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AI
Former xAI staffer says he was fired for questioning Grok safety
A former artificial intelligence engineer at Elon Musk's xAI is suing the company, alleging that he was wrongfully fired for raising concerns about the safety of the firm's Grok chatbot.
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Smartphones
Sweden health agency recommends no smartphones for children under 13
Sweden's public health agency said Thursday it was recommending parents do not give children their own smartphones before the age of 13, citing several risks associated with their use.
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Tech
South Korea concrete delivery halt threatens Samsung, SK Hynix chip plant work, media reports
SEOUL, June 12 (Reuters) - Industrial action by South Korean truck drivers tasked to transport concrete is raising concerns over possible delays to major semiconductor plant expansion projects by Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, South Korean media reported on Friday.
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Internet
Roblox wants deluge of child sex abuse cases moved out of court
Myra's daughter got a Roblox account when she was 8. For more than a decade, the immersive gaming platform had advertised itself as a safe place for kids to play, and during the pandemic, there weren't many other options.
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AI
Lawyers barred for AI-generated citations to fake cases
The federal judge in Mississippi also imposed fines and cancelled the civil trial, removing all four lawyers from the case.
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Tech
Google says ShinyHunters hackers targeting education sector via Oracle exploit
June 11 (Reuters) - Alphabet's cybersecurity unit Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group said Thursday they had identified an active compromise and extortion campaign targeting Oracle's PeopleSoft enterprise software, which they attributed to the hacking group ShinyHunters.
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Tech
Nvidia hires veteran lobbyist Bruce Andrews to head government affairs, sources say
SAN FRANCISCO, June 11 (Reuters) - Nvidia has hired veteran lobbyist Bruce Andrews to head government affairs in Washington, D.C., two sources briefed on the matter said on Thursday.
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Mobile apps
Signal’s Whittaker threatens UK exit amid phone-screening plan
Meredith Whittaker, president of encrypted messaging company Signal, has once again threatened to pull the app from the UK over the government's approach to tech regulation.
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Tech
SpaceX IPO makes Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire
June 12 (Reuters) - Few business leaders have been as deeply embedded in popular culture as Elon Musk, the ambitious entrepreneur who has become a central figure in internet culture and amassed a fortune that has made him the world's first trillionaire.
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Tech
Musk's SpaceX raises $75 billion in largest IPO ever
June 11 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX raised the $75 billion it targeted in a hotly awaited IPO on Thursday, selling shares at a fixed price of $135 that valued the space, satellite and AI company at $1.77 trillion.
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Tech
Adobe CFO exit fans strategy worries despite outlook raise
June 11 (Reuters) - Adobe on Thursday announced the exit of CFO Dan Durn, adding to concerns about the Photoshop maker's strategy to navigate the crowded design industry, though the company raised its annual revenue and profit forecasts.
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Tech
Factbox-Elon Musk's SpaceX kicks off mega IPO wave with $75 billion haul
June 11 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX raised $75 billion in its blockbuster initial public offering on Thursday, shattering records and eclipsing Saudi Aramco's 2019 listing by a wide margin to become the largest IPO ever.
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Tech
EU deepens Brazil ties, seeks less reliance on US tech
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 11 (Reuters) - The European Union and Brazil are signing a digital partnership, as the bloc seeks to deepen ties with more countries and reduce its reliance on U.S. technology, Henna Virkkunen, the European Commission tech chief, said on Thursday.
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Tech
States challenge Nasdaq, FTSE Russell for fast-tracking SpaceX
(In first paragraph, corrects number of states challenging indexes to four from five)
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Tech
Anthropic pursues data center leases, seeks financial backing from Google, The Information reports
June 11 - AI firm Anthropic is planning to lease and manage its own data centers and is seeking financial backing from Alphabet's Google for the lease payments, The Information reported on Thursday.
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Tech
Lyft, Uber sue New York City to block driver retention law
NEW YORK, June 11 (Reuters) - Lyft joined Uber Technologies in suing New York City to block a new law they said would force them to keep bad drivers who threaten public and passenger safety on their platforms.
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Tech
Novo Nordisk flags patient data breach from some clinical trials in cyberattack
June 11 (Reuters) - Novo Nordisk said on Thursday it has identified a security incident in which certain information, including patient data from some clinical trials, was copied externally without authorization from its internal IT systems.
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Tech
Oracle shares slide as hefty AI spending, debt plans spook investors
June 11 (Reuters) - Oracle shares tumbled 12% on Thursday as surging spending and a ballooning debt load fanned investor concerns about the cash burn in the company's push to build out AI infrastructure.
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Tech
WuXi AppTec files complaint against U.S. DoD for linking it to Chinese military
June 11 (Reuters) - WuXi AppTec said on Thursday that it has filed a complaint at the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the Department of Defense for including the company in a list linked to the Chinese military.
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Tech
Mother sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT encouraged daughter's suicide
June 11 (Reuters) - A Canadian mother sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman in U.S. court on Thursday alleging that ChatGPT encouraged her daughter to commit suicide, the latest lawsuit to accuse the company of failing to address dangerous conversations between users and the company's chatbot.
