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Brazil’s court judge opens inquiry into Elon Musk
Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has opened an inquiry into Elon Musk for his refusal of the order to block certain accounts.
Institutional
EU regulators assess Apple’s plan to comply with music streaming order
The European Commission said on Monday that EU antitrust regulators are checking if an Apple proposal would comply with their order to let Spotify and other music streaming services inform users of payment options outside its App Store. Apple’s proposal last week According to…
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Top tech news stories today: April 9, 2024
TSMC wins $6.6 bln US subsidy for Arizona chip production, Microsoft to launch AI hub in London and other tech news.
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VVDN’s Intelligent Cloud Engine (ICE) launches on Google cloud
The multi-year partnership between VVDN Technologies and Google Cloud resulted in a new collaboration—ICE successfully launched.
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CCSA investigates Microsoft’s cloud computing licensing practices
The Competition Commission of South Africa is expected to file a complaint about Microsoft’s cloud computing licensing practices.
Cloud Service
Microsoft is confident Windows on Arm could beat Apple’s MacBook
Microsoft is getting ready to fully unveil its vision for “AI PCs” next month at an event in Seattle. Microsoft is confident that the new round of Arm-based Windows laptops will beat Apple’s M3 MacBook Air in CPU performance and AI-accelerated tasks. Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite…
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Anthropic’s AI now connects with external applications in real time
Users can integrate Claude AI with external apps for real-time info retrieval and seamless workflow integration.
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Tesla to build world’s largest supercharging station in Florida
Tesla plans the world’s largest supercharging station in Florida with over 200 stalls, catering to diverse electric vehicle brands.
Datacenter
nLighten acquires 7 data centres from Exa Infrastructure
nLighten has acquired seven edge data centres from its sister company Exa Infrastructure. Acquisition bolsters nLighten’s European presence The company says this move strengthens its position as a frontrunner in the European data centre market and expands its footprint and…
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Retro game emulators now allowed on the Apple App Store
In addition to updating developer guidelines and allowing music streaming apps to link to external websites, Apple has added new language to allow game emulators to appear on the App Store, welcoming retro console emulator apps and even offering downloadable games. More emulators…
Institutional
China intends to use AI misinformation to sabotage elections
According to Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence team, the Chinese government is expected to step up sophisticated AI-generated disinformation campaigns to influence several high-profile elections in 2024. China’s strategy Microsoft issued a warning, stating that this year’s…
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Facebook adds ‘reverse passthrough’ 3D eyes to VR headsets
Facebook is developing a new technology that projects the wearer’s 3D eyes onto VR headsets, making social interactions feel more natural and less jarring. Enhancing social interactions with real 3D eyes Holoeyes Secures 400 Million Yen to Expand Medical Virtual Reality Facebook…
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Binance stops bitcoin NFT support to streamline offerings
Binance ceases support for bitcoin NFTs shortly after introducing them to its marketplace, aiming to streamline offerings.
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Sony Bank trials cryptocurrency for gaming, sports IP payments
Sony Bank in Japan partners with SettleMint, a Belgian blockchain firm, to trial its stablecoin linked to the Japanese yen on blockchain.
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Google introduces new JPEG image compression technology
Google unveils Jpegli, an open-source image encoding library, offering improved compression ratios without sacrificing quality.
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Google uses AI to create search answers in UK trial
Google trials AI search answers in UK, sparking publisher concerns on site visits, while prioritising accuracy to combat bias.
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X changes course, gives away blue ticks to popular users for free
X offers free premium features like blue checkmarks, diverging from prior criticism of Twitter’s practices.
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Apple cuts jobs after dropping self-driving car plans
Apple cuts 600+ jobs, ceasing self-driving car project, signalling a strategic shift towards AI, despite historic avoidance of mass layoffs.
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Instagram temporarily disables AI-generated Asians
Meta’s AI image generator faced a temporary glitch, failing to generate accurate images of Asian individuals, following a previous issue of consistently portraying everyone as Asian, regardless of specified race. Instagram AI image generator glitch Meta’s standalone AI image…
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Meta to integrate AI into Ray-Ban smart glasses
Meta will bring AI capabilities to its Ray-Ban smart glasses, enabling features like entity and language recognition. The smart assistant, activated by saying “Hey Meta,” struggled with some tasks, but the company plans to improve the features over time. Meta Ray-Ban glasses: Do…