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AI
Like analysing a crime scene: Experts explain how to expose deepfakes
Deepfakes, manipulated images, videos or audios created by artificial intelligence, are becoming more sophisticated every day. Experts share tips on how to identify them.
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AI
AI could change the world. But first it is changing Silicon Valley.
The tech industry has predicted AI will profoundly affect the nature of white-collar work. The industry's own workers are already getting a taste of that future.
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AI
AI-generated artists break through in country music
AI-generated singers routinely rank among the top-streamed country music artists in the United States – a trend that for now is limited to a genre that industry observers fear is becoming too formulaic.
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Gig economy
Why 'unretired' US seniors are picking up gig work to pay the bills
A growing number of Americans have "unretired" in recent years. After concluding decades-long careers at hospitals, universities and corporations, they returned to the workforce due to insufficient retirement savings, rising living costs and a desire to stay active.
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Technology
Pershing Square proposes $64 billion Universal Music merger with acquisition company
April 7 (Reuters) - Bill Ackman's Pershing Square on Tuesday proposed merging its acquisition vehicle with Universal Music Group with a plan to list in the United States in a deal aimed at reviving the world's biggest music label's value.
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Gadgets
Acer Malaysia unveils new AI-powered Swift laptops, priced from RM5,899
Acer officially announced the arrival of AI-powered laptops with the Swift Edge 14 AI and Swift Go 16 AI.
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Video games
‘Tom Clancy’s The Division Resurgence’ adapts series’ action to mobile screens
It has been eight years since Tom Clancy's The Division II was released, and Ubisoft has supported it with tons of downloadable content, but fans have been waiting for a new chapter. That arrived last week, but it is on a platform that fans might not be expecting.
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Cybersecurity
AI is on its way to upending cybersecurity
With new systems from companies like Anthropic and OpenAI, hackers can attack with greater speed. The defence is more AI.
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Technology
Apple's foldable iPhone faces engineering snags, potential shipment delays, Nikkei Asia reports
April 6 (Reuters) - Apple has been encountering setbacks in the engineering test phase of its first foldable iPhone, which could lead to delays in its mass production and product shipment schedule, Nikkei Asia reported on Monday, citing sources.
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Smartphones
Screenshots: A sound strategy for countering hate online
Hateful comments or posts online may break the law, so if you are struggling but a harmful post has been deleted, you still have options to take legal action.
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Smartphones
Samsung is discontinuing its texting app, tells impacted US users to switch to Google Messages
Samsung is saying goodbye its namesake texting app.
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Smartphones
How to calibrate your phone or laptop if battery level drops suddenly
If your phone or laptop's battery level drops suddenly and unexpectedly, you may need to recalibrate your device so it can correctly recognize the battery's maximum available capacity.
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Technology
Broadcom signs long-term deal to develop Google’s custom AI chips
April 6 (Reuters) - Broadcom said on Monday it has signed a long-term agreement with Google to develop and supply future generations of custom artificial intelligence chips and other components for the company's next-generation AI racks through 2031.
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Technology
OpenAI urges California, Delaware to investigate Musk's 'anti-competitive behavior’
April 6 (Reuters) - OpenAI urged the California and Delaware attorneys general to consider investigating Elon Musk and his associates' "improper and anti-competitive behavior", ahead of a trial between the two sides set to begin this month.
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Technology
Nvidia acquisition of SchedMD sparks worry among AI specialists about software access
TORONTO/SAN FRANCISCO, April 6 (Reuters) - A niche acquisition by Nvidia has raised concerns among artificial-intelligence and supercomputer specialists who see the move as a test of the biggest AI chip company's commitment to maintaining a fair playing field for chip rivals and AI data center builders.
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Technology
Netflix debuts new 'Playground' gaming app for kids
April 6 (Reuters) - Netflix doubled down on its gaming efforts on Monday, launching a new app called "Netflix Playground" that would feature games built around popular children's characters such as Peppa Pig and Sesame Street.
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Technology
Amazon strikes deal with USPS that maintains 80% of package volume
WASHINGTON, April 6 (Reuters) - Amazon.com on Monday announced it reached a new agreement with the U.S. Postal Service on package deliveries, and sources said the cash-strapped mail system would retain about 80% of its existing deliveries from its biggest customer.
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Technology
New Jersey cannot regulate Kalshi's prediction market, US appeals court rules
April 6 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that New Jersey gaming regulators cannot prevent Kalshi from allowing people in the state to use its prediction market to place financial bets on the outcome of sporting events.
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Technology
Investors press Amazon, Microsoft and Google on water, power use in US data centers
(Corrects paragraph 10 to show that Amazon provides data on water usage per unit of power not total water usage)
