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Ford has announced that one in nine of its European employees will be cut, following the company’s aggressive electrification plan. Earlier this year, German union representatives first sounded the alarm about possible job cuts from Ford Europe, estimating roughly 2,500 employees would be cut on the continent, with the majority …

Microsoft will reportedly demo how its new AI tech, similar to ChatGPT, works in Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook in March. Microsoft is reportedly set to roll out its new AI tech, similar to ChatGPT, across Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook in March. According to The Verge’s Tom Warren, the company is …

Japan and the Netherlands have reportedly bowed to pressure from Washington on tighter supply controls for microchips The United States has agreed a deal with Japan and the Netherlands to restrict China’s access to materials used to make advanced computer chips, the Associated Press reported on Monday, citing sources. According …

The Egyptian Senate is preparing to discuss banning TikTok in Egypt and other similar applications that fail to meet the nation’s safety policies and standards. The Egyptian Senate’s move to ban the application came after many lawsuits were filed before the Egyptian courts calling to ban TikTok from the Internet …

Many brands suspended campaigns on the platform after Elon Musk’s takeover Twitter is offering free ad space to brands that run advertising campaigns on the platform, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing company emails. According to the report, Twitter will match the funds brands spend on their ads, …

Microsoft Corp is in talks to invest $10 billion in ChatGPT-owner OpenAI as part of the funding that will value the firm at $29 billion, Semafor reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. The news underscores the rising interest in the artificial intelligence company, whose chatbot has dazzled …

An NYT report reveals that the Drug Enforcement Administration is covertly using a hacking tool developed by the Israeli firm Paragon. Despite US President Joe Biden’s administration taking a public stance last year against the misuse of spyware to target human rights activists, dissidents, and journalists, the global industry for …

Google’s Jigsaw subsidiary is launching a new anti-misinformation project in India, aimed at preventing misleading information that has been blamed for inciting violence, a top executive said. The initiative will use “prebunking” videos – designed to counter false claims before they become widespread – circulated on the company’s YouTube platform …

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC has hailed a test run of the world’s first hydrogen-powered jet engine as a “new aviation milestone”, suggesting a large step has been made towards the decarbonization of the aviation industry. In partnership with EasyJet PLC, Rolls-Royce ran a converted regional aircraft engine fuelled by green hydrogen, …

The U.S. government said it is banning telecommunications and video surveillance equipment from several prominent Chinese brands in an effort to protect the nation’s communications network. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted unanimously on Friday to expand its ban on the sale and import of Chinese technology from firms that …

Hundreds of Twitter Inc employees are estimated to have decided to quit the beleaguered social media company following a Thursday deadline from new owner Elon Musk that staffers sign up for “long hours at high intensity,” or leave. The departures highlight the reluctance of some of Twitter’s 3,000 or so …

The companywide ultimatum, sent around midnight in San Francisco time, comes after Musk has already fired key Twitter executives and laid off half of Twitter’s full-time employees. New Twitter CEO and sole director Elon Musk sent a companywide email to remaining employees of the social media business on Wednesday, demanding …

TikTok has denied reports alleging that its parent company ByteDance planned to use it to monitor the physical location of specific American citizens. On Thursday, Forbes reported that a ByteDance team based in China planned to use the TikTok app to use location information to surveil individual American citizens not …

China has condemned the United States for carrying out “tens of thousands” of cyberattacks against it and stealing troves of sensitive data in recent years. In a report on Monday, China’s National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC) said the US National Security Agency (NSA) had conducted “tens of thousands …

It was not immediately clear based off Musk’s tweet if any official steps had been taken to halt the acquisition. There’s another twist in the Twitter deal.

Google has confirmed multiple new vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chrome that impact the browser across all major platforms. Here’s everything you need to know to stay safe. Google confirmed the vulnerabilities on its Chrome blog post, revealing 30 new security flaws have been discovered in Chrome, seven of which …

Twitter’s board is negotiating with CEO Elon Musk over his bid to buy the social media platform and a deal could be announced as early as Monday, according to media reports. Twitter and Musk negotiated into the early hours Monday over his bid to buy the social media platform, The …

A Russian court has fined Alphabet Inc.’s Google 11 million roubles ($137,763) for failing to delete what it terms “fake” information about the conflict in Ukraine and YouTube videos produced by Ukrainian far-right groups, TASS reported. Russia’s communications watchdog said earlier this month that it was taking steps to punish …

A massive cyber attack warning Ukrainians to “be afraid and expect the worst” hit government websites late on Thursday, leaving some websites inaccessible on Friday morning and prompting Kyiv to open an investigation. Ukraine’s foreign ministry spokesperson told Reuters it was too early to say who could be behind the …

An invention by a Japanese professor could take us one step closer to a multi-sensory viewing experience. A prototype of a lickable TV, dubbed Taste the TV (TTTV), with the ability to imitate food flavors are being developed. The TV works by combining sprays from a carousel of 10 flavor …