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French cops raid X's Paris office in algorithmic bias probe

2026-02-03 13:09:08                theregister.com

CEO Elon Musk summoned to defend the platform's corner French police raided Elon Musk's X offices in Paris this morning as part of a criminal investigation into alleged algorithmic manipulation by foreign powers.…

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Mainland memory firms eye Hong Kong for funds to fuel ‘global ambitions’

2026-02-03 13:00:37                scmp.com

A number of mainland-based suppliers of memory chips and storage solutions are pursuing share listings in Hong Kong, signalling a strategic change in how the sector aims to fuel its global ambitions, according to analysts. The most watched firm is Shanghai-based Montage Technology, a designer of high-speed interconnect chips for data centres, which is taking orders from institutional investors and is set to debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Monday. Montage, which listed in Shanghai in...

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Microsoft finally sends TLS 1.0 and 1.1 to the cloud retirement home

2026-02-03 12:59:03                theregister.com

Azure Storage now requires version 1.2 or newer for encrypted connections Today is the day Azure Storage stops supporting versions 1.0 and 1.1 of Transport Layer Security (TLS). TLS 1.2 is the new minimum.…

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UK names Barnsley as first Tech Town to see whether AI can fix... well, anything

2026-02-03 12:53:22                theregister.com

South Yorkshire becomes ground zero for nationwide experiment with £500K seed funding AI-pocalypse  Barnsley, a town in South Yorkshire, England, best known for coal mining and glassmaking, is being thrust into the limelight as the country's first "Tech Town" – shoehorning AI into everything from local businesses to public services.…

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Polish cops bail 20-year-old bedroom botnet operator

2026-02-03 12:34:17                theregister.com

DDoSer of 'strategically important' websites admitted to most charges Polish authorities have cuffed a 20-year-old man on suspicion of carrying out DDoS attacks.…

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HKMA launches quantum readiness and cybersecurity projects for banks in AI era

2026-02-03 12:31:41                scmp.com

Hong Kong’s banking regulator has unveiled four flagship projects, including a quantum computing readiness index, to help the city’s lenders stay competitive and secure in the artificial intelligence era. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) said the initiatives formed part of its new Fintech Promotion Blueprint, aimed at guiding responsible innovation and preparing the city’s banking sector for rapid technological change. The blueprint was announced on Tuesday in response to industry...

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LG is done with 8K TVs, and it's about time we admitted the tech failed

2026-02-03 12:06:00                zdnet.com

If more resolution isn't the answer, what advances can TV buyers expect? Here's our take.

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I tested popular 'power-savers' on the market - here's the only one that isn't a scam

2026-02-03 12:03:00                zdnet.com

If you spot one of these in a friend's or family member's power outlet, unplug it ASAP and use this instead.

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How I monitored my home's biggest power drains in real time - 3 simple methods you can use

2026-02-03 12:01:00                zdnet.com

There's nothing like seeing in real time how much something is costing you to make you want to turn it off.

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Funding surge powers Chinese robotics firms as focus shifts to humanoid ‘brains’

2026-02-03 12:00:38                scmp.com

Chinese robotics firms continue to secure fresh financing, including from state-backed funds, as investors shift focus from hardware to the “brains” of humanoids – the software and operating systems that underpin their intelligence. Alongside hardware-centric companies like Unitree Robotics, a new wave of firms is emerging with capital directed towards robotic software and operating systems. Shenzhen-based humanoid robot maker LimX Dynamics announced on Monday the completion of its US$200...

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The best business plan software of 2026: Expert tested

2026-02-03 12:00:38                zdnet.com

Looking for the best business plan software? I tested data-driven platforms to help you plan your business operations from the ground up, from content schedules to funding to market research.

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The rise of Moltbook suggests viral AI prompts may be the next big security threat

2026-02-03 12:00:01                arstechnica.com

We don't need self-replicating AI models to have problems, just self-replicating prompts.

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Sonos is back with new hardware - and it's built for your most complex audio setup

2026-02-03 11:59:00                zdnet.com

The Amp Multi is built to accommodate a web of Sonos' architectural speakers, and its functionality will rely entirely on the Sonos app.

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Samsung's confirmed Galaxy S26 Ultra display upgrade fixes my long-standing annoyance

2026-02-03 11:56:00                zdnet.com

An upcoming privacy display feature on the Galaxy S26 Ultra lets the phone block parts of the screen to counter snooping. Here's how.

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Sateliot, UARX Space seek smooth splits

2026-02-03 11:49:58                mobileworldlive.com

Sateliot tasked domestic company UARX Space with providing separation rings for its latest satellites, a critical element which it stated advances cooperation between Spain and the rest of Europe. The post Sateliot, UARX Space seek smooth splits appeared first on Mobile World Live.

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France raids X offices, summons Elon Musk over child pornography and deepfake probe

2026-02-03 11:49:50                scmp.com

French police raided the Paris offices of social media platform X on Tuesday as prosecutors summoned its owner Elon Musk for questioning over a widening investigation into alleged offences, including the spread of child pornography and deepfakes. The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed the search was part of a probe opened in January last year by its cybercrime unit, conducted in coordination with the EU police agency Europol. In a major escalation of the legal scrutiny facing the platform...

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Microsoft promises a big February patch - but will it fix what's broken with Windows 11 today?

2026-02-03 11:49:00                zdnet.com

Microsoft's February 2026 update will deliver an expanded Cross Device Resume, improved voice tools, and QOL fixes.

