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Govt Mulls PTA Social Media Restrictions to Protect Children Online
PTA - (Staff Reporter/Web Desk) - The government has started looking closely at new PTA social media restrictions as part of a bigger plan to keep children safe online. The Ministry of Interior wants to talk to all major stakeholders before…
Revolut Data Breach Exposes Information of Hundreds
LONDON: (Business Desk) – British digital banking giant Revolut said Wednesday that an impersonation scam led to the disclosure of customer information to an unauthorised third party posing as a government agency.
A source familiar with…
Zuckerberg Rejects Calls to Slow AI Development
SAN FRANCISCO: (News Desk) - Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has rejected growing calls to pause or slow artificial intelligence development, arguing that market competition and legal liability can provide strong incentives for companies to…
Starship Set for First Orbital Flight Next Week
WASHINGTON:(News Desk) - SpaceX has announced plans to launch its Starship rocket into orbit next week, marking a significant step in the company’s long-term ambitions to reach the Moon and Mars.
The Elon Musk-led space company said…
US Confirms Weapons Deployed in Space for First Time
Washington: (News Desk) - The United States has confirmed that it has weapons deployed in space, with the US Space Force acknowledging for the first time that such capabilities are currently positioned in orbit.
A US Space Force…
France Resubmits Social Media Ban Proposal for Children
PARIS: (News Desk) - The French government has submitted a revised proposal to ban social media use by children after the country’s top constitutional authority rejected an earlier version of the legislation, President Emmanuel Macron said…
Experts Warn AI Could Pose Nuclear-Level Global Threat
Washington: (News Desk) - Experts have warned that the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence could eventually pose a threat on a scale comparable to nuclear weapons, intensifying calls for stronger safeguards and tighter regulation…
AI Disrupts Graduate Jobs as Coding Roles Decline
LONDON: (News Desk) - The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) appears to be reshaping the graduate job market in the UK, with coding and software development emerging as the occupations that recorded the sharpest decline among…
Anthropic CEO urges AI firms to slow development amid safety concerns
WASHINGTON: (News Desk0 - Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called on artificial intelligence companies to slow the pace of AI development amid growing concerns over the potential risks posed by increasingly powerful and “superintelligent”…