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UK proposes allowing tech companies to use copyrighted material for AI training
Consultation suggests opt-out scheme for creatives who don’t want their work used by Google, OpenAI and others
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Google Maps car snaps vital clue in Spanish missing person case
Image of man leaning into boot of a car on a street in northern Spain helps lead police to make two arrests
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Forensic technology supports Brazil’s crackdown on illegal Amazon gold trade
Harley Sandoval, an evangelical pastor, real estate agent and mining entrepreneur, was arrested in July 2023 for illegally exporting 294 kilos of gold from Brazil’s Amazon to the United States, Dubai and Italy.
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Irish watchdog launches investigation into Google’s AI model
The Data Protection Commission is to examine whether an assessment needed to be carried out before people’s data was processed.
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Facebook, Instagram down for thousands of users
Meta apps Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were experiencing issues Wednesday afternoon as thousands of people reported outages for the apps on DownDetector.
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UK uses DragonFire laser to shoot down aerial drone in a groundbreaking test
An industry team has for the first time destroyed an aerial target using a high-power shot with its DragonFire laser, the British Defence Ministry announced Friday.
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The rapid growth of AI-powered cloud storage poses a threat to Ireland’s climate goals
Friends of the Earth calls on government to rein in growth of datacentres for fear they could increase fossil fuel use
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Microsoft experiences outage as hundreds report issues with Teams and Outlook
Hundreds of users are having problems accessing Microsoft services including Outlook and Teams.
373
Google unveils ’mindboggling’ new quantum computing chip
Chip completes tasks in minutes that would take 10 septillion years with traditional computing.
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FBI issues urgent warning to iPhone and Android users about ’massive and ongoing’ cyber attack
The FBI has warned people not to send text messages between Apple and Android phones amid massive and ongoing cyber attacks
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Meta plans $10 billion cable to span the entire globe
Facebook’s parent company is planning to lay over 40,000km of cable under the sea at a cost of billions of pounds, it has been reported.
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Study finds Instagram actively contributing to the spread of self-harm among teenagers
Researchers say parent company Meta is failing to remove explicit images on the social media site
552
X attempts to prevent the transfer of the platform’s InfoWars accounts to the Onion
Social network says it must give permission for accounts to be sold or transferred after sale of rightwing InfoWars
529
Microsoft is ’investigating issue’ as users report problems with Outlook and Teams
The issue is thought to have started around 8am. More than 80% of reported problems involved Outlook, when the email application is accessed through the web.
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US Supreme Court tosses case involving securities fraud suit against Facebook
The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped on Friday a decision on whether to allow shareholders to proceed with a securities fraud lawsuit accusing Meta’s (META.O), opens new tab Facebook of misleading investors about the misuse of the social media platform’s user data.
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Google could be forced to sell off Chrome browser in attempt to break up tech giant’s monopoly
The US Government has proposed forcing Google to sell off its Chrome web browser as part of measures to break up a monopoly a judge has said the company currently operates in online searches
639
PayPal outage leaves thousands of customers unable to access their accounts
Paypal is down, leaving thousands customers unable to sign into their accounts.
562
Nationwide app crashes, leaving users unable to access their accounts
Nationwide users woke up to find an array of issues with their banking app this morning.
443
India successfully tests its first hypersonic missile
India successfully conducted flight tests of its first long-range hypersonic missile. The tests took place yesterday evening, November 16, according to the Indian Ministry of Defence website.
470
Clifton Suspension Bridge’s dramatic exit from Twitter sparks wave of online jokes
One of England’s most iconic bridges has become the latest high-profile exit from Elon Musk’s X.
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Revealed: strange six-word Google search term that could expose you to hackers
Google users could endure disastrous consequences if they type an unusual search request into the site, experts say after research into computer and data hacking
590
Dutch police use hologram in attempt to solve 2009 murder of sex worker
Lifesize hologram of Betty Szabó in red light district aims to jog memories and help find her 19-year-old killer.
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UK’s oldest satellite mysteriously repositioned, leaving questions of who and why
Someone moved the UK’s oldest satellite and there appears to be no record of exactly who, when or why.
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A graphene-chip implant in a UK trial could revolutionize brain tumor surgery
Cancer cell detector made of material that won its inventors Nobel prize is hailed as ‘clinical milestone’
374
Canada’s spy agency has stated that India is utilizing cyber technology to monitor Sikh separatists
CSE report says India is also stepping up cyber-attacks against Canada government networks
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