Monthly Archives: May 2024

Microsoft is launching its mobile game store in July

Microsoft will launch its own mobile game store in July, the company announced at the Bloomberg Technology Summit on Thursday. Xbox president Sarah Bond shared that the company plans to bring its first-party portfolio, which includes titles like Candy Crush … Continue reading

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Oura launches two new heart health features

Smart ring maker Oura is launching two new features focused on heart health, the company announced on Friday. The first claims to help users get an idea of their cardiovascular age, while the second feature aims to estimate their cardio … Continue reading

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Climate Protestors Storm Tesla’s Gigafactory in Europe

The carmaker’s only European gigafactory has become the target of increasingly radical protests since announcing expansion plans.

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There’s No Undoing Tech’s Great Rewiring of Childhood

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt warns that social media harms children but definitive evidence is hard to find. Whatever your views on kids and technology, digital connectivity is now part of childhood.

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Sam Altman takes nuclear energy company Oklo public to help power his AI ambitions

Sam Altman, best known as the CEO of OpenAI, is also chairman of a nuclear power company called Oklo, which has just gone public through a SPAC.

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How Can Businesses Defend Themselves Against Common Cyberthreats?

TechRepublic consolidated expert advice on how businesses can defend themselves against the most common cyberthreats, including zero-days, ransomware and deepfakes.

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This Week in AI: OpenAI considers allowing AI porn

Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we … Continue reading

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Garena is quietly making India-themed games even as Free Fire’s relaunch remains doubtful

Garena is quietly developing new India-themed games even though Free Fire, its biggest title, has still not made a comeback to the country. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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CoreWeave, a $19B AI compute provider, opens European HQ in London with plans for 2 UK data centers

CoreWeave has formally opened an office in London that will serve as its European headquarters and home to two new data centers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Jack Dorsey on Elon Musk’s X takeover and why he was right about free speech

Jack Dorsey has insisted the course of action taken by Elon Musk on X has been necessary in the pursuit of free speech. In a wide-ranging interview with Pirate Wires, the man who co-founded Twitter backed Musk’s decision to abandon … Continue reading

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