Atari Buys Intellivision Brand, Ending ‘Longest-Running Console War in History’
Atari acquired the brand of long-time rival Intellivision and the rights to more than 200 games from Intellivision Entertainment.
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Fake news verification tools fail the test during elections in India
Rest of World tested 11 leading WhatsApp-based chatbots that promise to help Indian voters identify misinformation. There were long delays and inconsistencies in responses even for content that can easily be identified as AI-generated and fake.
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U.S tech giants are building dozens of data centers in Chile. Locals are fighting back
Multiple groups are working to keep Amazon, Google, and Microsoft from doubling the number of centers in the country, fearing environmental devastation.
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Stanford team apologises over claims they copied Chinese project for AI model
Artificial intelligence model Llama 3-V drew global attention for its powerful performance when it was launched last week. But after questions were raised, the developers admitted it’s ‘very similar’ to a project developed by Tsinghua and ModelBest.
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A Suspected Human Smuggler Used AirTags to Track and Control The Woman He Brought Into the U.S.
A man allegedly involved in a Russia-based smuggling operation is accused of placing at least seven AirTags on his ex-wife's car to surveil her.
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Big Tech Launches Campaign to Defend AI Use
Chamber of Progress, in a campaign called "Generate and Create," says it will showcase "how AI lowers barriers for producing art."
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Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut mission extended through June 18
"The additional time in orbit will allow the crew to perform a spacewalk on Thursday, June 13, while engineers complete Starliner systems checkouts."
Hacker Accesses Internal ‘Tile’ Tool That Provides Location Data to Cops
A hacker broke into systems used by Tile, the tracking company, then stole a wealth of customer data and had access to internal company tools.
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How Americans Get News on TikTok, X, Facebook and Instagram
X is still more of a news destination than these other platforms, but the vast majority of users on all four see news-related content.
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Japan enacts law to curb Apple, Google's app dominance
Japan's parliament enacts a law to promote competition in smartphone app stores by restricting tech giants Apple Inc. and Google LLC from limiting third-party companies from selling and operating apps on their platforms.
