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BEIJING — China on Thursday announced a significant tightening of its rare earth export controls, expanding restrictions on key processing technologies and specifying new limits on exports to overseas defense and semiconductor users. The move, unveiled by the Ministry of Commerce, underscores Beijing’s growing determination to wield its dominance in critical mineral supply chains as … Read more
Mountain View, Calif. — Google has introduced new restrictions to its popular “Work from Anywhere” policy, a pandemic era initiative that allowed employees to perform their duties from outside their primary office location. The updated guidelines, which took effect earlier this year, mark another step in the tech giant’s gradual shift back toward office based … Read more
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s Taliban led government has placed new restrictions on social media content across major platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and X, sources at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology confirmed Wednesday. The measures, described as “content filtering,” come just days after a nationwide internet blackout that disrupted daily life, businesses, and emergency … Read more
US stocks slipped Tuesday from their latest record setting run as Wall Street weighed concerns over a looming government shutdown against continued optimism surrounding artificial intelligence. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell 0.3%, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) lost 0.3%. The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC), heavily weighted toward technology stocks, dropped 0.5% after all three … Read more
LONDON — Nearly 30 million people in the United Kingdom who purchased Apple or Samsung smartphones between 2015 and 2024 could be entitled to an average payout of about £17 if consumer group Which? succeeds in its case against US chipmaker Qualcomm. The case, which began Monday in the Competition Appeal Tribunal in London, alleges … Read more
Perplexity, the artificial intelligence company behind the popular Perplexity AI search assistant, has officially launched its Comet AI browser to the public. The company confirmed this week that Comet is now free and available to everyone as a desktop browser, marking a significant step in the growing competition among AI-powered web browsers. Initially introduced during … Read more
Turin, Italy – Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Friday predicted that within the next 10 to 20 years, data centres of gigawatt scale could be built in space, harnessing uninterrupted solar energy to outperform those on Earth. Speaking at Italian Tech Week in Turin, Bezos said that the environmental and operational advantages of orbital data … Read more
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — Authorities in Brazil have dismantled an online fraud ring accused of using deepfake videos of supermodel Gisele Bundchen and other celebrities in deceptive Instagram ads that lured victims into paying for fake products and giveaways. Police said the operation, which allegedly generated more than 20 million reais ($3.9 million), marks one … Read more
KABUL, Afghanistan — For nearly two days last week, Afghanistan’s internet and phone networks went dark, leaving millions of citizens cut off from the outside world and sparking global concern. The unprecedented blackout highlighted both the Taliban’s capacity to control communications and the limits of authoritarian power in an increasingly connected society. On Monday evening, … Read more
Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Comcast owned NBCUniversal have reached a multi year agreement to keep NBC’s full lineup of television programming available on YouTube TV, ending a tense round of negotiations that had raised concerns over potential blackouts for millions of subscribers. The deal ensures that popular NBCUniversal shows including Sunday Night Football, The Voice … Read more
