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Anthropic Names Former Microsoft India Chief To Lead Expansion As It Prepares Bengaluru Office

Anthropic has appointed Irina Ghose, the former managing director of Microsoft India, to lead its India business as the US-based AI startup prepares to open an office in Bengaluru. The…

Bluesky Adds Twitch Livestream Sharing And Stock Cashtags As Downloads Rise

Bluesky is rolling out new features that let users share when they are livestreaming on Twitch and discuss publicly traded stocks using specialized hashtags, as the social network looks to…

Italy Opens Probes Into Activision Blizzard Over Smartphone Game Sales Practices

Italy’s competition regulator has opened two investigations into Microsoft-owned Activision Blizzard, alleging the company used misleading and aggressive sales practices in its mobile games Diablo Immortal and Call of Duty…

Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy Steps Down After 14 Years Leading Star Wars Studio

Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy is stepping down after 14 years leading the studio behind Star Wars, one of the highest-grossing film franchises in Hollywood history. The company said on Thursday…

Ashley St Clair Sues xAI Over Sexualised Deepfakes Generated By Grok

Ashley St Clair has filed a lawsuit against xAI, alleging the company’s Grok AI tool generated sexually explicit deepfakes of her on the social media platform X, while xAI has…

OpenAI To Test Ads In ChatGPT As It Adds Lower-Priced Subscription Tier

OpenAI has announced it will begin testing adverts within ChatGPT, marking a shift in how the company generates revenue as it expands its consumer offerings and scales its artificial intelligence…

Google Appeals US Ruling That Found Illegal Search Monopoly

Google has appealed a landmark US antitrust ruling that found the company illegally held a monopoly in online search, arguing the decision failed to reflect how consumers use its services…

Credit Card Debt Pressures Grow As Rate Cap Proposal Sparks Debate

Credit card debt is weighing more heavily on millions of Americans as interest rates rise and policymakers debate whether capping rates would ease the strain. Recent data and personal accounts…

Indian Supreme Court Ruling Strengthens Tax Authority’s Ability To Challenge Offshore Structures

India’s Supreme Court has ruled against Tiger Global in a tax dispute over its exit from Flipkart during Walmart’s 2018 acquisition, potentially raising the tax risk for global funds looking…

Spotify Raises U.S. Subscription Prices For Third Time In Three Years

Spotify has raised the price of its U.S. subscription plan for the third time in three years, increasing the monthly fee from $11.99 to $12.99. The price hike, which will…

WhatsApp Exempts Brazilian Users From Policy Barring Third-Party AI Chatbots

WhatsApp has reversed part of its new policy that restricts third-party, general-purpose AI chatbots from operating on the app, allowing AI providers to continue offering their services to users with…

Former OpenAI Execs’ Startup Thinking Machines Faces Leadership Shake-Up With Co-Founders Returning to OpenAI

Thinking Machines Lab, the startup co-founded by former OpenAI executive Mira Murati, has seen two of its co-founders depart, with both returning to OpenAI. Barret Zoph, the company’s co-founder and…

Microsoft Partners With Varaha To Buy Carbon Removal Credits Through Biochar Project

Microsoft has signed a deal with Indian startup Varaha to purchase more than 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide removal credits over the next three years, aimed at supporting its efforts…

FTC Bans GM From Sharing Certain Consumer Data, Requires Consent For Data Collection

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Wednesday that it has finalized an order barring General Motors (GM) and its OnStar telematics service from sharing specific consumer data with consumer…

US Cuts Tariffs On Taiwanese Goods In Exchange For $250bn Semiconductor Investment Pledge

The United States has agreed to reduce tariffs on goods from Taiwan to 15% after securing commitments for large-scale investment aimed at expanding domestic semiconductor production. The agreement links lower…

Matthew McConaughey Trademarks His Voice And Image To Block AI Misuse

Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey has trademarked elements of his voice and image in an effort to prevent unauthorised use by artificial intelligence platforms, marking what lawyers and academics describe as…

AI-Created Song Tops Spotify In Sweden But Is Barred From National Charts

A song created using artificial intelligence has become one of the most streamed tracks in Sweden while being excluded from the country’s official music charts, highlighting growing tension over how…

Sadiq Khan Warns AI Could Destroy Jobs Without Strong Safeguards

Artificial intelligence could become “a weapon of mass destruction of jobs” unless governments act quickly to manage its impact, London mayor Sadiq Khan has warned, as he set out concerns…

Boeing Identified Engine Mount Cracks On MD-11 Planes Years Before Fatal Kentucky Crash

An aircraft that crashed in flames in Kentucky in November had a structural flaw that had been identified by Boeing on similar planes more than a decade earlier, according to…

India Approves 73bn-Rupee Plan To Build Rare Earth Magnet Manufacturing

India has approved a 73bn-rupee ($800m; £600m) incentive programme to reduce its dependence on China for rare earth magnets, a component used widely across electric vehicles, renewable energy systems, consumer…