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EU probes Apple, Google, Meta under new digital law
The EU on Monday hit Apple, Google parent Alphabet and Meta with the first ever probes under a mammoth digital law, which could lead to big fines against the US giants. EU regulators also ordered Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft to "retain certain documents to monitor the effective implementation and compliance".
“We appreciate your patience”: MTN Ghana says it has restored normal data services after internet outage
Telecommunications giant MTN has announced the restoration of internet network capacity, promising enhanced data services after the recent outage.
Kate Middleton conspiracies linger after cancer revelation
The revelation that Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales, has cancer prompted a swift backlash over a torrent of lurid social media speculation around her health, including by those positing she was secretly dead.
Clothing giant Shein in focus as France targets fast fashion
With jaw-droppingly low prices and a seemingly endless selection of trendy clothes, Shein has taken the world by storm -- and found itself in the crosshairs of French lawmakers who want to curb the excesses of fast fashion. The French parliament last week approved measures to make low-cost fast fashion less attractive to customers, especially because of sustainability concerns.
Apple's 'Walled Garden' under fire in lawsuit
Call it a "walled garden" or an ecosystem, but at the heart of Thursday's blockbuster US lawsuit against Apple are the many ways the company gets customers to remain faithful to its products. - Garden grows - With the iPhone revolution that made Apple one of the most profitable companies in history, the ecosystem only grew.
US sues Apple for running iPhone monopoly in wide-ranging lawsuit
The US Department of Justice sued Apple on Thursday for illegally maintaining a monopoly for its iPhone by stifling competition and imposing exorbitant costs on consumers. “If left unchallenged, Apple will only continue to strengthen its smartphone monopoly,” he added.
Salman Rushdie: AI only poses threat to unoriginal writers
Artificial intelligence tools may pose a threat to writers of thrillers and science fiction, but lack the originality and humour to challenge serious novelists, Salman Rushdie wrote in a French journal published Thursday.
Neuralink shows quadriplegic playing chess with brain implant
Neuralink on Wednesday streamed a video of its first human patient playing computer chess with his mind and talking about the brain implant making that possible. Musk is hardly alone in trying to make advances in the field, which is officially known as brain-machine or brain-computer interface research. gc/bfm
UN General Assembly to address AI's potential risks, rewards
The UN General Assembly will turn its attention to artificial intelligence on Thursday, weighing a resolution that lays out the potentially transformational technology's pros and cons while calling for the establishment of international standards.
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