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Rubio imposter used AI to message high-level officials, reports say
AFP, Published on 09/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - An imposter posing as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent AI-generated voice and text messages to high-level officials and foreign ministers, reports said Tuesday, the latest American official to be targeted by impersonators.
US urges curb of Google's search dominance as AI looms
AFP, Published on 22/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - US government attorneys urged a federal judge Monday to make Google spin off its Chrome browser, arguing artificial intelligence is poised to ramp up the tech giant's online search dominance.
US judge rules against Google in online ad tech antitrust case
AFP, Published on 18/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - A US judge on Thursday ruled that Google illegally wielded monopoly power in the online ad technology market, in a legal blow that could rattle the tech giant's revenue engine.
Trump advisor Waltz faces new pressure over Gmail usage
AFP, Published on 02/04/2025
» WASHINGTON — United States National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, who has faced calls to resign over his role in the recent Yemen chat group scandal, saw renewed scrutiny Tuesday after the Washington Post reported on his usage of Gmail for official work.
Musk flummoxes internet with 'Kekius Maximus' persona
AFP, Published on 01/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - Elon Musk adopted the moniker "Kekius Maximus" on X Tuesday, sparking speculation among his 210 million followers about his mysterious new handle that is a mash-up of an alt-right symbol, a memecoin, and the lead character of the movie "Gladiator."
Scientists use TikTok to fight climate change
AFP, Published on 09/03/2023
» PARIS: With his moustache caked in icicles and frozen droplets, glaciologist Peter Neff shows his 220,000 TikTok followers a sample of old ice excavated from Antarctica's Allan Hills.
Twitter to ban users from promoting rival social platforms
AFP, Published on 19/12/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter announced Sunday it would no longer allow users to promote their accounts on a host of social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram -- the latest policy change by the company under its controversial new owner Elon Musk.
Hacker offers to sell data of 48m Covid app users
Reuters, Published on 12/08/2022
» BEIJING: A hacker has claimed to have obtained the personal information of 48.5 million users of a Covid health code mobile app run by the city of Shanghai, the second claim of a breach of public data in the city in just over a month.
Bored Ape NFT barred from sale by Singapore court
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/05/2022
» SINGAPORE: A court in Singapore has issued a freezing injunction preventing the sale of a Bored Ape nonfungible token (NFT), in one of the first cases of its kind that could have broad ramifications for digital assets
Online sleuths track down US Capitol attackers
AFP, Published on 06/01/2022
» WASHINGTON - The FBI is still searching for people who stormed the US Capitol on January 6.