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Cohere says Alibaba's Qwen model tried to upload a file to Beijing

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Canadian AI company Cohere said the model tried to send a test string to a server in Beijing during a routine cybersecurity test, before a sandbox blocked it.

Apple says it will replace iPhone Duo units with display problems

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Apple said Monday that a small number of units have inner display problems and that affected units tend to show them quickly.

Elvis Presley's estate sues Anthropic for US$41 million

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The rights holders to Presley's music allege Anthropic used 274 of his songs, including Can't Help Falling in Love and All Shook Up, to train Claude without permission.

Apple unveils an OLED iPad mini days before a touchscreen MacBook Pro

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The new iPad mini has an 8.5-inch OLED display, a 5.4 mm body and an A20 Pro chip. Apple says its AI performance is up to 4.5 times faster than the last model.

Smartphone prices jump in Karachi as AI demand lifts memory costs

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A basic phone with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage cost about Rs20,000 until last year. It now sells for more than Rs30,000.

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Microsoft offers buyouts to about 60,000 employees, reports say

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Around 60,000 employees are eligible for the offer, according to reports, part of Microsoft's effort to cut costs and rework its workforce for AI.

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US military gives SpaceX access to restricted orbital tracking data

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For the first time, the Space Force has given a commercial company enhanced access to its most detailed catalogue of objects in orbit, down to about 10 cm in size. In return, the government gets data from Starlink's cameras and sensors.

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Menopause may help explain why more women than men get dementia

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Women made up an estimated 62 per cent of Canadians living with dementia in 2020, according to the Alzheimer Society of Canada.