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AI Experts Call for a ‘Pause’ on Further Development, Say Otherwise Governments Should ‘Step In’

On March 29, several leaders in the artificial intelligence (AI) community published an open letter urging AI labs to “immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI
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E-Commerce Giant Alibaba to Split Into 6 Firms and Pursue Separate IPOs to Streamline Operations

Alibaba Group, one of the largest e-commerce companies in the world, has announced its plans to split into six different firms, each of which will pursue a separate IPO. The
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CFTC Sues Largest and Most Oblique Digital Currency Exchange
The CFTC is suing Binance and its head Zhao Changpeng
Young Men Are Losing Their Shirts In the Sports Betting Boom
The sports betting boom with gamified apps and celebrity advertising campaigns is claiming the finances and mental health of young men.
New Waves of Layoffs Hit America’s Mainstream Companies
Waves of layoffs are crushing US mainstream companies
TikTok CEO Denies It Ever Shared User Data With the Chinese Regime
The Fascinating Process Behind the Beauty of Natural Fibers – Part II: Wool
State Governments Hosting TikTok Tracking Pixels On Websites, Researchers Find
27 US Government State websites are using TikTok and ByteDance's tracking pixels
On the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square incident, Microsoft Bing failed to show image results when users searched for “Tank Man.”
Microsoft Bing Accused of Censoring Anti-CCP Content on Tiananmen Anniversary, Planning Tool to Remove
The Microsoft Bing search engine has been accused of censoring “Tank Man” pictures in its search results...
EU Commissioner of Competition Margrethe Vestager gave a joint press on Antitrust: Google online search advertising at the EU headquarters in Brussels on March 20, 2019, after Google was slapped with a fine over unfair competition. This month, Google was forced to change its marketing practices after French authorities called out foul play.
French Regulator Fines Google Nearly $270 Million for Unfair Advertising Practices
Google was fined 220 million Euros (268 million US dollars) on Monday, June 7 by France’s Competition...
Dave Pope (C), works in the Digifox booth setup at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention, held at the Mana Convention Center in Wynwood on June 4, 2021 in Miami, Florida. While U.S. law enforcement recovered almost 64 Bitcoin of the ransom paid to DarkSide, Colonial will still lose more than $1.5 million thanks to price manipulation by the Chinese Communist Party.
Colonial Recovers Almost 64 BTC Thanks to DOJ, Still Loses $1.5 Million Thanks to China
The U.S. Department of Justice recovered almost 85 percent of the 75 Bitcoin Colonial Pipeline Company...
Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, speaks at the Sun Microsystems Education Conference at the Waldorf Astoria hotel March 9, 2006 in New York City. Wikipedia’s left-wing, pro-CCP editorship makes it a dubious candidate for Google to rely on as a source of data in its prominent Featured Snippet results. The consequences were Google sublimating Communist Party propaganda about ownership of the South China Sea.
Google’s Reliance on Wikipedia Helps Communist Party Spread South China Sea Disinformation
A June 3 post on social marketing website Reddit’s Wikipedia section revealed Google pulled Chinese Communist...
Beijing-based ByteDance will now collect biometric data from U.S. users, according to an update to its Privacy Policy on June 2, 2021.
Chinese-Owned TikTok Will Now Collect Biometric Data on US Users
Video-based social influencing platform TikTok, owned by Beijing-headquartered ByteDance, will now collect...
A copy of George Orwell's novel '1984' is displayed at The Last Bookstore on January 25, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Microsoft President Brad Smith said AI reminds him of the dangers warned about in Orwell’s book.
Microsoft President: AI May Transform Life Into Orwell’s 1984, China’s AI Dominance a Significant Threat
In a recent BBC Panorama program, President Brad Smith of Microsoft warned that artificial intelligence...
The U.S. recently announced increased cooperation with South Korea in fields such as semiconductors, AI, and 6G. Employees of Hynix Semiconductor are shown walking past the company's logo at a branch in Seoul on July 21, 2011. Hynix Semiconductor is the world's second-largest memory chip maker.
US Strengthens Ties With South Korea and Taiwan, Restructures Supply Chains Away From China
On May 21, President Joe Biden and South Korean President Moon Jae-in issued a joint statement, in which...
US Formally Lifts Securities Ban on China’s Xiaomi, Reversing Trump Era Action
A U.S. court has removed the Communist Chinese military company (CCMC) designation from China’s Xiaomi...
In a racism controversy, Twitter's AI cropping tool was found to be racist towards blacks.
Twitter Drops AI Cropping Out Black People Following Racism Controversy
Social media platform Twitter has dropped its automated artificial intelligence (AI) photo cropping feature...