Users of the Chinese social media app RedNote welcomed “TikTok refugees” from the United States with selfies and messages on Wednesday, as Beijing said it encouraged stronger cultural ties with other countries in response to the sudden influx.
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Blue Origin's giant New Glenn rocket blasted off from Florida early Thursday morning on its first mission to space, an inaugural step into Earth's orbit for Jeff Bezos' space company as it aims to rival SpaceX in the satellite launch business.
Thirty stories tall with a reusable first stage, New Glenn launched around 2...
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Britain will use new regulatory powers to investigate Google's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab search services to see how they impact consumers and businesses, including advertisers and rivals, following U.S. calls to break up the tech giant.
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Indonesia plans to issue a regulation to set a minimum age for users of social media, a move aimed at protecting children, its communications minister has said.
The plans follows Australia's decision to ban childr...
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President Joe Biden will issue an executive order on Tuesday to provide federal support to address massive energy needs for fast-growing advanced artificial intelligence data centers, the White House said. The order calls for leasing federal sites owned by Defense and Energy departments to host gigaw...
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Chinese government officials are reportedly discussing a plan to sell ByteDance’s US division of TikTok to Elon Musk if the US Supreme Court upholds a law banning the app on January 19. The report comes via TechCrunch, citing Bloomberg.
According to the report, China prefers to keep TikTok under ByteDance’s ownership. However, selling TikTok&r...
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In 2023, the U.K. made a big song and dance about the need to consider the harms of AI, giving itself a leading role in the wider conversation around AI safety. Now, it’s whistling a very different tune: today, the government announced a sweeping plan and a big bet on AI investments to develop what it calls a “decade of national renewal.”
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The U.S. government said on Monday it would further restrict artificial intelligence chip and technology exports, divvying up the world to keep advanced computing power in the U.S. and among its allies while finding more ways to block China's access.
The new regulations will cap the number of AI chips that can be exported to most countries a...
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin called off the launch of its New Glenn rocket after “a few anomalies” during the mission countdown on Monday, postponing by at least a day an inaugural attempt to reach orbit and compete with SpaceX in the satellite launch market.
Standing 30 stories tall, the partially reusable New Glenn launcher sat on Blue Origin’s launchpad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, ready for a li...
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