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Top tech news stories today: April 30, 2024

Axel Springer to migrate cloud applications to Microsoft’s Azure, OpenAI’s ChatGPT targeted in Austrian privacy complaint and other news.

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Headline

Axel Springer to migrate cloud applications to Microsoft’s Azure, OpenAI’s ChatGPT targeted in Austrian privacy complaint and other news.

Context

The most groundbreaking advancements shaping tomorrow’s world in today’s tech news. Stablecoin issuer Tether invested $200 million in Blackrock Neurotech to take a majority stake in the brain-to-computer interface startup. The Salt Lake City-based company creates brain-to-computer interfaces and implants that allow people to control computers and neuroprosthetics. ( Yahoo )

Evidence

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Analysis

APNIC participated in the Philippines Cable and Telecommunications Association, Inc. (PCTA) Tech Show 2024 held in Manila, Philippines from 1 to 5 April 2024. The event focused on the theme of PCTA Internet Exchange: Cohesion and Coherence to Connectivity, which brought together approximately 1,800 participants to discuss topics including Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud Computing, IPv6 and the Internet landscape and many more. ( APNIC blog ) Global news publisher Axel Springer will migrate some of its cloud-based applications to Microsoft’s Azure and work with the firm on bolstering its AI capabilities, the companies said on Monday, as they expanded their partnership. ( The Economic Times ) Microsoft-backed startup OpenAI on Monday found itself the target of a privacy complaint by advocacy group NOYB for allegedly not fixing incorrect information provided by its generative AI chatbot ChatGPT that may breach EU privacy rules. ( US News ) The Telegram messaging app has restored access to chatbots used by Ukraine’s security services and intelligence agencies to collect data about Russian military activity after they were temporarily blocked, according to the Ukrainian State Centre of Strategic Communications. ( Telegram )

Key Points

  • 1. Crypto company Tether invests $200 mln in brain-chip maker Blackrock Neurotech
  • 2. PCTA Tech Show 2024
  • 3. Axel Springer to migrate some cloud applications to Microsoft’s Azure
  • 4. OpenAI’s ChatGPT targeted in Austrian privacy complaint
  • 5. Telegram unblocks chatbots used by Ukraine’s security services

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Chloe chen