Crypto platform Binance confirms major hack, more than $2.5bn frozen

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Cryptocurrency platform Binance said Thursday it had fallen victim to a major hack and indicated that more than $2.5 …

Nvidia's web of AI bets: smart strategy or bubble risk?

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Nvidia's $3 billion investment in Meta's share sale, announced Tuesday, is the latest addition to a portfolio of stakes, …

Utah files criminal charges against prediction market Kalshi

AFP - 9h ago

Prosecutors in the western US state of Utah have filed criminal charges against prediction market Kalshi, accusing the …

Canada buying stake in AI firm Cohere to bolster tech sovereignty

AFP - 9h ago

Canada is investing CAN$1.6 billion ($1 billion) in the AI firm Cohere, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday, a move …

Does White House ask AI to shape policy? Democrats want the receipts

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Senior Democrats demanded Thursday that US President Donald Trump preserve records of any official exchanges with …

Does White House ask AI to decide policy? Democrats want the receipts

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Senior Democrats demanded Thursday that US President Donald Trump preserve records of any official exchanges with …

Samsung logs record quarterly profits despite investor AI jitters

AFP - Oct 29 2026

Massive demand for AI chips delivered record quarterly profits to South Korea's Samsung Electronics on Thursday, but …

Microsoft beats expectations fueled by Azure cloud business

Oct 28 2026

Microsoft shares popped more than five percent Wednesday afternoon after it reported better than expected revenue and …

Shares in Google owner Alphabet plummet on profit miss, ad slowdown

Oct 28 2026

Shares in Google parent Alphabet fell more than 10 percent in after-hours trading Wednesday as the company reported …

Meta, Snap head to trial in another case about social media's harms

Oct 28 2026

Jury selection began on Wednesday in Los Angeles for another landmark trial about the alleged harms of social media on …

Billionaire Ambani's Jio soars in market debut after India's biggest IPO

Oct 28 2026

Shares in India's Jio Platforms surged nearly 27 percent on its market debut Wednesday, after raising more than $3 …

AI chip giant SK hynix posts seven-fold surge in quarterly operating profit

Oct 28 2026

South Korean chip giant SK hynix on Wednesday reported a 632 percent surge in third-quarter operating profit, fuelled by …

S.African activists push back on data centre rush

Oct 28 2026

A little boy balanced a large bottle of water on his shoulder as he returned from a communal tap near land acquired by a …

Billionaire Ambani's Jio jumps 21% in market debut after record India IPO

Oct 28 2026

Shares in India's Jio Platforms surged more than 21 percent on its market debut Wednesday, after raising more than $3 …

Anthropic's record IPO faces some big questions

Oct 28 2026

No startup has ever grown so fast. In five years, Anthropic has become an AI giant valued at $1 trillion, and it is now …

AI chip giant SK hynix says quarterly operating profit soars 630%

Oct 28 2026

South Korean chip giant SK hynix said Wednesday its third-quarter operating profit soared 632 percent on-year, largely …

Norway media take legal action to block Meta from using content

Oct 27 2026

Norway's main media organisations said Tuesday they had taken legal action to block Meta from enforcing new user terms …

NBA inks deal with Kalshi and Polymarket, citing safeguards

Oct 27 2026

The NBA on Monday announced commercial partnerships with Kalshi and Polymarket that the basketball league said will help …

Australia warns of 'unprecedented' AI threat

Oct 27 2026

Artificial intelligence poses an "unprecedented" threat as foreign governments turn it loose to hack computer networks …

Anthropic points to AI dangers, soaring sales in IPO filing

Oct 26 2026

Anthropic, one of the world's leading artificial intelligence companies, on Monday made public its plans to sell shares …

Brazilian lawmaker Andre Janones, Lula's social media 'general'

Oct 26 2026

In Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's first victory speech, he praised "our general" Andre Janones, the …

Microsoft offers voluntary exit packages to 60,000 staff

Oct 26 2026

Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees, the company said on Monday, roughly a quarter of its …

Anthropic unveils IPO filing, showing soaring sales and AI risks

Oct 26 2026

Anthropic, one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies, on Monday made public its plans to sell shares …

Japan PM vows swift response to wave of cyberattacks

Oct 26 2026

Japan will draft an emergency cybersecurity policy package in response to a sudden recent wave of hacking incidents, …

Anthropic's AI model accessed US voter data: Axios

Oct 26 2026

Anthropic's Claude AI model bypassed a paywall and accessed publicly available voter data in the US state of Georgia …

AI ad blitz distorts US midterms

Oct 26 2026

The video looks hyper-real, depicting a US Senate candidate laughing at cards that read "Death to America" and …

