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Apple announces Worldwide Developers Conference dates, in-person event

Mar. 27, 2024 11:12 AM EDT

Apple has announced their annual developers conference will take place June 10 through June 14. The big summer event will be live-streamed, but some select developers have been invited to attend in-person events at Apple's campus in Cupertino, California, on June 10. ...

Justice Department sues Apple, alleging it illegally monopolized the smartphone market

Mar. 21, 2024 16:12 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday announced a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of engineering an illegal monopoly in smartphones that boxes out competitors, stifles innovation and keeps prices artificially high. The lawsuit, filed...

Microsoft hires influential AI figure Mustafa Suleyman to head up consumer AI business

Mar. 20, 2024 11:25 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Microsoft has hired Mustafa Suleyman to head up its consumer artificial intelligence business, adding another influential figure to its pool of talent leading the charge to build a technology that Suleyman views as both as a boon and threat to humanity. Suleyman,...

Sex trade to slavery: A UN agency says criminals reap $236B a year in profits from forced labor

Mar. 19, 2024 08:32 AM EDT

GENEVA (AP) — Illegal profits from forced labor worldwide have risen to the “obscene” amount of $236 billion per year, the U.N. labor agency reported Tuesday, with sexual exploitation to blame for three-fourths of the take from a business that deprives migrants of money they can send home,...

Stock market today: Wall Street slips further away from records amid inflation worries

Mar. 15, 2024 18:00 PM EDT

Wall Street closed out its second straight losing week Friday, giving back some of the gains that helped push the stock market to an all-time high earlier in the week. The S&P 500 fell 0.6%, its third straight loss. The benchmark index hit a record high on Tuesday, but mostly...

Europe asks Google, Facebook, TikTok and other platforms how they're reducing generative AI risks

Mar. 14, 2024 09:13 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators on Thursday ratcheted up scrutiny of big tech companies including Google, Facebook and TikTok with requests for information on how they're dealing with risks from generative artificial intelligence, such as the viral spread of deepfakes. The...

Many countries are bouncing back from the pandemic but the poorest are not, UN says

Mar. 14, 2024 02:31 AM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Many countries are bouncing back from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the poorest are not and a significant number are seeing their conditions deteriorate, the U.N. Development Program said Wednesday. Achim Steiner, head of the agency, said that after two decades...

Microsoft says it hasn't been able to shake Russian state hackers

Mar. 08, 2024 19:47 PM EST

BOSTON (AP) — Microsoft said Friday it's still trying to evict the elite Russian government hackers who broke into the email accounts of senior company executives in November and who it said have been trying to breach customer networks with stolen access data. The hackers from...

Behind the doors of a Chinese hacking company, a sordid culture fueled by influence, alcohol and sex

Mar. 08, 2024 04:28 AM EST

BEIJING (AP) — The hotel was spacious. It was upscale. It had a karaoke bar. The perfect venue, the CEO of the Chinese hacking company thought, to hold a Lunar New Year banquet currying favor with government officials. There was just one drawback, his top deputy said. “Who goes...

Saudi Arabia's crown prince transfers another 8% of Aramco shares to sovereign wealth fund

Mar. 07, 2024 08:56 AM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia's crown prince transferred another 8% of shares in the kingdom's oil giant Saudi Aramco to the country's prominent sovereign wealth fund on Thursday. The shares are worth some $160 billion. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's decision...