50 years ago, he made the first cell phone call
By Jennifer Korn On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper stood on a sidewalk on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan with a device the size of a brick and made the…
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‘I’ve never seen anything like this:’ One of China’s most popular apps has the ability to spy on its users, say experts
CNN By Nectar Gan, Yong Xiong and Juliana Liu, CNN It is one of China’s most popular shopping apps, selling clothing, groceries and just about…
Continue ReadingMicron Technology: China probes US chip maker for cybersecurity risks as tech tension escalates
By Laura He, CNN China has launched a cybersecurity probe into Micron Technology, one of America’s largest memory chip makers, in apparent…
Continue Reading‘I’ve never seen anything like this:’ One of China’s most popular apps has the ability to spy on its users, say experts
By Nectar Gan, Yong Xiong and Juliana Liu, CNN It is one of China’s most popular shopping apps, selling clothing, groceries and just about…
Continue ReadingPuffer coat Pope. Musk on a date with GM CEO. Fake AI ‘news’ images are fooling social media users
By Clare Duffy, CNN Pope Francis wearing a massive, white puffer coat. Elon Musk walking hand-in-hand with rival GM CEO Mary Barra. Former President…
Continue ReadingWelcome to the era of viral AI generated ‘news’ images
CNN By Clare Duffy, CNN Pope Francis wearing a massive, white puffer coat. Elon Musk walking hand-in-hand with rival GM CEO Mary Barra. Former…
Continue ReadingA grassroots group took on Amazon and won. Then came the hard part
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN When the Amazon Labor Union shocked the world last April by successfully forming the first US union in the e-commerce…
Continue ReadingWhat Americans think of a TikTok ban
By Brian Fung, CNN Half of Americans support a US government ban on TikTok, while 22% oppose the idea and more than a quarter are unsure, according…
Continue ReadingItaly blocks ChatGPT over privacy concerns
By Livvy Doherty and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Regulators in Italy issued a temporary ban on ChatGPT Friday, effective immediately, due to privacy…
Continue ReadingNATO bans TikTok on devices
By Natasha Bertrand, CNN NATO has officially banned staffers from downloading the social media app TikTok onto their NATO-provided devices, citing…
Continue ReadingJapan joins the US and Europe in chipmaking curbs on China
By Michelle Toh and Junko Ogura, CNN Japan will restrict the overseas sale of chip manufacturing equipment, joining the United States and the…
Continue ReadingThe FTC should investigate OpenAI and block GPT over ‘deceptive’ behavior, AI policy group claims
By Brian Fung, CNN An AI policy think tank wants the US government to investigate OpenAI and its wildly popular GPT artificial intelligence product,…
Continue ReadingFDA requires medical devices be secured against cyberattacks
By Jennifer Korn The Food and Drug Administration will now require medical devices meet specific cybersecurity guidelines after years of concerns…
Continue ReadingElon Musk and other tech leaders call for pause in ‘out of control’ AI race
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Some of the biggest names in tech are calling for artificial intelligence labs to stop the training of the…
Continue ReadingFederal judge rules Google tried to ‘hide the ball’ by deleting chat logs in a big antitrust case
By Brian Fung, CNN Google intentionally sought to “hide the ball” in a high-profile antitrust case by automatically deleting employee…
Continue ReadingArkansas sues TikTok, ByteDance and Meta over mental health claims
By Brian Fung, CNN The state of Arkansas has sued TikTok, its parent ByteDance, and Facebook-parent Meta over claims the companies’ products…
Continue Reading300 million jobs could be affected by latest wave of AI, says Goldman Sachs
By Michelle Toh, CNN As many as 300 million full-time jobs around the world could be automated in some way by the newest wave of artificial…
Continue ReadingGoogle-parent stock drops on fears it could lose search market share to AI-powered rivals
CNN By Samantha Kelly Shares of Google-parent Alphabet fell more than 3% in early trading Monday after a report sparked concerns that its core search…
Continue ReadingApple launches buy now, pay later service
By Jennifer Korn Apple on Tuesday launched an option in its digital wallet allowing customers to pay for online purchases in installments, making it…
Continue ReadingAlibaba will split into six units, reshaping Jack Ma’s business empire
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Alibaba on Tuesday said it plans to split its business into six separate units, in a move that promises to radically…
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