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Meta ordered to pay US state $567 mn to abate 'public nuisance' and child harm
Aug 07, 2026 (AFP)
A New Mexico judge on Thursday ordered Meta to pay more than half a billion dollars over the state's claims that the social media giant created a "public nuisan...
Siemens shares plunge on disappointing guidance raise
Aug 06, 2026 (AFP)
German industrial giant Siemens on Thursday raised its profit outlook for the second time this year after a quarter boosted by AI spending, but its shares plung...
SoftBank logs $8.4 bn investment gain on Intel shares
Aug 06, 2026 (AFP)
Japanese tech investor SoftBank reported Thursday a 1.3 trillion yen ($8.4 billion) return on its investment in Intel thanks to the US chip giant's increased sh...
Meta chases OpenAI, Anthropic with new AI coding app
Aug 06, 2026 (AFP)
Meta entered the race for automated coding tools on Wednesday when it announced a new app for developers of artificial intelligence products, as it competes wit...
CORRECTED: Baltic startups take aim at deterring Russia on NATO's eastern flank
Aug 06, 2026 (AFP)
When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Rapolas Markevicius was managing a private equity fund in Lithuania -- a country on NATO's eastern flan...
Google-parent Alphabet shakes up AI division
Aug 05, 2026 (AFP)
Google's head of AI, Demis Hassabis, will step down from his current role to become Alphabet's chief scientist amid a reshuffling at DeepMind that will also inc...
Anthropic AI used fake identities to target real people in UK test
Aug 05, 2026 (AFP)
An Anthropic AI model created fake online identities to send emails to real people in an attempt to get a malicious code approved during tests by a UK governmen...
Trump admin to review 'closed' AI models before release: reports
Aug 05, 2026 (AFP)
The Trump administration on Tuesday met with tech leaders to finalize a security review process for advanced AI models before their release, though it will appl...
SpaceX revenue jumps 92% in first earnings report, but shares slide
Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)
SpaceX's revenue jumped 92 percent in the second quarter, beating analyst expectations by around $1 billion in its first post-IPO earnings report, but shares tu...
Rockets, Starlink, AI: SpaceX faces its first Wall Street grilling
Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)
Less than two months after a record-breaking IPO, SpaceX is set to publish its first quarterly results after markets close on Tuesday, as the share price of Elo...
World Bank warns developing countries to embrace AI or be left behind
Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)
The World Bank on Tuesday called on developing countries to embrace artificial intelligence technology tools to deliver better governance outcomes, warning that...
SpaceX revenue jumps 92% in first earnings report
Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)
SpaceX's revenue jumped 92 percent in the second quarter, beating analyst expectations by around $1 billion in its first earnings report since going public in J...
Training the UK 'surgeons of the future' using robots
Aug 03, 2026 (AFP)
Pulling his face away from an immersive 3D headset looking deep inside a patient's lung, doctor Sasha Stamenkovic recounted the final steps of an operation usin...
CORRECTED: Training the UK 'surgeons of the future' using robots
Aug 03, 2026 (AFP)
Pulling his face away from an immersive 3D headset looking deep inside a patient's lung, doctor Sasha Stamenkovic recounted the final steps of an operation usin...
White House to host meeting on new AI review regime
Aug 03, 2026 (AFP)
The White House will host a meeting Tuesday with AI executives to discuss a new voluntary system of government review of the technology's most powerful models, ...
Baltic startups take aim at deterring Russia on NATO's eastern flank
Aug 02, 2026 (AFP)
When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Rapolas Markevicius was managing a private equity fund in Lithuania -- a country on NATO's eastern flan...
Liechtenstein's anti-money laundering data hacked: govt
Aug 02, 2026 (AFP)
Liechtenstein's government announced Sunday that unknown hackers last week accessed tens of thousands of files at a special register maintained to prevent money...
EU gets new powers over powerful AI from Sunday
Aug 01, 2026 (AFP)
The European Union will from Sunday have the power to enforce landmark artificial intelligence rules and hit any companies breaking the law with fines.
Hugging Face CEO calls for accountability after OpenAI hack
Jul 31, 2026 (AFP)
The chief executive of Hugging Face said Friday that developers should be held accountable if their AI models go rogue, after his startup faced a recent cyberat...
Anthropic's models gained unauthorized 'real-world' access during testing
Jul 31, 2026 (AFP)
Anthropic's artificial intelligence (AI) models "gained unauthorized access" to three outside organizations during testing that was supposed to keep them away f...
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