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Awarding-winning app initially aimed at helping people access public services is now used for wartime efforts It is the award-winning app that allows Ukrainians to report Russian soldiers in their neighbourhoods while also uploading their tax returns, renewing their passports or claiming a free student bus fare. Now the deputy prime minister, Mykhailo Federov, has …

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The Food and Drug Administration, which had initially rejected the application, finally gave the company the green light Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain-implant company, said on Thursday it had received a green light from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to kickstart its first in-human clinical study, a critical milestone after earlier struggles to gain …

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AI used to discover abaucin, an effective drug against A baumannii, bacteria that can cause dangerous infections Scientists using artificial intelligence have discovered a new antibiotic that can kill a deadly superbug. According to a new study published on Thursday in the science journal Nature Chemical Biology, a group of scientists from McMaster University and …

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In Washington speech, Brad Smith calls for steps to ensure people know when a photo or video is generated by AI Brad Smith, the president of Microsoft, has said that his biggest concern around artificial intelligence was deepfakes, realistic looking but false content. In a speech in Washington aimed at addressing the issue of how …

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National Cyber Security Centre urges operators of critical national infrastructure to prevent hacks The UK’s cybersecurity agency has urged operators of critical national infrastructure, including energy and telecommunications networks, to prevent Chinese state-sponsored hackers from hiding on their systems. The National Cyber Security Centre, part of GCHQ, issued the warning after it emerged that a …

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Shares in US tech firm jump by 25% in early trading as quarterly revenue forecast excites investors The value of the US tech company Nvidia has soared by a quarter after it predicted a boom in demand for its computer chips to meet the needs of artificial intelligence products such as ChatGPT. Nvidia’s share price …

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A new experimental game demo full of sophisticated AI characters has some game writers worried about their jobs. Is AI really going to improve games, or the games industry? Corny dialogue has been part of video games almost since they have existed. From 1989’s Zero Wing spawning the decades old “All your base are belong …

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At least a dozen victims were found to have been hacked by Pegasus during clashes in the region in 2021 Researchers have documented the first known case of NSO Group’s spyware being used in a military conflict after they discovered that journalists, human rights advocates, a United Nations official, and members of civil society in …

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Struggling platform experienced its greatest stress test yet on Wednesday, with glitches piling as more people joined the stream Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign launch on Twitter Spaces was hyped by Elon Musk as “groundbreaking”, and extensively advertised as a new frontier for “free speech” in politics. Instead, the results were a disaster. The event, which …

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Documents show Ice has sent Google, Meta and Twitter at least 500 administrative subpoenas for information on their users The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (Ice) sent tech giants including Google, Twitter and Meta at least 500 administrative subpoenas demanding sensitive personal information of users, documents reviewed by the Guardian show. The practice highlights …

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