Data center next door divides old Massachusetts mill town

Oct 26 2026

Retiree Eileen Castle hasn't been able to enjoy her backyard since a data center moved in next door in Lowell, …

From Carnegie to Claude: AI wealth could reshape philanthropy

Oct 26 2026

A wave of American wealth created by artificial intelligence companies could produce some of the largest charitable sums …

'Call of Duty' North Korea invasion edition tops sales charts in South

Oct 25 2026

The latest instalment of the "Call of Duty" video game franchise, featuring a full-scale North Korean invasion of South …

Musk accuses Ukraine of violating Starlink's terms of service

Oct 25 2026

Tech tycoon Elon Musk accused Ukraine on Saturday of violating Starlink's terms of service by using it for "drone …

'Tech debt coming due': AI-found flaw signals chaos ahead

Oct 25 2026

Companies and government agencies rushed this week to patch two critical flaws in PHP, the programming language that …

Ukraine has 'stable connection' to Starlink: govt

Oct 24 2026

Ukraine again has a "stable connection" to Starlink, the government said on Saturday, after days of tensions with …

As Israeli election nears, campaign turns ugly

Oct 24 2026

Days ahead of close-fought Israeli elections, campaigns have gone into overdrive with poor-taste jibes and inflammatory …

China's first AI film hits cinemas, but ticket sales lag

Oct 23 2026

China's first fully AI-generated feature film opens in cinemas on Friday in what promises to be a tough box-office test …

'Fake' pollsters hit US midterms

Oct 23 2026

A self-described US polling firm whose data was tracked by political campaigns and mainstream media has admitted that …

Waze rejects Malaysia's data security claims after civil servant ban

Oct 23 2026

Navigation app Waze rejected on Friday Malaysia's allegations that it could exploit users' personal data, after the …

'Call of Duty' seeks to win back fans with warfare spectacle

Oct 23 2026

The latest instalment in the "Call of Duty" video game franchise, arriving Friday, brings back the high-adrenaline …

New Greece law bans social media for under-15s

Oct 23 2026

Greece's parliament passed a law Friday banning children under 15 from social media, joining a growing number of …

370 books in 20 months: S.African author defends her use of AI

Oct 23 2026

South African writer Coral Hart has published more than 370 books since February 2025 using artificial intelligence, a …

Websites go dark as AI exposes critical security flaws

Oct 23 2026

Governments and companies around the world shut down websites Thursday as they raced to protect themselves from hacks …

Nvidia boss criticises 'cheap' AI doomsday warnings

Oct 22 2026

AI chip giant Nvidia's boss Jensen Huang said on Thursday that warnings artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity …

Handful of Micron workers strike in Taiwan

Oct 22 2026

A handful of workers at a Micron Technology plant in Taiwan went on strike on Thursday after their union and the US chip …

Websites down: what is PHP and how has it raised AI hacking fears?

Oct 22 2026

Artificial intelligence has found critical security flaws in a major programming language called PHP, with many websites …

Tesla profits fall on higher spending as 'Elon Inc.' talk builds

Oct 22 2026

Tesla reported lower third-quarter profits Wednesday as near-trillionaire Elon Musk's electric vehicle maker ramped up …

Judge orders Meta to pay $25 bn to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica case

Oct 22 2026

A New Mexico judge ruled Wednesday that Meta must pay $25 billion to the state after a jury found last month that the …

Meta beats expectations but legal penalties hit profit amid AI race

Oct 21 2026

Meta beat investor expectations for third-quarter revenue on Wednesday as it doubles down on a global AI race but the …

X Community Notes 'failed' to flag US election falsehoods, study says

Oct 21 2026

A crowd-sourced verification system used by Elon Musk's X failed to flag a vast majority of false claims related to the …

eBay to slash 1,000 more jobs, around 9% of workforce

Oct 21 2026

US e-commerce platform eBay will cut some 1,000 jobs, or about nine percent of its workforce, a spokesperson told AFP on …

Walmart welcomes AI agents as Anthropic launches its own

Oct 21 2026

US shopping giant Walmart on Wednesday unveiled tools allowing artificial intelligence agents such as Meta’s Muse to …

Canadian publisher says novelist Orelien used AI to write novel

Oct 21 2026

The publisher of top-selling Haitian-Canadian writer Thelyson Orelien said Wednesday it had confirmed that he used …

UN experts urge Meta to safeguard political expression in Brazil election

Oct 21 2026

United Nations rights experts on Wednesday urged Meta to protect political expression in Brazil's presidential election …

