Facing the Looming Threat of A.I., Publishers Turn to Decentralized Platforms
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Facing the Looming Threat of A.I., Publishers Turn to Decentralized Platforms

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A tech industry veteran, Mike McCue sees an opening for a different kind of internet where algorithms don’t call the shots. Mr. McCue, the chief executive of the internet company Flipboard, is challenging social media’s automated grip on our attention, betting that humans,…

How the Crypto Exchange Bybit Lost .5 Billion to North Korean Hackers
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How the Crypto Exchange Bybit Lost $1.5 Billion to North Korean Hackers

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On the night of Feb. 21, Ben Zhou, the chief executive of the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, logged on to his computer to approve what appeared to be a routine transaction. His company was moving a large amount of Ether, a popular digital currency,…

How Elon Musk Uses Internet Slang to Marshal His Army of Online Fans
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How Elon Musk Uses Internet Slang to Marshal His Army of Online Fans

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In 2010, a woman in Sakura, Japan, posted photos of her well-manicured Shiba Inu to her digital journal. The dog, Kabosu, shot her owner a wide-eyed glance, a comic image that quickly jumped from Tumblr to Twitter to Facebook and to the rest…

Why Scam Centers in Southeast Asia Keep Flourishing
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Why Scam Centers in Southeast Asia Keep Flourishing

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines There are usually no international flights out of the airport in Mae Sot, a town on Thailand’s border with Myanmar. But in recent days, hundreds of people here boarded direct flights back home to China. They had been rescued from Myanmar, where they…

Electric Shocks and Tied Crucifixion-Style: The Life of a Scam-Mill Worker
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Electric Shocks and Tied Crucifixion-Style: The Life of a Scam-Mill Worker

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The job advertisement promised a fat salary in a modern metropolis. Fisher, a 27-year-old Ethiopian who had studied electrical engineering, convinced his father to sell the family farmland — where generations had grown mangoes, avocados and teff, an ancient grain — to pay…

Nvidia’s Profit Jumps 80 Percent as Company Rides Tech’s AI Boom
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Nvidia’s Profit Jumps 80 Percent as Company Rides Tech’s AI Boom

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Nvidia lost $600 billion in market value in a single day last month, it was because some investors feared for the future of the artificial intelligence chipmaker. DeepSeek, a Chinese start-up, said it had made its A.I. systems with a small fraction…

Amazon Unveils Alexa+, Powered by Generative A.I.
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Amazon Unveils Alexa+, Powered by Generative A.I.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Amazon’s Alexa is undergoing its biggest overhaul since debuting more than a decade ago. On Wednesday, Amazon said it was giving Alexa a new brain powered by generative artificial intelligence. The update, called Alexa+, is set to make the virtual assistant more conversational…

Apple Unveils Lower-Priced iPhone 16e With A.I. Features
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Apple Unveils Lower-Priced iPhone 16e With A.I. Features

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Less than a year after introducing its artificial intelligence capabilities, Apple is bringing the feature to its most affordable iPhone. On Wednesday, the company unveiled an iPhone that will cost $599 and feature an A.I. system it calls Apple Intelligence. The device brings…

Porsche Is No Longer a ‘Premium’ Sports Car in China
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Porsche Is No Longer a ‘Premium’ Sports Car in China

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines After decades of dominating China’s market for high-performance cars with precision engineering, German automakers are losing out to Chinese rivals that have shifted the definition of a high-end car to one that is electric, smart and affordable. Many new Chinese vehicles resemble their…

Banks Sell .7 Billion of X’s Debt, in a Sign of Investor Demand
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Banks Sell $4.7 Billion of X’s Debt, in a Sign of Investor Demand

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Elon Musk bought X for $44 billion in 2022, more than a quarter of that was financed by loans from banks including Morgan Stanley. Banks normally quickly sell off such loans, but in this case they kept much of that debt because…