- Meta will start using public posts and comments by its European users to train generative artificial intelligence...
- Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Threads, said earlier it would develop its AI models with European users' public content and conversations with the Meta AI chatbot.
- That means anything from Instagram photo captions to Facebook comments could soon be fair game for Meta AI, though private conversations via WhatsApp will be excluded.
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Denmark’s Royal Unibrew adds AI colleagues into workforce
Fakse, Denmark -- They have names, faces and email addresses, but the five new colleagues at Denmark's Royal Unibrew only...
- Royal Unibrew in Denmark has introduced five virtual AI colleagues with names and backstories to assist human employees with routine tasks and information retrieval.
- The company reports increased engagement since adding photos to the AI agents, and employees interact with them through chats and emails for enhanced efficiency.
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US exempts several consumer electronics from Trump’s import tariffs
Washington, United States -- The Trump administration has exempted a raft of consumer electronics from its punishing import tariffs --...
- US Customs and Border Protection office said smartphones, laptops, memory chips and other products would be excluded from the global levies President Donald Trump rolled out a week
- The exemptions will benefit US tech companies like Nvidia and Dell, as well as Apple, which makes iPhones and other premium products in China.
Geostrategy
After Instagram restrictions, Meta to introduce teen accounts for Facebook
Paris, France -- Meta on Tuesday announced that it was extending its teen accounts to its social network Facebook, after...
- The accounts were brought in for 13- to 15-year-old Instagram users last September as part of moves to shield underage internet users from online harms.
- Teens are immediately placed in such accounts, with those under 16 unable to change settings without parental permission.
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UAE’s steady economic rise fertile ground for growth of facilities management
A steady stream of development projects and year-round tourism in the country propel demand for tech-enabled facilities management, says Adnan...
- In a market like the UAE, or the GCC in general, where things evolve daily, adaptation is essential, said Jabri.
- Our industry is increasingly focused on sustainability, and technology plays a pivotal role in enabling environmentally friendly practices, he added.
Geostrategy
First orbital rocket launched from Europe crashes seconds after blast-off
Oslo, Norway -- The first orbital rocket launched from continental Europe crashed seconds after blast-off Sunday, in a closely watched...
- Isar Aerospace, which had said it did not expect to reach orbit with the launch, said the two-stage rocket fell into the sea, adding that "the launch pad seems to be intact".
- The 28-metre (92-foot) tall, two-meter diameter rocket has a one-ton carrying capacity, but was unloaded for the test flight.
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‘Something is rotten’: Apple’s AI strategy faces doubts
New York, United States - Has Apple, the biggest company in the world, bungled its generative artificial intelligence strategy? Doubts...
- Doubts arose when tech analyst John Gruber criticized Apple in a blog titled "Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino."
- The analyst admitted frustration for not questioning Apple's Siri genAI upgrade announced last June
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Firms and researchers at odds over superhuman AI
The belief that human-or-better intelligence -- often called "artificial general intelligence" (AGI) -- will emerge from current machine-learning techniques fuels...
- "Systems that start to point to AGI are coming into view," OpenAI chief Sam Altman wrote in a blog post last month.
- Such predictions help justify the hundreds of billions of dollars being poured into computing hardware and the energy supplies to run it.
Business
Does ‘vibe coding’ make everyone a programmer?
New York, United States -- Can a complete tech novice create a website using everyday language on ChatGPT? That's the...
- The ChatGPT and Claude interfaces can write an entire program line by line on demand, as can Gemini, which launched its dedicated version, Gemini Canvas.
- Other generative AI platforms specifically dedicated to coding have also made their mark in recent months, from Cursor to Loveable, or Bolt, Replit and Windsurf.
Arts & Culture
Italian paper prints fully-AI edition, but not to ‘kill’ journalism
Rome, Italy -- In a world first, an Italian newspaper is printing a fully AI-generated edition for a month in...
- Il Foglio, a daily broadsheet with an irreverent touch and a circulation of about 29,000, says it is the first newspaper in the world to print entire editions created through AI.
- The newspaper's 20-odd journalists ask a version of ChatGPT to write a story on a specific subject in a specific tone, and it produces a text using information scraped off internet
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Google announces $40 billion Texas investment to expand AI infrastructure
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AI helps UK woman rediscover lost voice after 25 years
London, United Kingdom -- A British woman suffering from motor neuron disease who lost her ability to speak is once...
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Google packs new Pixel phones with Artificial Intelligence
New York, United States -- Google on Wednesday unveiled new Pixel 10 smartphones, showcasing artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities woven into...
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US developers report half of new electric generating capacity will come from solar
Washington, United States - Developers added 12 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale solar electric generating capacity in the United States...
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Musk clashes with Altman after accusing App Store of favoring OpenAI
San Francisco, United States -- Elon Musk has accused Apple of unfairly favoring ChatGPT on its App Store and threatened...
- OpenAI and xAI both released new versions of their AI assistants, ChatGPT and Grok, in the past week.
- App Store rankings listed ChatGPT as the top free iPhone app on Tuesday, with Grok in fifth place.
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Passwords under threat as tech giants seek tougher security
Paris, France -Fingerprints, access keys and facial recognition are putting a new squeeze on passwords as the traditional computer security...
- Fingerprints, access keys and facial recognition are putting a new squeeze on passwords as the traditional computer security method
- Although many large platforms are stepping up login security, large numbers of sites still use simple passwords as credentials
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Walking sharks, bombing crocodiles: Italian Brainrot memes only kids know
Shouty, crude and often nonsensical Italian voiceovers feature in many of the clips made by people in various countries that...
- The dozen-plus cartoonish AI creatures have fast become memes, inspiring a stream of new content such as "Brainrot Rap", viewed 116 million times on YouTube.
- A YouTube Short titled "Learn to Draw 5 Crazy Italian Brainrot Animals" -- including a cactus-elephant crossover named "Lirili Larila" -- has also been watched 320 million times.