Websites go dark worldwide as AI exposes critical security flaws

Oct 21 2026

Government agencies and companies around the world shut down websites Wednesday after two critical flaws came to light …

OpenAI says its AI agents disabled their own safety monitors

Oct 21 2026

OpenAI has revealed that two of its artificial intelligence agents disabled or weakened systems built to catch them …

Five things to know about Chinese AI startup DeepSeek

Oct 21 2026

The United States Department of Homeland Security ordered government agencies on Monday to stop using artificial …

'Media capture': Serbian journalists squeezed before vote

Oct 21 2026

Weeks before Serbia's highly anticipated election, Zoran Kesic, the country's star late-night talk show host, opened his …

Musk backs SpaceX-Tesla merger as rocket firm turns profit

Oct 21 2026

Elon Musk said Tuesday he would back a merger of SpaceX and Tesla, as his rocket and AI company reported its first …

Netflix shares drop on slowing engagement, revenue growth

Oct 20 2026

Netflix stock dropped more than five percent Tuesday afternoon after its quarterly earnings release failed to assuage …

Musk says backs SpaceX-Tesla merger as rocket firm turns profit

Oct 20 2026

Elon Musk said Tuesday he would back a merger of SpaceX and Tesla, as his rocket and AI company reported its first …

Power outage hits Google Cloud services, disrupting UK banks

Oct 20 2026

A power outage at a Google Cloud data centre near London caused serious failures to services on Tuesday, leading to …

AI challenges maths by solving the unsolvable

Oct 20 2026

Announcements over recent months that artificial intelligence models have cracked previously unsolvable problems are …

China opposes US ban on govt agencies from using DeepSeek

Oct 20 2026

Beijing opposed on Tuesday a US government ban on its agencies using AI tools from Chinese startup DeepSeek, saying the …

US bans use of China's DeepSeek by govt agencies

Oct 20 2026

The US government on Monday ordered its agencies to stop using artificial intelligence tools from Chinese startup …

US judge orders Saudi engineer held in OpenAI case

Oct 19 2026

A former OpenAI employee accused of planting a recording device at the company's San Francisco offices was ordered held …

The young lawmaker making Brazil's Lula 'king of the selfie'

Oct 19 2026

Newly elected lawmaker Ana Elisa Santos, born during Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's first term, is now …

Microsoft exits data centre deal in blow to UK AI ambitions

Oct 19 2026

Microsoft confirmed Monday that it has pulled out of a UK AI data centre deal with British start-up Nscale, in a blow to …

'I call it a bribe': Pennsylvania residents spurn $10,000 data center checks

Oct 19 2026

On his terrace overlooking the forest in eastern Pennsylvania, Ed Negra lays out four letters. All are from a developer …

Hollywood's fresh take on tech titans: from heroes to villains

Oct 18 2026

Hollywood has found its new favorite villain: the onetime heroes of Silicon Valley.

Brazil's right embraces election betting odds amid polls skepticism

Oct 17 2026

Polymarket, the world's largest prediction market, may be banned in Brazil, but right-wing figures have embraced its …

Leaders weigh 'huge benefit', risks of AI for global economy

Oct 17 2026

The artificial intelligence boom has been a key driver of global growth, but also poses economic risks should investment …

Did Chinese cars squeal on Norway's military?

Oct 17 2026

Chinese-made cars filmed sensitive information during a Norwegian military exercise, including access codes at secure …

EU backs Ukraine on Starlink, but can't fill gap

Oct 16 2026

The European Union has pledged to help Ukraine with its dependence on Starlink satellite communications to support …

Asian stocks rise as tech bounces from rout, Warsh upbeat on AI

Oct 16 2026

Most Asian markets bounced on Friday after the previous day's tech rout fuelled by concerns over the AI boom, which …

'Mixed feelings': AI cracks centuries-old ciphers

Oct 16 2026

Napoleon Bonaparte ordered the wartime missive written in code, creating a puzzle that went unsolved for more than 200 …

Using AI to help find Mexico's legions of missing children

Oct 16 2026

Veronica Rosas is one of tens of thousands of Mexican mothers looking for a child that has disappeared into a vortex of …

New York City pension fund asks Anthropic to delay IPO

Oct 16 2026

The supervisor of New York City’s pension funds, one of the largest in the United States, asked Anthropic to postpone …

French duo Justice to score 'GTA VI': game maker

Oct 15 2026

French electro duo Justice were chosen to do the original score for the new instalment of the "Grand Theft Auto" video …

