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Social media
TikTok is launching a new photo app to rival Instagram
TikTok is branching out into photos. The Chinese social platform recently announced the launch of TikTok Notes, a new app, still in the testing phase, which aims to compete directly with Instagram.
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VR
Meta wants to bring students as young as 13 into metaverse
Meta Platforms Inc wants to bring its virtual reality headset into classrooms.
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Smartphones
Industry tracker: Samsung returns to top of the smartphone market
Samsung regained its position as the top smartphone seller, wresting back the lead from Apple as Chinese rivals close the gap on both market leaders, industry tracker International Data Corporation (IDC) reported on April 15.
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AI
OpenAI comes to Asia with new office in Tokyo
ChatGPT creator OpenAI opened a new office in Tokyo on April 15, the first Asian outpost for the groundbreaking tech company as it aims to ramp up its global expansion.
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Technology
Ericsson's Q1 adjusted operating profit beats expectations
(Reuters) -Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson reported on Tuesday a first-quarter adjusted operating profit that beat expectations and said it expects sales to stabilize during the second half of the year if current trends persist.
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Technology
Nasa confirms space station debris hit US man’s home
An object that crashed from the sky into an American man’s home was a hunk of debris ejected from the International Space Station, Nasa confirmed on April 15.
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Social media
Elon Musk proposes small fee for new X users to combat fake accounts
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of social media platform X, on April 15 proposed a small fee for new users to write, reply to, or like posts.
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Social media
A nine-year-old boy’s dream of a pet octopus is a sensation as thousands follow Terrance’s story online
The one thing nine-year-old Cal Clifford wanted more than anything since he was a toddler was a pet octopus.
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Technology
Judge dismisses some claims against Meta's Zuckerberg over social media harm
(Reuters) - Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday won the dismissal of some claims in a dozen lawsuits accusing him of concealing from the public that Facebook and Instagram were harmful to children.
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Social media
Mark Zuckerberg avoids personal liability in Meta addiction lawsuits
Mark Zuckerberg won his bid to avoid personal liability in about two dozen lawsuits accusing Meta Platforms Inc and other social media companies of addicting children to their products.
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Cybersecurity
Microsoft, beset by hacks, grapples with problem years in the making
The world’s largest seller of cybersecurity products has a problem with its own cybersecurity.
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Cybersecurity
Paris faces cyber battle to keep Games running and real
The Paris Olympics are bracing themselves to fight off an unprecedented level of cyberattacks, for the first time augmented by artificial intelligence.
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AI
How AI and US researchers are decrypting the audible world of insects
Newly published research led by UMass Amherst evaluates how well AI can identify different insect species by sound, and, in turn, assist in the field of bioacoustics, defined as the study of animal sounds in nature.
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Technology
TSMC first-quarter profit expected to rise 5% on strong AI chip demand
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the dominant producer of advanced chips used in artificial intelligence applications, is expected to report a 5% rise in first-quarter profit on Thursday thanks to strong demand.
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AI
AI is already a favourite travel companion
Presented as a revolutionary tool in many regards of practical life management, including planning a trip enabling more personalised accommodation bookings or destination searches, artificial intelligence is already used by a majority of travellers worldwide (73%).
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Technology
X reverses course, tells Brazil court it will comply with rulings
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Lawyers representing Elon Musk's X told Brazil's Supreme Court that the social media platform will comply with every ruling issued by the court or Brazil's top electoral court, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Monday.
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Technology
Open source groups say more software projects may have been targeted for sabotage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The recent attempt by an unknown actor to sabotage a widely used software program may have been one of several attempts to subvert key pieces of digital infrastructure across the internet, two open source groups said in an alert published on Monday.
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Technology
Broadcom questioned by EU over VMware licensing changes
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. chipmaker Broadcom is being asked by EU antitrust regulators about changes to newly acquired cloud computing company VMware's licensing conditions following complaints from a spate of EU business users and a trade group.
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Technology
Trump Media shares tank after filing shows more stock may be sold
(Reuters) -Shares of Donald Trump's social media company slumped 18% on Monday, extending losses since the stock's debut last month, after the company said it could sell millions of shares in coming months, including the former president's entire stake.
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Technology
Adobe explores OpenAI partnership as it adds AI video tools
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Adobe is in the early stages of allowing third-party generative artificial intelligence tools such as OpenAI's Sora and others inside its widely used video editing software, the U.S. software maker said on Monday.