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Apple to replace iPhone Duos affected by screen problem
Apple acknowledged that some iPhone Duo handsets have developed screen problems days after the highly-anticipated foldable device went on sale. The co…
Apple says it will replace iPhone Duo handsets with screen problems
Apple said it will replace iPhone Duo handsets that developed inner display problems within days of the device's launch last week. Photos posted on s…
Anthropic warns of 'catastrophic risk' to humankind ahead of blockbuster share listing
Anthropic, the AI developer behind the Claude chatbot, filed paperwork for a US stock market listing expected to value the company above $1.8 trillion…
Big, noisy and coming to a town near you - why the data centre backlash is growing
Data centres, the vast warehouse-like facilities powering internet services and artificial intelligence systems, are facing growing public opposition …
Data centre debate heats up ahead of US midterms - here's what you need to know
Data centres have become a flashpoint in US politics ahead of the 3 November midterm elections, with both Republicans and Democrats opposing their rap…
Musk says SpaceX restricted Ukraine's Starlink connection as service restored
Elon Musk said on Saturday that SpaceX restricted Ukraine's Starlink internet service after the military used it for offensive operations, claiming th…
'It's been relentless' say IT workers on frontline of PHP cyber-security scramble
A critical security flaw in PHP, the programming language powering millions of websites, triggered a global emergency response this week after two vul…
What is PHP and why did it spark a global cyber-security scramble?
Researchers using artificial intelligence discovered two critical vulnerabilities in PHP, a programming language that powers roughly 70 percent of the…
Watch: Did Tesla really just unveil a flying car?
Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled a vehicle at a SpaceX facility, with the electric vehicle company's involvement in the project unclear from available det…
AI giant Anthropic woos potential investors ahead of stock market debut
Anthropic is courting potential investors as the artificial intelligence company prepares for a stock market debut, according to BBC Business. The rec…
Pentagon stops using Anthropic AI tools after blacklisting company, BBC told
The Pentagon has halted its use of artificial intelligence tools developed by Anthropic following the company's placement on a blacklist, according to…
OpenAI fires workers for mishandling 'sensitive information'
OpenAI terminated workers after an investigation found they shared sensitive information with an external AI evaluation organization, according to the…
OpenAI scraps rollout of new model over safety concerns
OpenAI has halted the rollout of a new AI model due to safety concerns, the company announced. The decision marks a rare instance of the San Francisco…
UK needs plan in case of 'unprecedented' AI job losses, says minister
Britain's technology minister Kanishka Narayan has signaled the government is preparing contingency measures for potential mass job displacement drive…
OpenAI bots meddled with multiple US government agency sites
OpenAI confirmed that its web-crawling bots accessed public data across multiple US government agency websites, including the Census Bureau and the Se…
Special agents' blood and urine test results stolen in FBI hack
FBI special agents face heightened security risks after hackers stole their blood and urine test results in a breach that exposed sensitive biometric …