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(This Aug 27 story has been republished, with no changes to text.)
By Jack Queen
August 27(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic, the latest turn in the Claude maker’s high-stakes fight with the military over AI safety on the...
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Exclusive-Russian-speaking cybercriminals used SpaceX’s Cursor AI tool to hack seven companies
(This Aug 27 story has been republished, with no changes to text.)
By Raphael Satter
WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Russian-speaking hackers used SpaceX’s AI coding assistant, Cursor, to help break in to a Belgian chemical company and at least six other firms earlier...
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One Tech Tip: How to keep your child’s tablets, laptops from becoming distractions from schoolwork
Tablets and computers have become crucial school supplies for many students. But the same devices children use to read text, write essays, solve math problems or research history projects can also offer distractions in the form of games, social media and web browsing.
It can be...
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- Artemis II astronauts receive nation’s highest space honor for their successful moonshot
- SpaceX recovers Starship from the Indian Ocean a month after launch and is shipping it back to Texas
- Honda, Nissan to reach deal on joint development of vehicle software, Nikkei reports
- Canada to loan quantum startup Xanadu $140 million to build manufacturing plant
- Stablecoins not a credible means of payment at scale, BIS chief says
- Trump signs order to create a US Space Academy
- Explainer-What is visual verification and why does Reuters practice it?
- Pasqal shares leap as French quantum firm makes Nasdaq debut
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- Didi plans to invest over $200 million in Argentina, manager says
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- Australia data centre firm NextDC reports rising water, energy use with profit beat
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- Advent, Stripe consortium is said to drop pursuit of PayPal, Bloomberg News reports
- US judge rules Pentagon blacklisting of Anthropic unlawful
- US FTC probes YouTube over social media policies, Bloomberg News reports
- Nvidia pauses revenue-sharing deals with AI cloud companies, WSJ reports
- Crypto custodian firm BitGo to buy NYDIG’s institutional trading business
- Exclusive-Anthropic in talks with chip start up MatX to speed up chip design, sources say
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- Meta settlement falls short on teen mental health protections, whistleblower says
- Anthropic unveils new framework allowing AI agents to operate physical devices
- US federal agency confirms data breach in wake of claims by ransomware group
- Major tech companies call for defensive surge to defeat AI-driven hacks
- Google agrees to settle UK app developers’ lawsuit for $353 million
- Nvidia to start employee-funded US political action committee
- France’s Voltalia wins approval for $35 billion data center project in Brazil
- Meta, Roblox agree to child-safety measures sought by Philippines, minister says
- Socure valued at $5.2 billion in latest funding, buys Fravity
- OpenAI, Nvidia CEOs to speak at tech-focused G20 meeting
- SK Hynix to start AI chip output in Indiana in 2029, sees memory shortage through 2030
- Isar Aerospace secures 200 million euros from European Space Agency
- Analysis-Meta’s social media settlement leaves its money machine unscathed
- As AI agents go rogue, cyber insurers are adapting their policies
- Roaches to the rescue: Australian scientists develop cyborg cockroaches for medical missions
