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US sues Apple for running iPhone monopoly in wide-ranging lawsuit


March 23, 2024

The US Department of Justice sued Apple on Thursday for illegally maintaining a monopoly for its iPhone by stifling competition and imposing exorbitant costs on consumers. The lawsuit, brought also by 17 US states, attacked the iPhone for raking in hundreds of billions of dollars by making it difficult for consumers to switch away from Apple to cheaper smartphones and …

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UN calls for guidelines to address AI’s risks, rewards


March 22, 2024

UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly on Thursday called for the development of a set of international guidelines to address the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence. The resolution, co-sponsored by dozens of countries and adopted by consensus, emphasises the necessity of guidelines “to promote safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence systems,” while excluding military AI from its purview. On …

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UN sees rising scourge of e-waste as a catastrophe for environment


March 21, 2024

PARIS: The world threw away a record amount of smartphones, televisions and other electrical devices in 2022, the UN said on Wednesday, warning this avalanche of dumped gadgets was polluting the planet. Less than one quarter of the 62 million tonnes of e-waste produced in 2022 was recycled, resulting in heavy metals, plastics and toxic chemicals leaking from junked devices. …

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‘I’m basically telekinetic’: Neuralink shows quadriplegic playing chess with brain implant


March 21, 2024

Neuralink on Wednesday streamed a video of its first human patient playing computer chess with his mind and talking about the brain implant making that possible. Noland Arbaugh, 29, who was left paralysed from the shoulders down by a diving accident eight years ago, told of playing chess and the videogame “Civilization” as well as taking Japanese and French lessons …

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Interior minister calls for revisiting social media laws


March 20, 2024

LAHORE: As disruption of social media platform X stre­t­ched into its fifth week, Inte­rior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Tuesday the country needed “better laws” to regulate internet free speech. “We need to make better laws,” he said when asked whe­ther his ministry was responsible for shutting down the platform, formerly known as Twitter. “Expression is fine, but ma­k­ing false …

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Over 450 social media accounts blocked for spreading hatred


March 20, 2024

ISLAMABAD: The Violent Extremism Prevention Unit of the capital police blocked 462 social media accounts involved in spreading hatred, police said. The unit examines and investigates accounts of different social media platforms to counter the spread of religious, sectarian, and linguistic hatred and propaganda against the country and institutions, they added.     The unit thoroughly monitored social media, traced 1,522 …

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Turkey moves against Instagram-owner Meta


March 18, 2024

Turkey’s competition authority imposed on Monday an interim measure on Meta Platforms meant to hinder data sharing between the Instagram and Threads platforms as it investigates possible abuse of the company’s dominant market position. In December, the authority launched an investigation into Facebook parent Meta over a possible violation of competition law by linking its social media platforms Instagram and …

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Apple in talks to let Google’s Gemini power iPhone AI features


March 18, 2024

Apple is in talks to build Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence engine into the iPhone, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the situation. The negotiations are about licensing Gemini for some new features coming to the iPhone software this year, the report said, adding that the terms or branding of an AI agreement or how it would be …

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Will AI save humanity? US tech fest offers reality check


March 17, 2024

AUSTIN: Artificial intelligence aficionados are betting that the technology will help solve humanity’s biggest problems, from wars to global warming, but in practice, these may be unrealistic ambitions for now. “It’s not about asking AI ‘Hey, this is a sticky problem. What would you do?’ and AI is like, ‘well, you need to completely restructure this part of the economy’,” …

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Amnesty International urges govt to restore X


March 17, 2024

KARACHI: Amnesty Inter­n­a­tional has called for the im­mediate restoration of soc­ial media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) 29 days after the government blocked access to it. In a post on X, the human rights group said it has signed a joint statement with 28 civil society organisations for the restoration of X and urged “Pakistani authorities to uphold the rights …

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