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DeepSeek AI Model Shows Safety Gaps in Independent Tests

DeepSeek's latest AI model showed ‌stronger safety controls in independent tests than earlier versions, but could still disable software intended to shut it…

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Technology (FILES) This illustration photograph shows the logo of the US multinational technology Meta company displayed on a smartphone in Mulhouse, eastern France on February 11, 2026. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)

Meta Eyes Record $97.5 Billion Equity Raise to Fund AI Expansion

Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it increased its largest-ever equity fundraising to $97.5 billion as the social media giant aggressively expands its AI…

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Technology As shown here in the Amazon Music (left) and Apple Music apps for Android, you can temporarily download local copies of a playlist or album to your phone so you can listen later without an internet connection (Amazon; Apple)

How to Listen to Your Favorite Music, Online or Off the Grid

JD Biersdorfer* Streaming services have long provided the most popular way to listen to music, but downloading things digitally has its perks. That’s why…

Technology The Microsoft logo and a keyboard in this illustration taken October 19, 2026. (Reuters)

Microsoft Offers Voluntary Exit Packages to 60,000 Staff

Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees, the company said on Monday, roughly a quarter of its workforce, as the tech giant seeks to…

Technology Anthropic, the maker of the Claude chatbot, will commit 5 percent of its shares to a new public benefit fund. ANDREJ IVANOV / AFP

From Carnegie to Claude: AI Wealth Could Reshape Philanthropy

A wave of American wealth created by artificial intelligence companies could produce some of the largest charitable sums since the era of Andrew Carnegie and…

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Technology Michael Daniel is president of the Cyber Threat Alliance and was a White House cybersecurity coordinator under former US president Barack Obama. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP

'Tech Debt Coming Due': AI-found Flaw Signals Chaos Ahead

Companies and government agencies rushed this week to patch two critical flaws in PHP, the programming language that runs a large share of the world's websites…

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Technology FILE PHOTO: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during an Amazon Devices launch event in New York City, US, February 26, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

CEO: Amazon Cloud Capacity Sold Out Through 2027

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said on Friday that Amazon Web Services' cloud computing capacity is largely sold out through 2027, with significant commitments…

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Technology Ohio State University researcher Chunyu Yang wears a prototype odor generator device which is part of a technology called Scentronic that can detect scents and transmit them remotely, at Columbus, Ohio, on June 13, 2025, in this image released October 21, 2026. (Shaoru Cheng/Handout via Reuters)

New ‘Scentronic’ Technology Can Detect and Transmit Aromas Remotely

People can readily share images and sounds digitally, as evidenced by the billions of smartphones in use globally that often overload the human senses of sight…

Technology Computer code is displayed on multiple screens in this illustration taken on October 22, 2026. (Reuters)

Websites Go Dark as AI Exposes Critical Security Flaws

Governments and companies around the world shut down websites Thursday as they raced to protect themselves from hacks after artificial intelligence uncovered…

Technology  23 October 2026, China, Hong Kong: The iPhone Duo, Apple's first foldable smartphone, is displayed at an Apple Store. (dpa)

Apple Launches into Foldable Market as iPhone Duo Sales Begin

Sales of Apple's first folding phone, the iPhone Duo, began on Friday, with market watchers betting on whether the device can reinvent the small foldables…

Technology The Meta logo is seen at the Vivatech show in Paris on June 14, 2023 (AP)

Meta Ordered to Pay New Mexico $25 Billion for Deceiving Users About Privacy on Facebook

A judge on Wednesday ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook, marking…

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Technology A hand is seen on a laptop with binary codes displayed in front of the EU flag in this illustration taken, August 19, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Cyber Agency Warns Websites May Go Dark as PHP Prepares Critical Fix

The developers of the widely used PHP programming language said on Wednesday they would release patches for two critical vulnerabilities, as EU cybersecurity…

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Technology The newly opened Micron Advanced Assembly and Test Taiwan 2 (AATT2) facility in Taichung, Taiwan, October 15, 2026. REUTERS/Ann Wang

