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the UK weighs reducing or abolishing its 2% digital services tax on UK revenue of Big Tech companies by April 2 in an effort to avoid some US tariffs (Bloomberg)

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xAI Launches New Grok API for Developers With Image Generation Capability

xAI, the Elon Musk-led artificial intelligence (AI) firm behind Grok, released a new application programming interface (API) on Wednesday. The new API is unique as it is the first developer tool that supports image generation. The company has lately been focused on developers and has released as many as five APIs since the first one

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Google adds "smarter search" to Gmail for Android, iOS, and the web, using AI to show the most relevant results instead of showing them in chronological order (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google adds “smarter search” to Gmail for Android, iOS, and the web, using AI to show the most relevant results instead of showing them in chronological order  —  Google is introducing “smarter search” to Gmail for Android, iOS, and the web that leverages “AI to show you the most relevant results,

Google adds "smarter search" to Gmail for Android, iOS, and the web, using AI to show the most relevant results instead of showing them in chronological order (Abner Li/9to5Google) Read More »

India’s Vodafone Idea Explores Partnership with Elon Musk’s Starlink

Vodafone Idea is in exploratory talks with various satellite communication providers, including Starlink, the company said on Wednesday, a week after the Indian telecom firm’s rivals signed deals with Elon Musk’s company. The mobile operator made the disclosure after Indian stock exchanges sought a clarification on its stock move and a report by local financial

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Current and former employees say the FTC removed 300+ business guidance blogs from the Biden era, including info on AI consumer protection and Big Tech lawsuits (Makena Kelly/Wired)

Makena Kelly / Wired: Current and former employees say the FTC removed 300+ business guidance blogs from the Biden era, including info on AI consumer protection and Big Tech lawsuits  —  Business-guidance content published during the Biden administration has been removed from the Federal Trade Commission website. Source link

Current and former employees say the FTC removed 300+ business guidance blogs from the Biden era, including info on AI consumer protection and Big Tech lawsuits (Makena Kelly/Wired) Read More »

OpenAI to Reportedly Begin Testing ChatGPT Connectors for Slack and Google Drive

OpenAI will reportedly soon begin the testing phase of a new ChatGPT feature that will allow the chatbot to connect with other platforms. As per the report, the feature is dubbed ChatGPT Connectors and will be available to the platform’s Teams subscribers. It is said that at launch, the tool will be able to connect

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A livestream of the Nvidia GTC 2025 keynote at the SAP Center in San Jose, California (NVIDIA on YouTube)

NVIDIA on YouTube: A livestream of the Nvidia GTC 2025 keynote at the SAP Center in San Jose, California  —  Watch NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s GTC keynote to catch all the announcements on AI advances that are shaping our future.Dive into the announcements and discove… Source link

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Baidu Releases Ernie 4.5 Foundation Model and Ernie X1 Reasoning Model With Multimodal Capabilities

Baidu released two new artificial intelligence (AI) models on Sunday. First, the Ernie 4.5 is a foundation model that succeeds the company’s previous generation, while the second, Ernie X1, is a reasoning-focused model. The latter is also the Chinese tech giant’s first attempt at a “deep-thinking” AI model, and Baidu claims that the large language

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Telegram's Pavel Durov has left France, reportedly after a judge authorized him to leave the country for "several weeks"; the investigation is ongoing (Daryna Antoniuk/The Record)

Daryna Antoniuk / The Record: Telegram’s Pavel Durov has left France, reportedly after a judge authorized him to leave the country for “several weeks”; the investigation is ongoing  —  The Russian-born founder and owner of the messaging app Telegram said he returned to Dubai after spending several months … Source link

Telegram's Pavel Durov has left France, reportedly after a judge authorized him to leave the country for "several weeks"; the investigation is ongoing (Daryna Antoniuk/The Record) Read More »

Google Updates Chrome Extensions Policy to Tighten Rules Governing Affiliate Links

Google has updated its Chrome Web Store policies that govern extensions related to affiliate marketing links, codes, and cookies. Affiliate links are one of the forms of revenue that content creators rely on to generate income, and the firm’s latest policy is designed to prevent Chrome extensions from injecting affiliate links that could replace the

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