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Justin Trudeau Tries To Brush Off Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland's Exit As Festive Family Spat
Justin Trudeau's longtime trusted Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigned Monday morning after a rift with Trudeau.
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Canada Sues Google Over Online Advertising, Seeks Ad Tech Breakup
Canada's antitrust regulator is taking Google to court for alleged abuse of dominance in web advertising, adding to a mounting pile of legal challenges for the search giant.
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OpenAI Episode Less "Nerve-Wracking" Than Race To Build 'AGI': Sam Altman
Sam Altman said that his dramatic and quickly-reversed firing at OpenAI was less nerve-wracking than how the world approaches making Artificial Intelligence as capable as humans.
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Rishi Sunak Considers Social Media Ban For Under-16s In UK: Report
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's UK government is studying a crackdown on social media access for children under the age of 16, including potential bans, according to people familiar with the discussions.
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"Having A Referee Is...": Musk Discusses AI Regulations With Rishi Sunak
Elon Musk renewed calls for regulations on artificial intelligence during an on-stage conversation with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as part of a two-day UK AI Safety Summit.
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UK Admits Encryption Hurdles to Online Safety Law After WhatsApp, Signal Threaten to Pull Out
The UK has admitted there could be technical challenges in the country's upcoming Online Safety Bill which plans to allow regulator Ofcom to compel tech firms to scan their services for illegal content. WhatsApp and Signal had warned of the threat to privacy and encryption of user data posed by the UK's Online Safety Bill, even threatening to pull ...
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Sunil Mittal-Backed OneWeb Completes Fleet To Offer Global Internet
OneWeb Ltd. launched the final 36 satellites of its initial 616-satellite "constellation," allowing the rival of Elon Musk's Starlink to offer global broadband coverage this year.
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OneWeb Completes Satellite 'Constellation' to Offer Global Internet Coverage Like Rival Starlink
OneWeb on Sunday launched the last 36 satellites in its 616-satellite “constellation”, ahead of the company's plans to offer global broadband coverage in 2023. The Starlink rival plans to provide coverage to the lower 48 US states in May and the rest of the world later this year.
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Ofcom to Investigate Competition in Cloud Computing, Internet Messaging, Smart Devices: Details
Ofcom, or the Office of Communications, has announced that it will examine digital markets in the UK as part of the regulator's next step in scrutinising Big Tech firms in the areas of cloud computing, internet messaging, and smart devices. The watchdog will investigate Amazon’s AWS, Microsoft’s Azure, Alphabet’s Google Cloud, as well as What...
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Elon Musk's Starlink To Deliver Internet Nearly Worldwide Within Weeks
Elon Musk's satellite network Starlink is on track to beam broadband internet everywhere in the world except polar regions by August, he said on Tuesday.
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Forget 5G, US and China Are Already Fighting for 6G Dominance
US and China, as well as technology giants such as Apple, Huawei, Samsung, and Nokia, are racing to develop and patent 6G, which could still be a decade away from becoming a reality. Former US President Donald Trump tweeted in early 2019 that he wanted 6G “as soon as possible”. Meanwhile, China launched a satellite in November to test airwaves ...
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Covid-Like Virus From Bat-Infested Mine Sent To Wuhan Lab In 2013: Report
Virus samples sent to the Wuhan Institute of Virology seven years ago closely resemble Covid-19, according to a report in the Sunday Times that highlights unanswered questions about the origins of the global pandemic.
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Why Sunil Mittal Is Bidding For This UK Satellite Firm
An arm of Mittal's Bharti Enterprises conglomerate made an offer for the London-based OneWeb with backing from the U.K. government.
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Hurt By Jio Price War, Vodafone May Suffer $1.1 Billion Write-Down
The company could write down its 45 per cent stake in Vodafone Idea Ltd. to around 600 million euros ($662 million) in half-year results Tuesday.
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How Huawei's US Ban Threatens to Throttle Global 5G Rollout
The US move threatens to cut off the world's largest provider of networking gear and No. 2 smartphone vendor from the US software and semiconductors it needs to make its products.
