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South Korea to double spending on AI and chips in 2027
President Lee Jae Myung pledged to use the technology to turn the military into a "smart, elite force."
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Borrowed reading: stories from our extended colleagues
Five stories worth your time from our extended colleagues at CIO, Computerworld, Macworld, and PCWorld.
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UK global talent visa opens door for Kenyan tech professionals without job offer
Kenyan tech professionals can pursue the UK Global Talent visa without a job offer or sponsorship. See Tech Nation endorsement, fees and settlement options.
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Ukraine, Russia report hacking attacks on emergency alert apps
Ukraine and Russia have both reported cyberattacks targeting applications used to send emergency alerts to the public. Meanwhile, Zelenskyy said Ukraine will stop refinery strikes if the US…
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Cyberattack Hits Russian Ministry App, Sends False Radiation Threat Warnings
The cyberattacks came after the longest truce of the Ukraine war, limited to the eastern Kherson region, ended.
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Cyberattacks hit Russia and Ukraine after truce ends
Moscow said hackers posted "false information" on its emergency warnings app after Ukraine reported a suspected breach of its air raid alert system.
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Police use facial recognition to scan one million faces in WA trial leading to 122 arrests
Deployments of surveillance vans over five months result in nine false alerts and led officers to engage with 146 registered sex offendersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news…
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China’s robot makers have mastered the moves. Now comes the race for brains
BEIJING: After years of building humanoid robots capable of running, dancing and performing backflips, Chinese companies are pouring resources into a different challenge: developing the AI…
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Ukraine blames Russia after air alert app sends out false warnings
Russian Emergencies Ministry also says its mobile app suffered a 'massive cyberattack', leading to 'false information'.
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Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of hacking emergency alert apps
Russia and Ukraine accused each other of hacking their emergency alert applications as a local ceasefire in the war's eastern Kherson region expired on Sunday. The cyberattacks came as both…
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Binance users withdraw $3.6bn after record crypto hack
The exchange froze transactions in the wake of the incident, which impacted $6.3bn worth of digital assets.
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The woman breathing life into next generation home-help robots
China, which has jumped out to a lead in humanoid robots for factories and warehouses, is now stepping up efforts to lead in the home too.
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China’s robot makers have mastered the moves. Now comes the race for brains.
Embodied AI, which focuses on software that allows robots to understand surroundings and adapt, is opening a new front in U.S.-China tech rivalry.
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Parents of woman who died of seizure after ChatGPT misguidance sue OpenAI
Bowen Wan was on anti-seizure medication, and chatbot provided her with a tapering schedule to reduce dosageA woman’s death from an epileptic seizure after she received dangerous advice…
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Scientists have developed a new technology that could make electric car batteries smaller, lighter and longer-lasting, potentially letting drivers travel farther on a single charge without carrying a heavier battery
Scientists from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology developed a new technology for anode-free batteries. This innovative approach focuses on enhancing lithium deposition…
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Cyberattacks trigger false emergency alerts in Ukraine and Russia
KYIV/MOSCOW: Ukraine and Russia said their public emergency alert applications were targeted by cyberattacks over the weekend, resulting in the dissemination of false information to users…
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OpenAI might rebrand its data centers as ‘AI compute campuses’
Data centers are deeply unpopular. But what if we called them something else?
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AI can make tech CEOs’ lives easier. What about everyone else?
On Equity, we discuss why tech CEO statements can seem so tone deaf.
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Inside Peter Ndegwa’s strategy to grow Safaricom’s financial and digital services business
Safaricom is expanding M-Pesa into investments and wealth management, developing more services for merchants and bringing its digital products together through OneApp as it pursues growth…
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TechCrunch Mobility: A new, bigger AV boom is here
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
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Binance resumes withdrawals following $6.3 billion breach
The cryptocurrency exchange said it's now covered 95% of the stolen assets.
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Konza sets aside 1,000 acres for wildlife as smart city takes shape
As infrastructure expands at Konza Technopolis, 1,000 acres have been set aside as a wildlife corridor, creating designated space for animals to continue moving through an area undergoing…
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Pixel 11 Pro Fold: Sturdy rectangle in a wide wide world
Google made a sturdy phone, but there is increasing competition in the foldable world.
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Here’s what ‘renoa’ — the first new fiber in 25 years — feels like
Startup Everbloom's new material, renoa, is the first new fiber in 25 years, and it feels very familiar.
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Build for Nigeria’s worst day, says OPay COO Dotun Adekunle
Nigeria’s technology market is usually described by its problems, from unreliable infrastructure to a volatile economy. Dotun Daniel Adekunle, OPay’s chief operating officer and chief…
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Iran among 30 countries with rare blood preservation technology
TEHRAN - Iran is among only 30 countries worldwide with the technology to preserve rare blood types for 10 to 30 years through glycerol-based cryopreservation, and is the only country in…
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Iranian tech firms showcase innovations at exhibitions in Russia, China
TEHRAN – Iranian knowledge-based companies have participated in two major international exhibitions, Kazan Digital Week in Russia and Aquatech China, showcasing their technological…
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African creators need infrastructure that turns attention into income, Moonshot panel says
Africa’s creators have the talent and the audience. What holds them back is the infrastructure that turns attention into income.
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FBI blames North Korea for $6.3 billion Binance crypto hack
According to the CISA, TraderTraitor is a North Korean state-sponsored hacking group that has been associated with cryptocurrency thefts and cyberattack tactics since at least 2020.
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Data centers are now a midterm issue, even in Brooklyn
At a Brooklyn midterm party five days before Election Day, every conversation, from a council member’s fireside chat to a debate about the Democratic Party, kept circling back to AI and…