Alphabet hit with EU antitrust complaint by six digital rights groups

[ad_1] Alphabet was targeted with an EU antitrust complaint from six human and digital rights groups on Thursday which urged EU regulators to investigate whether the tech giant complies with legislation requiring it to make it easier for users to uninstall software apps. The EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), which took effect two years ago, […]

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Google adds image-to-video features to YouTube Shorts, Photos

[ad_1] Google has added a slew of new generative AI capabilities to YouTube Shorts and Google Photos. The tech giant is using its text-to-video model Veo 2 to allow users to generate videos on these platforms. The latest addition is a part of Google’s ongoing effort to integrate AI features into its apps. Creators can […]

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai on AI talent war: ‘Our talent retention is healthy’

[ad_1] Google CEO Sundar Pichai says the company continues to attract top AI talent, brushing off concerns about the ongoing AI talent war in Silicon Valley, where top tech companies are poaching talent from each other to stay ahead in the intensifying AI race. During Alphabet’s second-quarter earnings call, Pichai said Google has seen such […]

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UK steps up scrutiny of Apple and Google over mobile platforms

[ad_1] Britain on Wednesday told Apple and Google to be fairer in how they distribute apps on their mobile platforms, setting out possible interventions as it plans to designate the U.S. tech companies with strategic market status over their duopoly. The country’s competition regulator, which was given a wider remit this year to take on […]

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Microsoft says some SharePoint server hackers now use ransomware

[ad_1] A cyber-espionage campaign centered on vulnerable versions of Microsoft’s server software now involves the deployment of ransomware, Microsoft said in a late Wednesday blog post. In the post, citing “expanded analysis and threat intelligence,” Microsoft said a group it dubs “Storm-2603” is using the vulnerability to seed the ransomware, which typically works by paralyzing […]

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Microsoft server hack hit about 100 organizations, researchers say

[ad_1] A sweeping cyber espionage operation targeting Microsoft server software compromised about 100 organizations as of the weekend, two of the organizations that helped uncover the campaign said on Monday. Microsoft on Saturday issued an alert about “active attacks” on self-hosted SharePoint servers, which are widely used by organizations to share documents and collaborate within […]

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Microsoft likely to sign EU AI code of practice, Meta rebuffs guidelines

[ad_1] Microsoft will likely sign the European Union’s code of practice to help companies comply with the bloc’s landmark artificial intelligence rules, its president told Reuters on Friday, while Meta Platforms rebuffed the guidelines. Drawn up by 13 independent experts, the voluntary code of practice aims to provide legal certainty to signatories. They will have […]

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Google Discover feed gets AI summaries on Android and iOS

[ad_1] Google has been constantly rolling out new AI features to its search engine, and now the tech giant is bringing AI summaries to Discover, the main news feed in the Google search app. Available on both the Android and iOS versions of the app, the new feature replaces headlines from major publications and instead […]

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Former OpenAI engineer on the culture at the ChatGPT-maker

[ad_1] Amid a talent war between Meta and OpenAI, Calvin French-Owen, an engineer who worked at the ChatGPT-maker and left the startup three weeks ago, described what it’s like to work there. The MIT graduate, who joined OpenAI in May 2024 and left in June, published a detailed blog post reflecting on his journey at […]

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Google says its AI agent stopped a cyberattack even before hackers made a move

[ad_1] With tech giants pouring billions into artificial intelligence, the technology has seen rapid advancement in the past few years. From medical science to problem-solving, AI models are proving to be more effective than humans in some areas. Now, Google has announced that its AI agent has stopped a cyber attack even before it happened. […]

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