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Technology
New app helps you sit up straight while at your computer
Try this new app if you want a nudge to help you sit up straight while you are using your computer.
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Technology
Dispose of CDs, DVDs while protecting your data and the environment
Many of us are streaming these days but often we still have a couple of favourite CDs and DVDs at home.
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Internet
'Just the Browser' strips AI and other features from your browser
At a time when browsers feel more cluttered than ever, a free tool called Just the Browser, developed by US journalist and programmer Corbin Davenport, promises to strip mainstream browsers of unwanted extras by applying a bundle of settings for Chrome, Firefox and Edge on Windows, macOS and Linux.
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Technology
How do I reduce my child's screen time?
Many parents are familiar with the phenomenon: instead of heading to the park together as agreed, children would prefer to sit in front of their computer or chat with friends on their smartphones. But is it really that bad? And are adults really role models in this context?
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Technology
Anthropic buys Super Bowl ads to slap OpenAI for selling ads in ChatGPT
Feb 7 (Reuters) - Anthropic is spending millions of dollars to air commercials during Sunday night's National Football League championship game to slam rival OpenAI for its plan to sell ads on its ChatGPT chatbot, in one of the biggest public spats between the big artificial-intelligence companies.
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AI
Chatbot Chucky: Parents told to keep kids away from talking AI dolls
Artificial intelligence-based toys say inappropriate things to children and breach a home's privacy through extensive data collection, according to Common Sense Media, a US-based electronic consumer goods watchdog.
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Technology
South Korean crypto firm accidentally sends $44 billion in bitcoins to users
SEOUL, Feb 7 (Reuters) - South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb said on Saturday it had accidentally given away more than $40 billion worth of bitcoins to customers as promotional rewards, triggering a sharp selloff on the exchange.
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AI
Opinion: Chinese AI videos used to look fake. Now they look like money
It isn't just the quality that has changed. In China, AI video is doing something else that once looked unlikely: making money.
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AI
Anthropic mocks ChatGPT ads in Super Bowl spot, vows Claude will stay ad-free
The announcement comes just weeks after OpenAI said it would begin testing ads with some ChatGPT users in the United States.
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Technology
Tesla 2.0: What customers think of Model S demise, Optimus robot rise
Many of Tesla's 7 million owners have turned their passion and knowledge of the company's products into market wealth. Could personal robots engender the same passion?
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Technology
Vista Equity Partners and Intel to lead investment in AI chip startup SambaNova, sources say
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Technology
Apple plans to allow external voice-controlled AI chatbots in CarPlay, Bloomberg News reports
Feb 6 (Reuters) - Apple is preparing to allow voice-controlled artificial intelligence apps from other companies in CarPlay, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Technology
Goldman Sachs teams up with Anthropic to automate banking tasks with AI agents, CNBC reports
Feb 6 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs is working with technology startup Anthropic to develop AI-powered agents aimed at automating a widening range of internal functions, CNBC reported on Friday, citing the bank's chief information officer.
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Technology
US Justice Department casts wide net on Netflix's business practices in merger probe, WSJ reports
Feb 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Netflix used anti-competitive tactics as part of the streaming giant's proposed $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery's studios and streaming service, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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Technology
Big Tech's quarter in four charts: AI splurge and cloud growth
Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. tech giants have predicted their spending would surge this year as they double down on artificial intelligence, sharpening investor scrutiny over whether these costly bets would generate enough returns to justify the sector's high valuations.
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Cybersecurity
Nacsa investigating alleged cyber-espionage targeting multiple government bodies
The National Cyber Security Agency (Nacsa) is currently investigating alleged incidents of cyber-espionage activity targeting Malaysian government entities.
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Technology
AI trade splinters as investors get more selective
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Technology
Global chip sales expected to hit $1 trillion this year, industry group says
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Global semiconductor sales are expected to hit $1 trillion this year, the Semiconductor Industry Association said on Friday.
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Technology
New AI method helps identify which dinosaur made which footprints
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Footprints are among the most common kind of dinosaur fossils. Sometimes scientists find a single, lonely footprint. Sometimes they come across a chaotic jumble of tracks resembling a dance floor, sort of a dinosaur discotheque. But identifying which dinosaur left which track has been notoriously difficult.
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Technology
Tech stock shakeout clouds market ahead of economic data deluge
NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - An artificial intelligence-driven shakeout in the heavyweight technology sector is set to keep stock investors on edge in the coming week while a barrage of data could shift focus to the health of the economy.
