LONDON — Anguilla is raking in extra revenue from registration fees for its .ai web domain thanks to the artificial intelligence boom, but it’s not the only place cashing in on demand for websites with distinctive address endings. Here’s a look at some other places cashing in on their unique top-level domains: TUVALU Tuvalu is … Read more
ABUJA, Nigeria — Meta’s oversight board expressed serious concern Tuesday over the company’s failure to take down a viral graphic video showing two men bleeding after they were apparently beaten up for being allegedly gay. The video was posted in Nigeria, one of more than 30 of Africa’s 54 countries where homosexuality is criminalized by … Read more
NEW YORK — Scientists for the first time have uncovered an underworld of animal life thriving beneath the seafloor. An expedition to a volcanically active ridge in the Pacific off South America has revealed worms, snails, giant tubeworms and other strange creatures lurking below steamy underwater hot springs. Researchers have long studied animal communities near … Read more
Apple iPad Mini 2024 Apple Apple announced a new iPad mini on Tuesday, offering the first update to its smallest tablet since 2021. The new iPad mini comes with a faster A17 Pro processor, the same chip that was in last year’s iPhone 15 Pro. That means it supports Apple Intelligence, the company’s new suite … Read more
Online chatbots are generating nude images of real people at users’ requests, prompting concern from experts who worry the explicit deepfakes will create “a very nightmarish scenario.” A Wired investigation on the messaging app Telegram unearthed dozens of AI-powered chatbots that allegedly “create explicit photos or videos of people with only a couple clicks,” the … Read more
WASHINGTON — Russia, China and Iran are increasingly relying on criminal networks to lead cyberespionage and hacking operations against adversaries like the U.S., according to a report on digital threats published Tuesday by Microsoft. The growing collaboration between authoritarian governments and criminal hackers has alarmed national security officials and cybersecurity experts who say it represents … Read more
Customers shop for produce at a Whole Foods Market 365 location in Santa Monica, California. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images As Amazon looks to add more automation into its supermarkets, the retailing giant is partnering with a Khosla-backed startup that just came out of stealth last year, CNBC has learned. Last week, … Read more
Getty Images The UK government is considering whether to require all new electronic devices to use the same type of charging cable. A call for evidence launched in October is asking for views on the benefits of using a particular charging cable – such as USB-C, which is used by many modern devices. It comes … Read more
Chris Larsen, co-founder of Ripple. Source: YouTube SAN FRANCISCO — For months, crypto companies and their executives have been pouring tens of millions of dollars into Donald Trump’s effort to win the White House. Chris Larsen isn’t one of them. The co-founder and chairman of Ripple recently contributed $1 million worth of XRP tokens, the … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Biden-Harris administration announced plans Tuesday to provide up to $750 million in direct funding to Wolfspeed, with the money supporting its new silicon carbide factory in North Carolina that makes the wafers used in advanced computer chips and its factory in Marcy, New York. Wolfspeed’s use of silicon carbide enables the computer … Read more