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ByteDance-owned TikTok on Thursday announced the global availability of its generative AI video creation platform, Symphony Creative Studios, to all advertisers, as the short-video app looks to boost its ad business.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/tiktok-launches-ai-powered-video-platform-advertisers-globally-2024-11-14/

China-linked hackers have intercepted surveillance data intended for American law enforcement agencies after breaking in to an unspecified number of telecom companies, U.S. authorities said on Wednesday.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/china-affiliated-actors-compromised-networks-multiple-telecom-companies-us-says-2024-11-13/

Google is gearing up to implement changes to its location-tracking Maps feature that will see users’ previous location history erased unless quick action is taken.

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https://www.techradar.com/phones/google-maps-will-soon-delete-your-location-history-unless-you-tell-it-not-to

Tesla voluntarily issued a recall for approximately 2,431 Cybertrucks manufactured between November 6, 2023 and July 30, 2024. The issue is related to something called the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors, or MOSFET, in which the inverter has the potential to stop creating torque, resulting in a loss of propulsion for the truck.

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/13/24295539/tesla-cybertruck-recall-inverter-loss-propulsion

SoftBank's Japanese telecoms unit will receive the first chips using Nvidia's latest Blackwell design for its supercomputer, the California-based chip designer said, as Masayoshi Son looks to ride the artificial intelligence boom.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/nvidia-softbank-pilot-worlds-first-ai-5g-telecom-network-2024-11-13/

Amazon.com launched a low-cost ecommerce service called Amazon Haul for some customers in the United States giving them a selection of products at $20 or less, the online retailer said on Wednesday, as it looks to take on Chinese firms Shein and PDD Holdings' Temu.

https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/amazon-launches-low-cost-ecommerce-service-challenge-temu-2024-11-13/

Huawei develops massive 72TB SSD-tape hybrid storage device — first-gen MED drive targets warm and cold storage

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https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/huawei-develops-ssd-tape-hybrid-storage-device-for-warm-and-cold-storage-first-gen-med-drive-holds-up-to-72tb

Visa said on Tuesday it was rolling out a flexible payments feature in the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates, as it looks to capitalize on the growing demand for a variety of transaction options.

The "flexible credential", lets customers use a single card to pay from different funding sources, the payments processor said.

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/visa-teams-up-with-affirm-launch-card-flexible-payments-us-2024-11-12/

Apple was told by the EU on Tuesday to stop geo-blocking, the practice of restricting content according to a user's geographical location, on services such as its App Store, Apple Arcade, Music, iTunes Store, Books and Podcasts.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-calls-apple-stop-geo-blocking-practices-apple-media-services-2024-11-12/

Adobe on Tuesday added software tools that let its customers use artificial intelligence to create images based on its library of stock images, while still paying the original creators of those images.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/adobe-adds-ai-tools-its-stock-photography-business-2024-11-12/

Amazon.com's cloud computing unit on Tuesday said it will offer free computing power to researchers who want to use its custom artificial intelligence chips, aiming to challenge Nvidia's popularity among those researchers

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https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/amazon-offers-free-computing-power-ai-researchers-aiming-challenge-nvidia-2024-11-12/

Huawei Technologies asked a U.S. judge to dismiss much of a federal indictment accusing the Chinese telecommunications company of trying to steal technology secrets from U.S. rivals and misleading banks about its business in Iran.

https://www.reuters.com/default/chinas-huawei-technologies-seeks-dismissal-us-criminal-charges-2024-11-11/

The Vatican launched on Monday new Artificial Intelligence-enabled services for St Peter's Basilica, allowing virtual access to its Renaissance-era architectural treasures for all and enhanced tours for visitors.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/vatican-unveils-ai-services-st-peters-basilica-ahead-jubilee-2024-11-11/

Amazon is developing smart eyeglasses for its delivery drivers to guide them to, around and within buildings, as it tries to smooth the final stretch of an order's journey to a customer's home, five people familiar with the matter said.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/amazon-developing-driver-eyeglasses-shave-seconds-off-deliveries-sources-say-2024-11-11/

Lisbon will this week play host to Europe’s biggest annual tech conference, Web Summit, where industry leaders and lawmakers will weigh the pros and cons of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/web-summit-kicks-off-lisbon-tech-leaders-weigh-trumps-return-2024-11-11/

Artificial intelligence companies like OpenAI are seeking to overcome unexpected delays and challenges in the pursuit of ever-bigger large language models by developing training techniques that use more human-like ways for algorithms to "think".

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-rivals-seek-new-path-smarter-ai-current-methods-hit-limitations-2024-11-11/

Ai-Da, the world's first ultra-realistic artist robot that is capable of drawing and painting using cameras in her eyes, AI algorithms, and her robotic arm, sells her Portrait of English Mathematician for $1 million.

Ai-Da robot sells her Portrait of English Mathematician for $1M (AFP)

https://www.albawaba.com/business/ai-da-robot-sells-her-portrait-english-1592532

In a medical breakthrough, engineers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa have developed microscopic soft robots that can work as a team inside the human body, opening new possibilities for minimally invasive procedures.

Image credit: Chunxiang Wang

[ Source: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/11/10/microscopic-soft-robots-medical/

In a newly published study, we show that microplastic particles can have the same effects, producing ice crystals at temperatures 5 to 10 degrees Celsius (9 to 18 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than droplets without microplastics.

This suggests that microplastics in the air may affect weather and climate by producing clouds in conditions where they would not form otherwise.

[ Source: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/microplastics-may-affect-weather-and-climate-by-producing-clouds-researchers-find ]

Near Protocol has announced plans to build the largest open-source artificial intelligence model worldwide. The platform announced the initiative on the opening day of its Redacted conference, held in Bangkok, Thailand.

https://www.cryptopolitan.com/near-protocol-announces-plans-to-build-the-largest-open-source-ai-model/