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UK lawmaker suing Musk's xAI seeks order to stop Grok generating sexualised images
LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) - A British lawmaker suing Elon Musk's xAI over fake sexualised images of her created by the Grok AI platform said on Tuesday she was seeking a court order to prevent the chatbot being able to generate non-consensual sexualised images of her.
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AI
A flex in corporate America, AI ‘tokenmaxxing’ fades as workplaces look to cut tech spending
A corporate fad of "tokenmaxxing" on artificial intelligence technology is hitting its limits as workplaces throwing AI at everything are seeing the costs rise without a similar spike in productivity.
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Technology
AI cameras spot suicide attempts in South Korea's capital
When AI-powered cameras on bridges over Seoul's Han River raise the alarm that someone may be about to jump, acting quickly is vital.
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Social media
Meta is giving millions of Facebook users a new verification badge for free
A quick process can earn Facebook users a free badge across Marketplace, Dating, Groups, and their profile.
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AI
AI finding twice as many cyber flaws in 2026 as it did in 2025
The number of software security flaws discovered in popular technology products in 2026 is on pace to roughly double the tally of vulnerabilities that surfaced in 2025, an explosion driven by increasingly capable artificial intelligence systems.
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Technology
Google rivals line up seeking damages after record $1 billion EU fine
BRUSSELS, July 28 (Reuters) - A decades-long crackdown on Google's business practices in Europe is entering a costly new phase, as the loss of the first case brought against it under new EU legislation opens the door to a wave of private lawsuits demanding up to $10 billion in damages.
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Mobile apps
Musk's X adds banking in 'everything app' push
Elon Musk's social media app X on Monday began offering its X Money banking service to all US subscribers of its paid Premium and Premium+ tiers, part of the multi-billionaire's ambition to turn the site into an "everything app."
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Cybersecurity
Microsoft unveils AI cybersecurity tools
As some executives fret over the safety of new AI systems, protecting against them could be a big business for tech companies.
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Technology
Nvidia behind $50 billion lease on Texas data center, FT reports
July 28 (Reuters) - Nvidia has signed leases worth up to $50 billion for Hut 8's Texas data center, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing five people familiar with the deal.
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Technology
Incoming Apple CEO aims to build on movie and TV progress
LOS ANGELES, July 27 (Reuters) - Apple's incoming CEO, hardware chief John Ternus, said he was committed to building on the company's momentum in the entertainment business when he takes the helm of the iPhone maker in September.
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Cybersecurity
Tech giants launch open-source AI security alliance after attack
Nvidia and more than 30 tech companies on July 27 launched an alliance to develop open-source artificial intelligence tools for cyber defence, wading into a fight over the safety of freely available AI models.
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Robotics
Sally the robot was coming to a New York school. Then the plug was pulled
Students helped design the AI-powered creation as a young female with dark hair and an upbeat personality. Then came the outrage.
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Technology
Meta quits clean energy pledge amid gas-powered data centre push
Meta has abandoned a global pledge by leading companies to source all of their electricity from renewable sources, the social media giant confirmed on July 24.
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Technology
Meta disregarded its own research on teen harm, Tennessee tells jury
July 27 (Reuters) - Attorneys for the state of Tennessee told a jury in Nashville on Monday that Meta Platforms' leadership disregarded internal research about its Instagram platform's impact on teenagers as the company sought to maximize profit from young users.
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Technology
T-Mobile says service restored after US outage
July 27 (Reuters) - T-Mobile said it has restored service for all customers after thousands of users in the U.S. reported an outage on Monday.
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Technology
Cadence raises annual forecasts as demand booms for AI chip design
July 27 (Reuters) - Cadence Design Systems raised its annual revenue and profit forecasts on Monday, banking on robust demand for its AI-powered chip and system design software.
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Technology
Pentagon says US industry still years from matching Ukraine's wartime output
WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) - The Pentagon official tasked with building a domestic drone industry said on Monday the United States is still in the earliest, hardest phase of that effort, acknowledging output remains a fraction of Ukraine's production even as the government tightens rules requiring drones be built with American-made parts.
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Technology
Orange, Morrison plan French data centre venture to meet AI demand
July 27 (Reuters) - French telecoms operator Orange and infrastructure investor Morrison plan to create a data centre joint venture in France to expand capacity and meet rising demand for artificial intelligence and cloud services, the companies said on Monday.
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Technology
Nvidia to invest $5 billion in Ilya Sutskever's AI startup, source says
SAN FRANCISCO, July 27 - Nvidia will make a $5 billion equity investment in Safe Superintelligence as part of a strategic partnership between the chipmaker and the startup co-founded by OpenAI's former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, a person briefed on the deal said.
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Technology
OpenAI's Sam Altman, Nvidia's Huang to meet with Senate Intelligence Committee's top Democrat
WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will meet with U.S. Senator Mark Warner in Washington this week, a spokesperson for the Democratic lawmaker said on Monday, following OpenAI's disclosure that one of its AI systems had gone rogue during testing.
