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KELVIN CHAN

KELVIN CHAN

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How Elon Musk $97.4 billion bid complicates matters for OpenAI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has dismissed a $97.4 billion takeover bid led by rival Elon Musk, but the unsolicited offer could complicate Altman’s push to transform the maker of ChatGPT into a for-profit company

How Elon Musk $97.4 billion bid complicates matters for OpenAI
Business|Europe|Political|Technology|World

Trump's AI ambition and China's DeepSeek overshadow an AI summit in Paris

The geopolitics of artificial intelligence will be in focus at a major summit in France this week

Trump's AI ambition and China's DeepSeek overshadow an AI summit in Paris
Health|Lifestyle|Technology

One Tech Tip: How to block your phone from tracking your location

Smartphones are useful tools for everyday life but they’re privy to nearly everything about you, including all the places you’ve been

One Tech Tip: How to block your phone from tracking your location
Business|Entertainment|Europe|Technology

Apple lashes out at iPhone porn app maker and the EU rules allowing its download

Apple has chided a newly introduced pornography app available in the European Union

Apple lashes out at iPhone porn app maker and the EU rules allowing its download
Asia|Business|Economy|Political|Stock Markets|Technology

Did DeepSeek copy ChatGPT to make new AI chatbot? Trump adviser thinks so

Did the upstart Chinese tech company DeepSeek copy ChatGPT to make the artificial intelligence technology that shook Wall Street this week

Did DeepSeek copy ChatGPT to make new AI chatbot? Trump adviser thinks so
Economy|Political|Science|Technology|World

General purpose AI could lead to array of new risks, experts say in report ahead of AI summit

A new report says advanced artificial intelligence systems have the potential to create extreme new risks, such as fueling widespread job losses, enabling terrorism or running amok

General purpose AI could lead to array of new risks, experts say in report ahead of AI summit
Business|Europe|Technology

Google pledges to crack down on fake reviews after UK watchdog investigation

Google is pledging to crack down on fake online reviews with tougher punishments for rogue reviewers and businesses after an investigation by regulators in Britain

Google pledges to crack down on fake reviews after UK watchdog investigation
Business|Europe|Technology

UK watchdog targets Apple, Google mobile ecosystems with new digital market powers

Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS are facing fresh scrutiny from Britain’s competition watchdog, which unveiled investigations targeting the two tech giants’ mobile phone ecosystems under new powers to crack down on digital market abuses

UK watchdog targets Apple, Google mobile ecosystems with new digital market powers
Business|Europe|Technology|US

One Tech Tip: How to delete Facebook, Instagram and Threads if you don't like Meta's changes

Some Facebook, Instagram and Threads users are wondering whether to delete their accounts after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s announced changes to content rules and plans to its fact-checking program

One Tech Tip: How to delete Facebook, Instagram and Threads if you don't like Meta's changes
Business|Europe|News|Technology

The iPhone 12 emits too much radiation and Apple must take it off the market, French agency says

French regulators have ordered Apple to stop selling the iPhone 12, saying it emits electromagnetic radiation levels that are above European Union standards for exposure

Business|Technology

What is USB-C, the charging socket that replaced Apple's Lightning cable?

Apple is ditching its in-house iPhone charging plug and falling in line with the rest of the tech industry by adopting USB-C, a more widely used connection standard

What is USB-C, the charging socket that replaced Apple's Lightning cable?
Business|Europe|News|Technology

TikTok is hit with $368 million fine under Europe's strict data privacy rules

European regulators have slapped TikTok with a $368 million fine for failing to protect children's privacy

TikTok is hit with $368 million fine under Europe's strict data privacy rules
Business|News|Technology

UK's new online safety law adds to crackdown on Big Tech companies

British lawmakers have approved an ambitious but controversial new internet safety law with wide-ranging powers to crack down on digital and social media companies like TikTok, Google and Facebook and Instagram parent Meta

