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A robot is beating human pros at table tennis. Its maker calls it a milestone for machines
A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and sometimes defeating them, according to a new study in the journal Nature that shows how advances in artificial intelligence are making robots more agile
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SpaceX says it can buy AI coding tool Cursor for $60B later this year
SpaceX says it has the rights to buy artificial intelligence coding tool Cursor for $60 billion later this year as Elon Musk’s space exploration and AI company looks for ways to compete with rivals Anthropic and OpenAI ahead of a planned Wall Street debut
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Most serious cyberattacks against the UK now from Russia, Iran and China, cyber chief says
The head of the U.K.'s National Cyber Security Centre warns that hostile nations like Russia, Iran and China are behind the most serious cyberattacks in the U.K. In a speech Wednesday, Richard Horne said British businesses need to prepare for large-scale cyberattacks, especially if the U.K. becomes involved in international conflicts
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Apple's new CEO John Ternus steps into the spotlight after flying under the radar for years
Apple has announced that John Ternus will become the next CEO, taking over from Tim Cook on September 1
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New York sues Coinbase and Gemini, seeking to halt unlicensed prediction market businesses
New York is suing Coinbase and Gemini over unregulated and unlicensed prediction market platforms that the state contends are illegal gambling operations
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Florida's attorney general launches criminal probe into ChatGPT over FSU shooting
Florida's attorney general has opened an investigation into OpenAI's ChatGPT
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Supreme Court seems wary of limiting federal regulators' power in a data privacy case
The Supreme Court seems wary of limiting the power of federal regulators in a case over multimillion-dollar penalties levied against telecommunications giants Verizon and AT&T
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Federal judge strikes down some Trump administration actions that have slowed clean energy projects
A federal judge in Massachusetts has struck down some of the Trump administration’s orders slowing down the development of clean energy
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AI startup Anthropic commits $100 billion to Amazon's AWS over next 10 years
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has signed a new agreement to commit more than $100 billion over the next 10 years to Amazon’s AWS cloud platform to train and run its Claude chatbot
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Tim Cook will step down as Apple CEO and hand reins over to the iPhone maker's hardware leader
Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down from the job that he inherited from the late Steve Jobs, ending a 15-year reign that saw the company’s market value soar by more than $3.6 trillion during an iPhone-fueled era of prosperity
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