Musk calls on Ukraine's Zelensky to 'go' after satellite slowdown row

Oct 15 2026

Tech billionaire Elon Musk called on Wednesday for Volodymyr Zelensky to "go" as Ukraine's leader, after insisting any …

Australia says won't let big tech have 'unfettered' access to kids

Oct 15 2026

Australia said Thursday it refused to allow big tech to have "unfettered" access to its kids as it formally introduced …

Behind AI's carbon footprint, a potential climate tool

Oct 15 2026

Artificial intelligence has become a lightning rod in climate debates over concerns about the growing carbon footprint …

Musk suggests US govt behind any slowdown in Ukraine's Starshield system

Oct 15 2026

SpaceX boss Elon Musk said Wednesday that any disruptions reported by Ukraine in using the Starshield satellite …

Restrictions expose Ukraine's Starlink dependency in Russia war: observers

Oct 14 2026

Restrictions reported by Ukraine on its use of the US satellite internet system Starlink have exposed Kyiv's reliance on …

Canadian publisher supports novelist Orelien after AI denial

Oct 14 2026

The publisher of Haitian-Canadian writer Thelyson Orelien said on Wednesday it would keep his novel "It was Either That …

AI worms, 'major' incident fears spur safety calls at industry summit

Oct 14 2026

From the spectre of refrigerator-infecting AI worms to warnings of "major" security incidents at the horizon, calls to …

Lula, Bolsonaro ordered to call off attempts at online censorship

Oct 14 2026

Brazil's electoral court on Tuesday warned President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and senator Flavio Bolsonaro to call off …

EU takes a page from Ireland's AI playbook

Oct 14 2026

The EU wants to catch up in the AI race by taking a cue from Ireland -- an early adopter of the technology which has …

Saudi employee arrested for allegedly bugging OpenAI office

Oct 14 2026

A Saudi employee of OpenAI was arrested after allegedly planting a recording device in one of the company's San …

Why AI makes computer worms harder to stop

Oct 13 2026

Anthropic's warning that AI-powered "worms" could soon spread across smart gadgets is the latest in a series of studies …

Big US banks report strong earnings and stay bullish on AI

Oct 13 2026

Major US banks offered a largely upbeat outlook Tuesday, expressing confidence that the artificial intelligence …

Microsoft's Brad Smith calls for 'real and effective' AI safety standards

Oct 13 2026

Microsoft president Brad Smith warned Tuesday that industry and governments must "act with urgency" to create "real and …

Anthropic warns of AI 'worms' spreading across smart gadgets

Oct 13 2026

Small artificial intelligence models may be only months away from being able to behave like a computer worm, copying …

Apple unveils HomeView smart display in renewed home push

Oct 13 2026

Apple on Tuesday unveiled HomeView, a voice-driven smart display built around its revamped Siri AI assistant, as the …

In a first, AI helps UK lawmaker find her voice in parliament

Oct 13 2026

A British lawmaker made history on Tuesday by becoming the first person to use an AI-generated voice to deliver a speech …

EU watchdog says smart glasses must give 'clear warnings' when recording

Oct 13 2026

The European Union's central data regulator on Tuesday said smart glasses should give "clear warnings" when they are …

AI could 'change the stakes' on bioweapons: UK spy chief

Oct 13 2026

The head of Britain's domestic spy agency warned Tuesday that artificial intelligence was affecting the security risks …

India youth shift tactics as police clamp down on election protest

Oct 13 2026

From Batman masks to offline maps, young Indian protesters have responded to one of New Delhi's toughest security …

Meta says its new AI models on par with OpenAI, Anthropic

Oct 12 2026

Meta on Monday unveiled two new "frontier" artificial intelligence models called Wonder and Wonder Full, which the …

French star Cassel dubs Napoleon in English for violent video game

Oct 12 2026

UK retains early access to test latest US AI models

Oct 12 2026

Britain will retain early access to the latest artificial intelligence models for safety testing, the country's AI …

NZ bank in free speech row over 'explicit' sheep memes

Oct 12 2026

A bank in New Zealand has found itself at the centre of an unlikely free speech row after an attempt to remove …

Ready Player 1: Paris to host 2027 edition of EVO combat video games event

Oct 11 2026

Paris will host the 2027 edition of EVO, the biggest combat video games event in the world, the organisers announced …

Bill Gates warns cyberattacks most imminent AI threat

Oct 11 2026

Bill Gates on Sunday warned that unregulated artificial intelligence poses a growing threat and predicted an escalation …

Drone hits Russia's Yandex in third reported attack

Oct 11 2026

A drone has damaged another data centre belonging to Russian technology giant Yandex, the company said early Sunday, in …