Micron and Taiwan Union Sign Deal, Withdraw from Mediation

Micron Memory Taiwan and a union representing workers at its Taichung operations said on Wednesday they had signed a labor-management agreement covering…

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Technology The words "AI Safety", a keyboard and a robotic hand in this illustration taken September 23, 2026. (Reuters)

OpenAI Says Its AI Agents Weakened Internal Monitoring System

OpenAI said ‌on Tuesday that two of its AI agents weakened parts of an internal monitoring system designed to detect misbehavior, the latest case of AI…

Technology FILE PHOTO: A person takes a photo of the Google Cloud logo, during the 2025 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, March 4, 2025. REUTERS/Albert Gea/File Photo

Google Says 'Multiple' Cloud Services Suffer Network Failures in Europe

Multiple Google Cloud services were experiencing serious network disruptions at its European data center based in London on Tuesday, according to the US…

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Technology (FILES) The logo of US online retail giant Amazon is seen on the facade of a redistribution center in Horn-Bad Meinberg, western Germany, on December 9, 2024. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)

Amazon to Invest Over €16 Billion in Germany Next Year

Amazon plans to invest more than €16 billion (about $18 billion) in Germany in 2027, the company said on Tuesday, to expand its cloud computing, AI, satellite…

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Technology The newly opened Micron Advanced Assembly and Test Taiwan 2 (AATT2) facility in Taichung, Taiwan, October 15, 2026. REUTERS/Ann Wang

Micron Workers in Taiwan to Strike in Push for Bigger Profit Share

Workers at a Micron Technology plant in Taiwan plan to strike on Thursday as they aim to pressure the US chip firm into proposing a "concrete profit-sharing…

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Technology  Buildings and construction sites fill the skyline, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. (AP)

OIC Members Select Riyadh to Host Organization's 1st Cybersecurity Ministerial Council

The 52nd session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) approved the establishment of an OIC council of ministers…

Technology The Nvidia logo and a keyboard in this illustration taken October 19, 2026. (Reuters)

Nvidia Wins Fast-Growing AI Startup Modal for New Central Processors

Nvidia ‌has won central processor chip business with another fast-growing AI startup that until now relied entirely on chips from Intel and AMD, an early…

Technology FILE PHOTO: SpaceX logo and miniature satellite model are seen in this illustration taken, March 10, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Musk Says Will Give SpaceX Share to 'Every Kid in America'

Tech billionaire Elon Musk said on Monday that he would give every child in the United States a share in his SpaceX rocket company. "Next year, I will give…

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Technology FILED - 01 September 2012, Berlin: FILE PHOTO - The logo of the South Korean company Samsung is seen at the International Consumer Electronics Fair IFA. Photo: Robert Schlesinger/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

Samsung to Use TSMC Technology for Nvidia's Next-generation Memory Chips

Samsung Electronics will use TSMC's 3-nanometre process to produce base dies for Nvidia's next-generation custom high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, the Seoul…

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Technology FILE PHOTO: The Tencent logo at the company's headquarters during a government‑organised media trip in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, April 17, 2026.  REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo

China's Tencent Says AI Agents Showed Unintended Browsing Behavior

Tencent said on Friday that AI agents used to evaluate third-party models displayed web-browsing behavior not intended by the tech giant, in what appears to be…

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Technology AI Research Company Anthropic's Co-Founder and Head of Public Benefit Jack Clark speaks during the Artificial Intelligence and the Global Economy From Risk to Opportunity event of the 2026 Annual Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group in Bangkok, Thailand, 16 October 2026. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

Anthropic Co-founder Renews Call for Robust Regulation of Frontier AI

Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark renewed calls on Friday for regulating artificial intelligence, saying that allowing companies to continue to operate without…

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Technology The logo of Meta is seen at the entrance of the company's temporary stand ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland January 18, 2025. (Reuters)

Meta Releases Open-Weight Muse Spark Model for Coding, Agentic Tasks

Meta ‌Platforms on Thursday released an open-weight version of its Muse Spark artificial intelligence model for coding and AI agents, expanding developers…