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BBC News - World about 8 hours ago

How telecoms upgrade work sparked US flight chaos

US officials say the disruption was caused by old equipment overloading and not a cyber-attack.

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TechCrunch about 9 hours ago

Elon Musk, other tech execs sign petition calling on Nvidia to reinstate Jensen Huang

The petition had attracted more than 115,000 signatures as of Saturday afternoon.

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Al Jazeera - English about 9 hours ago

US flights resume after ageing technology blamed for outage

US flights resume after ageing technology blamed for outage

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TechCrunch about 13 hours ago

Got an iPhone Duo? These 9 settings make it easier to use

From Touch ID shortcuts to smarter volume buttons and camera tricks, these tweaks make Apple's foldable iPhone easier to use every day.

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TechCrunch about 13 hours ago

Transportation secretary blames ‘routine’ equipment upgrade for grounding flights nationwide

FAA administrator Bryan Bedford also said there's "zero evidence of anything AI-related."

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TechCrunch about 13 hours ago

The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it

From Apple's repeatedly delayed Siri AI to OpenAI's messy "super app" launch, here's a look at the AI projects that shut down or missed expectations.

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BBC News - Technology about 24 hours ago

Microsoft says services fully restored after day-long global outage

Efforts to address the underlying problem with Outlook, Teams and Copilot are complete, the tech firm says.

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TechCrunch 1 day ago

Jensen Huang’s departure blasts big hole in AI startup funding, VCs and founders say

Nvidia poured tens of billions into AI startups under Huang. Without him at the helm, founders and VCs are bracing for smaller checks and lower valuations.

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BBC News - Technology 1 day ago

Microsoft outage 'stark reminder' of how much we rely on tech

Microsoft has apologised for the issue, which it said was due to a technical failure.

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NYT - World 1 day ago

Nvidia Scandal Unleashes a Flood of AI-Generated Memes

The revelations surrounding Jensen Huang, who resigned from Nvidia over extramarital affairs, inspired social media posts using the very technology his company helped develop.

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TechCrunch 1 day ago

This young startup wants to power floating data centers with the ocean’s heat, and investors are already on board

Drogue is harvesting heat from the ocean to power data centers on floating vessels. The first prototype should be bobbing around the ocean, crunching bits, in less than two years.

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TechCrunch 1 day ago

AI agent startup LangChain hits $3B valuation

LangChain now claims 7,000 customers of its model and platform agnostic agent management tool LangSmith.

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TechCrunch 1 day ago

Export-banned Nvidia chips are behind China’s most powerful AI models — uh-oh, Jensen!

New research shows the most advanced AI models from China were trained on banned Nvidia chips.

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BBC News - Technology 1 day ago

Why is Microsoft's outage lasting so long and will emails be lost?

Microsoft says it is continuing to restore services including Outlook and Teams following a global outage.

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TechCrunch 1 day ago

ChatGPT’s new Wallet lets AI agents shop and check out for you

ChatGPT Wallet lets AI agents shop and check out on users' behalf, starting with a limited rollout to U.S. Pro subscribers.

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TechCrunch 1 day ago

The unfolding Jensen Huang scandal: a timeline

Jensen Huang has resigned from Nvidia following an affair, which could have ramifications for national security as the U.S. and China race to develop the most advanced AI infrastructure.

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TechCrunch 1 day ago

Uber confirms hackers stole thousands of drivers’ license information in data breach

The ridesharing giant said drivers' license information stored by AI cloud company Fireworks AI was stolen during a security incident.

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TechCrunch 1 day ago

ElevenLabs’ new app combines meeting note-taking and dictation for teams

ElevenAI is a new meeting notetaker and dictation app aimed at teams and enterprises.

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TechCrunch 1 day ago

Microsoft’s latest email outage turned into a full-blown global cloud crisis

Microsoft's daylong outage began with Outlook and Teams and ended up taking much of the company's cloud services offline. Microsoft says it's gradually restoring service.

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TechCrunch 1 day ago

Israel’s VCs see opportunity for challengers in Nvidia’s turmoil

Given Nvidia’s stronghold on AI and its importance in Israel, many in the country's startup ecosystem are worried about the impact of his departure.

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BBC News - Technology 2 days ago

What we know so far about the Microsoft outage

A Microsoft outage is affecting services including Teams, Outlook and AI software Copilot.

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BBC News - Technology 2 days ago

What happened overnight with the Microsoft global outage?

Microsoft is struggling to fix a global outage, with services including Teams, Outlook and AI software Copilot affected by "connectivity problems".

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NYT - World 3 days ago

A.I. and Market Whiplash

A Times reporter who covers financial markets helps us make sense of tech turbulence.

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BBC News - Technology 4 days ago

Tech Life

We investigate internet-connected device flaws worldwide, plus US election tech fallout.

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