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Taiwan chip manufacturer (TSMC) successful with first US production trial

TSMC has made significant strides with its $65 billion investment in chip manufacturing in their new Arizona fabrication...

Elon Musk Now Controls Two-Thirds of All Active Satellites

SpaceX, Elon Musk's space exploration company, has launched its 7,000th Starlink satellite, solidifying its dominance in the satellite...

Oracle’s “bizarre” move: Small nuclear reactors to power new data center

Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison revealed the company's plan to power a future data center using small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs), reflecting the growing energy...

Payment gateway breach exposes 1.7 million credit card holders

Slim CD, a payment gateway provider, recently disclosed a significant data breach that impacted nearly 1.7 million credit card holders. Hackers had access to...

Larry Ellison’s “bizarre announcement.” Hashtag Trending for Thursday, September 12, 2024

Samsung Electronics plans global job cuts of up to 30% in some divisions, Wireless data usage soars as...

Apple’s delayed rollout disappoints: Hashtag Trending for Wednesday, Sept 11, 2024

Apple's Gradual AI Rollout Disappoints, Japan to Build World's First Zeta-Class Supercomputer, 1,000 Times Faster Than Current Leaders,...

Will Crowdstrike “dodge the bullet?” Cyber Security Today, Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Microsoft Office 2024 to Disable ActiveX Controls by Default, Major Data Breach Affects 1.7 Million Credit Card Owners,...

Salesforce shakes up AI pricing: Hashtag Trending for Tuesday, September 10, 2024

TSMC's Arizona Plant Matches Taiwan's Chip Yields, Moving from Open Source to Proprietary License Is Not Always a...

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AI Healthcare Firm Exposes 5.9 TB of Sensitive Mental Health Data

In a significant data security incident, Confidant Health, a Texas-based AI healthcare platform, inadvertently exposed 5.3 terabytes of...

5.9 terabytes of sensitive healthcare information compromised: Cyber Security Today for Monday, September 9th, 2024

Another major breach in Healthcare with 5.3 terabytes of sensitive data at risk, Google claims that moving to...

Will social media influencers be replaced by AI? Hashtag Trending for Monday, September 9, 2024

Elon Musk Now Controls Two-Thirds of All Active Satellites, Arm’s new A18 chip and V9 architecture will power...

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Target’s new AI is aimed at employees

Target is introducing a new generative artificial intelligence tool...

The good and the bad of AI generated code

Generative AI tools are transforming the coding landscape, making...

Microsoft’s AI success may spell defeat for it’s climate goals

Microsoft's ambitious strides in AI technology are now posing...

OpenAI’s Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever Departs Company

Ilya Sutskever, co-founder and chief scientist of OpenAI, has...

OpenAI snubs Microsoft, launching GPT-4o only on macOS

OpenAI, despite Microsoft's substantial $10 billion investment, has chosen...

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AI could displace more than 50% of banking jobs, according to new Citigroup report

In a recent report by Citigroup, the global investment...

NYSE technical error sends stocks tumbling

A technical glitch at the New York Stock Exchange...

Cancelling your credit card may not stop streaming service charges

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The race to harness AI in big banks heats up

The journey to harness Artificial Intelligence (AI) within the...

IMF reports that 40 percent of global employment could be disrupted by AI

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a stark...

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Tech giant Facebook has gone a step further in its effort to combat misinformation, temporarily suspending Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's page for violating his policy against the spread of COVID-19 misinformation. This...

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