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Apple has strongly opposed the British parliament against the Online Safety Bill that proposes changes to the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) 2016 that would allow the government to force companies to install technology to scan the contents of encrypted messaging apps and services.

OpenAI's head of trust and safety Dave Willner is leaving the company, he said in a LinkedIn post on Friday, citing the pressures of the job on his family life and saying he would be available for advisory work. OpenAI did not immediately respond to questions about Willner's exit. Willner took over his role at OpenAI in February last year, after working at Airbnb and ...

Tiger Global, Peak XV and Steadview Capital are among 30 foreign and domestic investors asking Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to review a 28 percent gaming tax, saying the levy would adversely impact $4 billion (roughly Rs. 32,800 crore) in prospective investments, a letter showed.

The US Federal Trade Commission official on Thursday withdrew the agency's case before an in-house judge that sought to block Microsoft's $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,66,200 crore) acquisition of game-maker Activision. The agency has been pursuing a two-pronged attack against the proposed transaction.

Dune: Part Two might reportedly get delayed to 2024, due to the ongoing Hollywood labour strikes. As per Variety, Warner Bros. is ‘strongly considering’ pushing the Timothée Chalamet-led sci-fi sequel from its set November 3 slot, but hasn’t reached out to co-producer Legendary Pictures yet. The studio is also assessing potential new dates for the musical The C...

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk on Wednesday set new targets for artificial intelligence products including self-driving software and using humanoid robots in factories, though he acknowledged he's been optimistic before.

In yet another security breach by Beijing, China-based hackers breached the email accounts of the US Ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns as part of a recent targeted intelligence-gathering campaign, CNN reported on Thursday citing US officials.

Microsoft was hit with an EU antitrust complaint by German rival alfaview on Thursday, the second so far over its bundling of video app Teams into its Office product, as the bloc's regulator prepares to investigate the US tech giant.

Synology has introduced two new dual-controller systems to its product portfolio, the UC3400 and SA3400D. The UC3400 is designed for mission-critical SAN storage, offering an active-active system for efficient high availability. The SA3400D is a versatile active-passive system suitable for both NAS and SAN applications. (more…)

Hackers and propagandists are wielding artificial intelligence (AI) to create malicious software, draft convincing phishing emails and spread disinformation online, Canada's top cybersecurity official told Reuters, early evidence that the technological revolution sweeping Silicon Valley has also been adopted by cybercriminals.