Month: June 2024
Joe Biden for Re-election
Mr Biden says he is standing again to help ordinary Americans and to save democracy from Mr Trump’s vengeful demagoguery. And the former president’s scowling, evasive and truth-defying appearance on the debate stage did nothing to diminish the urgency of those two aims. Yet if Mr Biden really cares about his mission, then his last
Iran runoff election
As has been the case since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, women and those calling for radical change have been barred from running, while the vote itself will have no oversight from internationally recognized monitors. Iran will hold a runoff presidential election pitting a little-known reformist against a hard-line former nuclear negotiator after results released Saturday
Perplexity AI data scrapping claims
Perplexity AI search startup has been a darling of prominent tech investors, including heavy hitters such as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. But in the past few weeks, the company has found itself in hot water amid accusations of plagiarism. Amazon is reviewing claims that the artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI is scraping content including from
Legislation to kill Tiktok
The law has been introduced because of concerns TikTok might share US user data with the Chinese government – claims it and ByteDance have always denied. TikTok and ByteDance are urging the courts to strike the legislation down. They also claimed the US government refused to engage in any serious settlement talks after 2022, and
Generative AI safety
Generative AI refers to computer algorithms trained with huge amounts of data capable of generating content such as images, text, audio and video in a humanlike fashion. It is the key technology underpinning US-based research firm OpenAI’s ChatGPT. As generative artificial intelligence is increasingly applied to a widening range of sectors, more efforts are needed
HubSpot
HubSpot makes marketing software for small and medium-sized businesses, and specializes in customer relationship management. Software firm HubSpot said on Friday it is investigating a cybersecurity incident that targeted its customers.The company said the hackers were able to gain unauthorized access to less than 50 HubSpot accounts and there were no new instances of a
Amazon to acquire Adept license to boost AI efforts
Amazon.com hired away artificial intelligence startup Adept’s co-founders and some of its team in a move that echoes one by rival Microsoft, as it seeks to battle a perception that it is playing catch-up in AI. The move is similar to one by Microsoft, which in March hired away much of Inflection AI’s leadership and
Microsoft Windows Vulnerability update
It’s just two weeks ago that we saw a patched Windows vulnerability come back to life. While Microsoft had suggested no known exploits for CVE-2024-26169. Microsoft has warned users that “after installing updates released June 26, 2024 (KB5039302), some devices might fail to start,” advising that “affected systems might restart repeatedly and require recovery operations
Boeing Starliner crew in Space
Boeing Co.’s Starliner spacecraft will remain docked at the International Space Station while the aerospace company and NASA conduct further tests into thruster issues and helium leaks. Helium leaks were detected on Starliner as it approached the space station earlier this month, although Stich noted that a leak check on June 15 found that the
Failing United Nations Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals Report highlights stark economic challenges, with per-capita gross domestic product (GDP) growth in half of the world’s most vulnerable nations slower than in advanced economies. Nearly 60 per cent of countries faced abnormally high food prices in 2022, exacerbating hunger and food insecurity. With just six years remaining to reach the