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Brussels is planning a new antitrust investigation into Meta Platforms over its rollout of artificial intelligence features in WhatsApp, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, reflecting rising scrutiny of Big Tech’s use of generative AI on large platforms. The commission was set to open the probe into how the California-based company integrated its Meta AI system into the messaging service ...

The government of Bangladesh is set to launch the National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR), a central system aimed at blocking cloned, smuggled, and illegally imported mobile phones, citing national security and economic concerns. Faiz Ahmed Taiyeb, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser at the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, said NEIR will prevent the use of devices with ...

Meta scored a crucial courtroom victory on Tuesday after a U.S. federal judge ruled that the company does not currently hold a monopoly in social networking — a decision that shields the tech giant from a potential breakup of Instagram and WhatsApp. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg delivered the ruling months after the landmark antitrust trial concluded in May. The ...

Blue Origin, the space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, postponed the scheduled launch of its New Glenn rocket on Sunday after unfavorable weather conditions and technical issues forced mission managers to call off the attempt. Rain, a ground system problem, and later the buildup of cumulus clouds delayed the countdown until the 88-minute launch window closed, leaving the company ...

China’s Shenzhou 21 spacecraft successfully docked with the Tiangong space station early Saturday, completing the maneuver in just 3.5 hours — the fastest docking ever achieved by China’s space program, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The spacecraft lifted off at 11:44 p.m. local time Friday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, carrying a three-member ...

Mobile operators began deactivating additional SIM cards registered under a single national ID (NID) if the number exceeds 10. As per a recent noticefrom the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), it said that any excess SIMs will be automatically deactivated from November. Users who fail to deactivate extra SIMs themselves risk losing access to randomly selected, possibly important numbers. Earlier, ...

The additional SIMs will be automatically deactivated from Thursday (October 30) if an NID holders have more than 10 SIMs. This information was recently given in an urgent message by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). According to the BTRC, if a person has more than 10 mobile SIMs in their name, those must be de-registered by the relevant operator ...

Microsoft and OpenAI announced Tuesday a major overhaul of their AI partnership, giving both companies greater independence while maintaining close collaboration. Under the new arrangement, Microsoft will hold roughly 27 percent of the restructured OpenAI, an investment valued at around $135 billion, as OpenAI transitions to a public benefit corporation structure. OpenAI has also committed to purchasing $250 billion in ...

The Alan Turing Institute Chair has told the BBC there is “no substance” to a number of serious accusations which rocked the organisation in the summer. In August, whistleblowers accused the charity’s leadership of misusing public funds, overseeing a “toxic internal culture”, and failing to deliver on its mission. They said the Turing Institute, the UK’s national body for artificial ...

Australia’s competition watchdog has launched legal action against Microsoft, accusing the tech giant of misleading millions of users into paying extra for its AI assistant, Copilot. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) filed the case in the Federal Court against Microsoft Australia and its parent company, claiming they made “false or misleading” statements to around 2.7 million Microsoft 365 ...