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UK PM Starmer to outline plan to make Britain world leader in AI

January 13 2025 | TW News Correspondent

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will say on Monday he wants the UK to become the world leader for artificial intelligence, promising to create special zones for data centres and encouraging more graduates to study technology-focused courses.

Starmer will say he wants to put AI at the heart of his ambition to grow the economy, while the government will claim if the technology is f...
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Apple’s iPhone Sales Slip in China: Lack of Innovation Cited

January 12 2025 | TW News Correspondent

Apple’s iPhone sales in China saw a significant decline in December 2024, dropping by 10-12% compared to December 2023, according to a new report by analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, as reported by GSM Arena.

Kuo attributes the sale...
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WhatsApp’s Wonder: Personalized AI Chatbots in Development

January 12 2025 | TW News Correspondent

WhatsApp is reportedly working on an exciting new feature that will allow users to create their own personal AI chatbots. The news comes via GSM Arena.

Recent reports indicate that WhatsApp is testing a new interface for its Android app, replacing the “Communities” tab with an “AI” tab. This change is believe...
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WordPress Woes: Forking Feud Sparks Controversy

January 12 2025 | TW News Correspondent

Matt Mullenweg, CEO of Automattic and co-founder of WordPress, has recently deactivated the accounts of several members of the WordPress.org community. According to Mullenweg, two of these members were allegedly planning to create a new fork of the WordPress project. The report comes via TechCrunch.

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Rokomari Launches Country's First 'Online Trade Fair'

January 11 2025 | TW News Correspondent

Rokomari.com, the pioneer of online book sales, has launched the country's first ‘Online Trade Fair.' Now, customers can enjoy fair offers, the best products, and attractive deals from the comfort of their homes. The fair will run until January 31, according to a press release from Rokomari.com on Saturday.

The press release stated that up to 75 percent discounts will be...
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India delays space docking experiment, saying more work needed

January 08 2025 | TW News Correspondent

India postponed by a couple of days on Monday a highly-anticipated space docking experiment that would see it become the fourth country in the world to achieve a feat essential for expanding future deep space exploratory missions.

“The docking process requires further validation through ground simulations based on an abort scenario identified today,” India...
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Meta eliminates fact-checking in latest bow to Trump

January 08 2025 | TW News Correspondent

Meta chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced changes to content moderation on Facebook and Instagram long sought by conservatives. Incoming President Donald Trump said the new approach was “probably” due to threats he made against the technology mogul.

The move to replace third-party fact-checking with user-written “community notes” similar to those on Trump backe...
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Microsoft’s $3 Billion AI Investment in India

January 08 2025 | TW News Correspondent

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has announced a $3 billion investment aimed at enhancing Azure cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in India. The announcement was made on Tuesday, January 7, at a conference in Bengaluru. According to Reuters, this is Microsoft’s largest investment in India to date.

The two-year investment plan is not...
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Meta Discontinues Fact-Checking Program, Introduces Community Notes

January 08 2025 | TW News Correspondent

Social media giant Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, has decided to shut down its fact-checking program in the United States. Instead, it plans to roll out a new feature called “Community Notes,” modeled after a similar system on Elon Musk-owne...
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