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Justin Trudeau Tries To Brush Off Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland's Exit As Festive Family Spat
Justin Trudeau's longtime trusted Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigned Monday morning after a rift with Trudeau.
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Canada Sues Google Over Online Advertising, Seeks Ad Tech Breakup
Canada's antitrust regulator is taking Google to court for alleged abuse of dominance in web advertising, adding to a mounting pile of legal challenges for the search giant.
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OpenAI Episode Less "Nerve-Wracking" Than Race To Build 'AGI': Sam Altman
Sam Altman said that his dramatic and quickly-reversed firing at OpenAI was less nerve-wracking than how the world approaches making Artificial Intelligence as capable as humans.
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Rishi Sunak Considers Social Media Ban For Under-16s In UK: Report
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's UK government is studying a crackdown on social media access for children under the age of 16, including potential bans, according to people familiar with the discussions.
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"Having A Referee Is...": Musk Discusses AI Regulations With Rishi Sunak
Elon Musk renewed calls for regulations on artificial intelligence during an on-stage conversation with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as part of a two-day UK AI Safety Summit.
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UK Admits Encryption Hurdles to Online Safety Law After WhatsApp, Signal Threaten to Pull Out
The UK has admitted there could be technical challenges in the country's upcoming Online Safety Bill which plans to allow regulator Ofcom to compel tech firms to scan their services for illegal content. WhatsApp and Signal had warned of the threat to privacy and encryption of user data posed by the UK's Online Safety Bill, even threatening to pull ...
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Sunil Mittal-Backed OneWeb Completes Fleet To Offer Global Internet
OneWeb Ltd. launched the final 36 satellites of its initial 616-satellite "constellation," allowing the rival of Elon Musk's Starlink to offer global broadband coverage this year.
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OneWeb Completes Satellite 'Constellation' to Offer Global Internet Coverage Like Rival Starlink
OneWeb on Sunday launched the last 36 satellites in its 616-satellite “constellation”, ahead of the company's plans to offer global broadband coverage in 2023. The Starlink rival plans to provide coverage to the lower 48 US states in May and the rest of the world later this year.
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Ofcom to Investigate Competition in Cloud Computing, Internet Messaging, Smart Devices: Details
Ofcom, or the Office of Communications, has announced that it will examine digital markets in the UK as part of the regulator's next step in scrutinising Big Tech firms in the areas of cloud computing, internet messaging, and smart devices. The watchdog will investigate Amazon’s AWS, Microsoft’s Azure, Alphabet’s Google Cloud, as well as What...
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Elon Musk's Starlink To Deliver Internet Nearly Worldwide Within Weeks
Elon Musk's satellite network Starlink is on track to beam broadband internet everywhere in the world except polar regions by August, he said on Tuesday.
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Forget 5G, US and China Are Already Fighting for 6G Dominance
US and China, as well as technology giants such as Apple, Huawei, Samsung, and Nokia, are racing to develop and patent 6G, which could still be a decade away from becoming a reality. Former US President Donald Trump tweeted in early 2019 that he wanted 6G “as soon as possible”. Meanwhile, China launched a satellite in November to test airwaves ...
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Covid-Like Virus From Bat-Infested Mine Sent To Wuhan Lab In 2013: Report
Virus samples sent to the Wuhan Institute of Virology seven years ago closely resemble Covid-19, according to a report in the Sunday Times that highlights unanswered questions about the origins of the global pandemic.
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Why Sunil Mittal Is Bidding For This UK Satellite Firm
An arm of Mittal's Bharti Enterprises conglomerate made an offer for the London-based OneWeb with backing from the U.K. government.
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Hurt By Jio Price War, Vodafone May Suffer $1.1 Billion Write-Down
The company could write down its 45 per cent stake in Vodafone Idea Ltd. to around 600 million euros ($662 million) in half-year results Tuesday.
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How Huawei's US Ban Threatens to Throttle Global 5G Rollout
The US move threatens to cut off the world's largest provider of networking gear and No. 2 smartphone vendor from the US software and semiconductors it needs to make its products.
