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Tata Electronics confirms cyber breach, data on Apple and Tesla supplier files leaked
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Tata Electronics confirms cyber breach, data on Apple and Tesla supplier files leaked

Tata Electronics confirmed a cybersecurity incident after hackers claimed to leak over 630GB of data including Apple supplier specifications and Tesla documents

Kunal Shah, CRED founder, named new WhatsApp head as Meta leads $900M funding round
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Kunal Shah, CRED founder, named new WhatsApp head as Meta leads $900M funding round

CRED founder Kunal Shah has been named the new global head of WhatsApp, succeeding Will Cathcart, as Meta also leads a $900 million investment in Shah's fintech firm

UAE sets minimum social media age at 15 for children
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UAE sets minimum social media age at 15 for children

UAE bans social media for under-15s, giving platforms 12 months to disable underage accounts or risk fines and blocking under a new cabinet resolution

Elon Musk's AI tool Grok was used in strikes against Iran: US govt
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Elon Musk's AI tool Grok was used in strikes against Iran: US govt

US government filing reveals Elon Musk's Grok AI was used in military strikes against Iran through the Pentagon's Project Maven

UAE hosts dialogue on AI's role in anticipatory humanitarian action
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UAE hosts dialogue on AI's role in anticipatory humanitarian action

Abu Dhabi convenes global experts Tuesday to examine how AI and predictive technologies can close the gap between crisis forecasting and early humanitarian response

UK PM Starmer vows 'bold action' on social media ban for under-16s
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UK PM Starmer vows 'bold action' on social media ban for under-16s

Keir Starmer pledged to end a social media system "failing our kids," with proposals expected to go further than Australia's landmark under-16s ban

Meta taps Reliance for first AI-enabled data center in India
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Meta taps Reliance for first AI-enabled data center in India

Meta and Reliance Industries will build a 168-megawatt AI data center in Jamnagar, Gujarat, as global tech firms race to capture India's booming digital economy

UAE expands satellite network with three new Earth observation spacecraft
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UAE expands satellite network with three new Earth observation spacecraft

Space42's Foresight-3, -4 and -5 are now fully operational, expanding the UAE's synthetic aperture radar constellation to five satellites

Anthropic calls for global pause in frontier AI development
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Anthropic calls for global pause in frontier AI development

Anthropic warned that AI is nearing the ability to improve itself without human input and called for a coordinated, verifiable global pause in frontier AI development

EU unveils plan to cut dependence on US and Asian tech
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EU unveils plan to cut dependence on US and Asian tech

The EU is set to unveil a tech sovereignty package targeting cloud, chips and AI, as Brussels moves to slash its 80% reliance on foreign digital providers

Trump signs AI executive order giving government access to powerful models
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Trump signs AI executive order giving government access to powerful models

Trump signed an executive order Tuesday allowing AI companies to give the government up to 30 days of access to powerful models before public release.

Elon Musk loses blockbuster OpenAI lawsuit as jury says case filed too late
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Elon Musk loses blockbuster OpenAI lawsuit as jury says case filed too late

Federal jury ruled Elon Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI and Sam Altman, handing the ChatGPT startup a decisive win and clearing the path for its IPO

Can ChatGPT be charged with murder? Florida's criminal investigation into OpenAI explained
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Can ChatGPT be charged with murder? Florida's criminal investigation into OpenAI explained

Florida's AG wants to charge OpenAI after ChatGPT allegedly advised the FSU campus shooter on weapons and tactics. Can an AI company face murder charges?

China blocks Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus
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China blocks Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus

China’s regulators halted Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus, citing national security concerns and ordering both parties to withdraw the deal

Two Pakistani astronauts selected as candidates for China space program
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Two Pakistani astronauts selected as candidates for China space program

China Manned Space Agency says Muhammad Zeeshan Ali and Khurram Daud passed multiple rounds of selection procedures and will soon travel to China for spaceflight training

Outrage in China after streaming site debuts AI actor 'database'
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Outrage in China after streaming site debuts AI actor 'database'

China's entertainment industry has rapidly embraced the use of artificial intelligence

YouTube suspends channel posting Lego-style clips mocking Trump
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YouTube suspends channel posting Lego-style clips mocking Trump

Explosive Media, a pro-Tehran group suspected of government ties, gains notoriety during the US-Iran war with viral animations and is suspended by YouTube on March 27

Artemis astronauts preparing for historic lunar flyby
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Artemis astronauts preparing for historic lunar flyby

The next major milestone of the approximately 10-day journey is expected overnight Sunday into Monday, at which point the astronauts will enter the 'lunar sphere of influence'

'Breathtaking': Artemis astronauts blast towards Moon
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'Breathtaking': Artemis astronauts blast towards Moon

Orion capsule engine blasts the astronauts on their trajectory towards the Moon, which they now will loop as part of the 10-day Artemis 2 mission

Astronauts begin NASA lunar mission after climactic blast-off
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Astronauts begin NASA lunar mission after climactic blast-off

Astronauts orbit Earth, performing safety checks on a first-time crewed spacecraft