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Microsoft unveils AI upgrades, rolls out Copilot Cowork to early-access customers
March 30 (Reuters) - Microsoft on Monday unveiled new features in its Copilot research assistant that would allow users to utilize multiple AI models simultaneously within the same workflow, the latest move by the tech giant to improve its AI offering and boost adoption.
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Technology
India proposes making government advisories legally binding on tech giants
(Story refiles to fix day in first paragraph to Monday from Tuesday)
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Technology
Swiss cling on to cash as survey shows payment app use stalling
ZURICH, March 30 (Reuters) - Mobile payment app usage stalled in Switzerland last year, a Swiss National Bank survey showed on Monday, with cash remaining popular as a way of paying for goods and services in person.
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Technology
Starcloud reaches $1.1 billion valuation as AI space race heats up
March 30 (Reuters) - Orbital compute infrastructure startup Starcloud has raised $170 million at a $1.1 billion valuation, as companies including Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin race to move power-hungry AI data centers off-planet.
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Technology
Factbox-How NASA's Artemis II moon mission will unfold
March 30 (Reuters) - NASA's Artemis II mission is expected to last about 10 days, sending four astronauts on a high-speed journey around the moon and back in the first crewed lunar mission since the Apollo era. Artemis II is designed to pave the way for future missions aimed at returning astronauts to the lunar surface later this decade.
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AI
One man, his dog, and ChatGPT: Australia's AI vaccine saga
Desperate to help his sick dog, one Australian man went down the ultimate ChatGPT research hole, using artificial intelligence to design a personalised experimental treatment and finding top scientists to administer it.
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Wearables
Meta to launch new AI glasses aimed at prescription wearers
Meta Platforms Inc plans to debut two new Ray-Ban smart glasses models next week intended for prescription wearers.
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AI
China tech groups call for boycott of top AI conference
Chinese science and tech associations called for a boycott of a leading global artificial intelligence conference this year, after event organisers said they could not accept submissions from those on a US list of sanctioned entities.
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AI
Meet Eve, the AI brain behind an ex-Coatue trader’s new fund
Eve, as you've probably guessed, is an AI bot – and the linchpin player at Epicenter Capital, a fledgling three-person fund that's backed by the Laffont brothers, the billionaire co-founders of Coatue Management, according to people familiar with the matter.
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AI
Life with AI causing human brain 'fry'
Heavy users of artificial intelligence report being overwhelmed by trying to keep up with and on top of the technology designed to make their lives easier.
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Technology
BlackRock funds provide about $57 million to IQM Quantum Computers ahead of US IPO
HELSINKI, March 30 (Reuters) - IQM Quantum Computers has secured 50 million euros ($57.64 million) in venture financing from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock to accelerate its global growth, the Finnish company told Reuters, ahead of its planned dual listing on the U.S. and Helsinki stock markets.
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Social media
In the wake of US social media verdicts, a look at what limits other countries have imposed for kids
Dual jury verdicts this week have validated longstanding concerns about the dangers of social media for young people. But the US lacks federal regulation that meaningfully addresses these harms.
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AI
Dubious AI detectors drive 'pay-to-humanise' scam
Feed an Iranian news dispatch or a literary classic into some text detectors, and they return the same verdict: AI-generated. Then comes the pitch: pay to "humanise" the writing, a pattern experts say bears the hallmarks of a scam.
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AI
DeepSeek probes hours-long AI outage after users report errors
DeepSeek's chatbot suffered a major outage of more than seven hours overnight in China, prompting the AI pioneer to deploy several updates to try and fix the issue.
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Video games
Another PlayStation price hike means the gaming console will cost 30% more than it did last year
The price of a PlayStation is going up by another US$100 (RM401), the second time in less than a year that Sony has upped the price tag on its popular gaming console.
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AI
AI's arrival complicates Big Tech climate goals, and some worry it's locking in more fossil fuels
Six years ago, Google was confident that by 2030 it would power all operations with electricity generated from clean sources, including wind and solar power, and remove as much pollution as it produced.
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AI
OpenAI shelves plans for erotic chatbot
OpenAI has put plans for a sexually explicit chatbot on hold indefinitely, the company said Thursday, amid mounting concerns about the societal and reputational risks of releasing such a product.
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Technology
Eli Lilly extends partnership with Insilico Medicine for AI-powered drug discovery
March 29 (Reuters) - Insilico Medicine said on Sunday it is partnering with Eli Lilly in a deal worth up to $2.75 billion, expanding an existing collaboration on AI-powered drug discovery.
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Technology
Swiss back tougher social media rules for minors, survey finds
ZURICH, March 29 (Reuters) - The vast majority of Swiss want stronger protection for children and teenagers on social media, according to a survey published on Sunday, as governments and courts worldwide intensify scrutiny of Big Tech over its impact on young users.
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Internet
World Backup Day: Don’t let your digital memories vanish
Let World Backup Day be a timely reminder to us all to regularly save our most important data.
