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Meta subscriber plan risks digital divide, say critics

Paris, France (AFP) -- Years after Facebook quietly removed a slogan that declared the site was "free and always will…

Digital video viewing to top traditional TV in US: forecast

San Francisco, United States | AFP | For the first time ever, US adults will spend more time this year…

Users say Microsoft’s Bing chatbot gets defensive and testy

San Francisco, United States | AFP | Microsoft's fledgling Bing chatbot can go off the rails at times, denying obvious…

Israeli firm deploys robots to speed up online shopping

by Jonah Mandel Agence France-Presse Tel Aviv, Israel (AFP) -- Behind a dark and opaque storefront in Tel Aviv, an…

Saudi Arabia to send its first woman into space

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia will send its first ever woman astronaut on a space mission later this…

SpaceX test-fires engines of massive Starship rocket booster

Washington, United States (AFP) -- SpaceX conducted a successful test-firing on Thursday of the engines on the most powerful rocket…

China’s Alibaba joins global chatbot race

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said Thursday it was working on a rival to ChatGPT, joining a…

Mars rover finds rippled rocks caused by waves: NASA

Washington, United States (AFP) -- NASA's Curiosity rover has found wave-rippled rocks -- evidence of an ancient lake -- in…

Twitter service stumbles as paying users get more room

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Thousands of Twitter users on Wednesday reported problems using the platform as the Elon…

Deepfake ‘news anchors’ in pro-China footage: research

Washington, United States | AFP | The "news broadcasters" appear stunningly real, but they are AI-generated deepfakes in first-of-their-kind propaganda…

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