UK's new online safety law adds to crackdown on Big Tech companies
Business|Finance|Technology

Microsoft's revamped $69 billion deal for Activision is on the cusp of going through

British competition regulators has signaled that Microsoft’s restructured $69 billion deal to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard is likely to receive antitrust approval

Microsoft's revamped $69 billion deal for Activision is on the cusp of going through
Environment|News|Science|World

The threat of wildfires is rising. So are new artificial intelligence solutions to fight them

Wildfires fueled by climate change have ravaged communities from Maui to the Mediterranean this summer, killing many people, exhausting firefighters and fueling demand for new solutions

The threat of wildfires is rising. So are new artificial intelligence solutions to fight them
Europe|News|Technology|World

Musk's X is the biggest purveyor of disinformation, EU official says

A top European Union official says the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, is the biggest source of fake news and urged owner Elon Musk to comply with the bloc’s laws aimed at combating disinformation

Musk's X is the biggest purveyor of disinformation, EU official says
Europe|MidEast|News|Technology

EU asks Musk's X for information on hate speech and 'illegal content' related to Israel-Hamas war

The European Commission has made a formal, legally binding request for information from Elon Musk’s social media platform X over its handling of hate speech, misinformation and violent terrorist content related to the Israel-Hamas war

EU asks Musk's X for information on hate speech and 'illegal content' related to Israel-Hamas war
Business|Finance|Technology|Videos

Microsoft closes deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard after antitrust fights

Microsoft has completed its purchase of video game-maker Activision Blizzard for $69 billion, closing one of the most expensive tech acquisitions in history that could have repercussions across the video game industry

Microsoft closes deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard after antitrust fights
Business|Economy|Europe|Technology

Europe is looking to fight the flood of Chinese electric vehicles. But Europeans love them

Chinese automakers are winning over drivers as they make major inroads into Europe’s electric vehicle market

Europe is looking to fight the flood of Chinese electric vehicles. But Europeans love them
Business|Finance|Technology

Musk's X tests $1 fee for new users in the Philippines and New Zealand in bid to target spam

Elon Musk’s social media platform X is charging a $1 fee to new users in the Philippines and New Zealand

Musk's X tests $1 fee for new users in the Philippines and New Zealand in bid to target spam
Europe|MidEast|News|Technology|World

EU demands Meta and TikTok detail efforts to curb disinformation from Israel-Hamas war

The European Union has demanded Meta and TikTok detail their efforts to curb illegal content and disinformation during the Israel-Hamas war

EU demands Meta and TikTok detail efforts to curb disinformation from Israel-Hamas war
News|Technology|World

Harris will attend an AI summit at a UK estate that was a base for World War II codebreakers

The U.K. prime minister is defending China's invitation to a summit on artificial intelligence that Vice President Kamala Harris will attend next week

Harris will attend an AI summit at a UK estate that was a base for World War II codebreakers
Europe|News|Opinion|Technology|World

UK PM Sunak warns against rush to regulate AI before understanding its risks

As authorities around the world scramble to draw up guardrails for artificial intelligence, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warns against moving too fast on regulating the rapidly developing technology before it’s fully understood

UK PM Sunak warns against rush to regulate AI before understanding its risks
Technology

Cutting-edge AI raises fears about risks to humanity. Are tech and political leaders doing enough?

Chatbots like ChatGPT wowed with their ability to do tasks as good as or better than humans, thanks to cutting-edge artificial intelligence systems

Cutting-edge AI raises fears about risks to humanity. Are tech and political leaders doing enough?
News|Science|Technology|US|World

Countries at a UK summit pledge to tackle AI's potentially 'catastrophic' risks

Delegates from 28 nations, including the U.S. and China, have agreed to work together to contain the potential “catastrophic” risks posed by galloping advances in artificial intelligence

Countries at a UK summit pledge to tackle AI's potentially 'catastrophic' risks

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