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Textile federation seeks 10 euro fee on EU fast-fashion imports
Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)
A federation of European textile associations called Tuesday for an import fee of 10 euros ($11.60) on fashion imports, the latest effort to stem the flood of u...
EU questions dozens of companies using new AI powers
Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)
The European Union said Tuesday it had begun to use new powers to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) by sending information requests to dozens of companies a...
OpenAI to launch new model with 'stronger safeguards' after hack
Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)
ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Tuesday it was preparing to release its newest powerful model, known as Astra, after implementing "stronger safeguards" following a ro...
Anthropic signs $35B computing deal with startup backed by Nvidia
Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)
Anthropic signed a $35 billion deal for access to cloud computing power from a US-based startup backed by Nvidia, adding to a string of such deals clinched by t...
OpenAI to launch new model with 'stronger safeguards' after hack
Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)
ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Tuesday it was preparing to release its newest powerful model, known as Astra, after implementing "stronger safeguards" following a ro...
Trump blasts US backlash against data centers
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump on Monday attacked opponents of the data centers powering the artificial intelligence boom, saying superpower rival China "could not b...
Trump says AI data center opponents want to be 'backwards and poor'
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump on Monday attacked opponents of artificial intelligence data centers, saying they would end up "backwards and poor" and were helping r...
US regulator, 22 states accuse Amazon of 'manipulating' ad auctions: lawsuit
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 22 states sued Amazon on Monday for allegedly "manipulating" online auctions for digital advertising, resulting in mor...
John Ternus to lead Apple into the age of AI
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
John Ternus takes over as Apple's chief executive on Tuesday, inheriting a company that towers over the smartphone market but trails its rivals in artificial in...
John Ternus to lead Apple into the age of AI
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
John Ternus takes over as Apple's chief executive on Tuesday, inheriting a company that towers over the smartphone market but trails its rivals in artificial in...
Apple CEO Tim Cook gives nod to founder Steve Jobs in final memo
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
Apple's chief executive Tim Cook bid farewell to the tech giant on Monday, paying tribute to founder Steve Jobs and praising staff as "extraordinary," as he pas...
US regulator, 22 states accuse Amazon of 'manipulating' ad auctions: lawsuit
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 22 states sued Amazon on Monday for allegedly "manipulating" online auctions for digital advertising, resulting in mor...
Meta's teen safety deal runs into an unsolved problem: proving age
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Meta's landmark settlement with nearly every US state promises curfews and time limits for teens on Instagram and Facebook -- but rests on age and parent checks...
UN urges child-safe design across all social media, after Meta settlement
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
The United Nations called Thursday for child-safe design across the social media industry after tech giant Meta agreed to sweeping limits on teen use of Faceboo...
Nearly 700 AI agents coordinated Hugging Face attack, says report
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
Nearly 700 OpenAI artificial intelligence agents coordinated without human intervention an attack on the Hugging Face platform during a well-publicized July inc...
After US settlement, EU says Meta must 'protect our kids too'
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
The EU said Thursday it expects Meta to address "addictive" features of its platforms in Europe, after the tech giant agreed to sweeping limits on teen use of F...
After US settlement, EU says Meta must 'protect our kids too'
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
The EU said Thursday it expects Meta to address "addictive" features of its platforms in Europe, after the tech giant agreed to sweeping limits on teen use of F...
Child abuse victim sues Musk's xAI over AI-generated images
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI is accused of using a child sexual abuse victim's decades-old images to generate new abusive material through it...
Top tech companies urge global response against AI cyber threats
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
More than 100 organizations around the world, including ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and rival Anthropic, have signed an open letter calling for a global effort to "str...
Nvidia doubles revenue, forecasts even more AI spending
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
AI juggernaut Nvidia on Wednesday reported quarterly revenue of $96.2 billion, more than double from a year earlier, as the world's most valuable company beat W...
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