Technology
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U.S. imposes new controls on chip exports to China
The new controls will also block the sale of high-bandwidth memory, which is necessary for artificial intelligence.
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Mark Zuckerberg meets Trump and other members of his administration at Mar-a-Lago
The pair recently indicated that the relationship could be on the mend, when Trump stated last month that he felt better about the Facebook founder, after he stayed out of the 2024 election and called him after the July 13 shooting.
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Netflix says Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson fight was the most streamed global sporting event ever
The company said the sporting event peaked at 65 million live concurrent streams, and 108 million total live viewers globally. The Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor match was the most-watched professional women’s sports event in US history.
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Google searches for 'moving to Canada' and other countries surged during election night
Google data said the searches for "moving to Canada," and “immigrate to Canada” began increasing at 8 p.m. Eastern. People also looked at moving to Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, among others.
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Russia denies report Musk, Putin have been in regular contact since late 2022
“It’s all untrue, absolutely false information published in the newspaper,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, according to Agence France-Presse.
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Newsom sides with Elon Musk in SpaceX's California lawsuit
“I’m with Elon, I didn't like that," Newsom said. "Look I'm not helping the legal case, [but] you can’t bring up that explicit level of politics."
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Google says it will block election ads after polls close on November 5
Other technology and social media companies will also block election ads on their platforms, including Meta, which said it would block the ads during the final week of voting.
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Brazil to restore access to X after social media platform complied with Supreme Court demands
The reinstatement comes after X agreed to block certain political accounts from X, pay outstanding fines, and name a legal representative for X in Brazil.
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U.S. judge orders Google to make changes to its app store to allow more competition
U.S. District Judge James Donato in San Francisco ordered the changes on Monday, which include making Android apps available from rival sources.
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Wiretap systems in US were targeted in cyberattack linked to China: report
Besides AT&T and Verizon, Lumen Technologies was also impacted by the hack.
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DirecTV and Dish to merge in $10 billion deal
Discussions between DirecTV and Dish TV were off and on over the last 10 years.
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SpaceX launches a mission to rescue Boeing Starliner crew still in space
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are the two astronauts who have been at the station since June.
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Instagram unveils 'teen accounts' with 'built-in protections' for online safety
'Teen Accounts have built-in protections which limit who can contact them and the content they see, and also provide new ways for teens to explore their interests,' the company says