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Liberty Global inks AI tie-up with Google Cloud

2026-02-03 11:48:35                mobileworldlive.com

Liberty Global and Google Cloud agreed a five-year wide-ranging partnership to deploy the tech giant’s Gemini AI models and cloud tools across the provider's European footprint. The post Liberty Global inks AI tie-up with Google Cloud appeared first on Mobile World Live.

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I went on a 500-mile drive across the country - this $60 jump starter saved me several times

2026-02-03 11:47:00                zdnet.com

This Hulkman Alpha went above and beyond, jumpstarting a car with a dead battery multiple times on my journey across England.

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One of the best Windows laptops for business I've tested isn't a ThinkPad or Dell XPS

2026-02-03 11:46:00                zdnet.com

Asus' ExpertBook Ultra is as ultraportable as it is powerful, with Intel's flagship Panther Lake chip and a vibrant OLED display.

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LG is selling its ultralight 17-inch Gram Pro laptop for $500 off, and you get a free monitor too

2026-02-03 11:45:00                zdnet.com

The LG gram Pro 17 is a sleek and powerful laptop with a vibrant 2K display. It's built to handle demanding workloads with ease.

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Firefox makes AI optional, like it probably should have been all along

2026-02-03 11:08:12                theregister.com

Users can disable every generative feature in one click – not everyone wants a chatbot bolted to their tabs Mozilla has decided that if AI is going to live in your browser, you should at least be able to kill it when it gets annoying.…

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Soviet secrets and Star Wars prototypes: Avalanche raises $29M for its desktop-sized power quest

2026-02-03 11:00:00                geekwire.com

Seattle's Avalanche Energy announced $29 million to support its push toward fusion power and to help launch a commercial-scale testing facility for fusion technologies. Read More

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NASA delays Artemis II to March after hydrogen leaks bedevil countdown test

2026-02-03 10:31:26                theregister.com

This is starting to sound oddly familiar NASA has concluded a Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) for Artemis II, but recurring liquid hydrogen leaks forced the test to be halted short of completion, prompting the agency to delay the mission's launch to at least March 2026.…

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DIY AI bot farm OpenClaw is a security 'dumpster fire'

2026-02-03 10:14:14                theregister.com

Your own personal Jarvis. A bot to hear your prayers. A bot that cares. Just not about keeping you safe OpenClaw, the AI-powered personal assistant users interact with via messaging apps and sometimes entrust with their credentials to various online services, has prompted a wave of malware and is delivering some shocking bills.…

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SmarTone turns to Ericsson for 5G-A gear

2026-02-03 09:51:47                mobileworldlive.com

SmarTone selected Ericsson's 5G-Advanced gear, capable of automatically adjusting network configurations, with the aim of lowering operational costs and energy consumption. The post SmarTone turns to Ericsson for 5G-A gear appeared first on Mobile World Live.

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T-Mobile US cuts home state jobs

2026-02-03 09:33:42                mobileworldlive.com

T-Mobile US laid off 393 employees in the state of Washington, a filing with the Employment Security Department showed. The post T-Mobile US cuts home state jobs appeared first on Mobile World Live.

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SoftBank chip unit, Intel partner on next-gen DRAM

2026-02-03 09:32:26                mobileworldlive.com

SoftBank Corp subsidiary Saimemory lined up Intel to support the development of next-generation memory technology, targeting release of prototypes by 31 March 2028 and commercial products a year later. The post SoftBank chip unit, Intel partner on next-gen DRAM appeared first on Mobile World Live.

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‘Punches above its weight’: compact AI model from China’s StepFun outshines larger rivals

2026-02-03 09:30:37                scmp.com

Chinese artificial intelligence start-up StepFun has unveiled a lightweight AI model that it says punches above its weight, rivalling larger systems from domestic competitors including DeepSeek and Moonshot AI as competition intensifies in the country’s AI sector. The Shanghai-based AI lab said on Monday its latest Step 3.5 Flash model was designed to deliver advanced reasoning and agentic capabilities while maintaining efficiency. Despite its relatively modest size of about 196 billion...

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British military to get legal OK to swat drones near bases

2026-02-03 09:30:12                theregister.com

Armed Forces Bill would let troops take action against unmanned threats around defense sites Britain's defense personnel will be given the authority to neutralize drones threatening military bases under measures being introduced in the Armed Forces Bill, currently making its way through Parliament.…

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SpaceX acquires xAI in all-stock deal

2026-02-03 09:19:36                mobileworldlive.com

Elon Musk's satellite unit SpaceX acquired his start-up xAI in a deal valuing the combined entity at $1.25 trillion, with the billionaire insisting space-based AI will offer the lowest-cost way to generate compute power. The post SpaceX acquires xAI in all-stock deal appeared first on Mobile World Live.

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Bridge Alliance names new chief

2026-02-03 09:17:56                mobileworldlive.com

Long-serving Bridge Alliance CEO Ong Geok Chwee will step down at the end of March, with Loo Boon Chee, EVP of roaming and products at the group, to take over. The post Bridge Alliance names new chief appeared first on Mobile World Live.

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Capgemini to sell US division linked to ICE

2026-02-03 09:15:24                mobileworldlive.com

Capgemini reportedly plans to sell US subsidiary Capgemini Government Solutions (CSG), following political pressure in France to explain the latter’s contract with US agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The post Capgemini to sell US division linked to ICE appeared first on Mobile World Live.

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I recommend these USB-C connectors to anyone with a laptop - here's what they do

2026-02-03 08:40:47                zdnet.com

Busted USB-C ports are a problem. These affordable breakaway accessories protect them at an affordable price.

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Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman unveil Luffu, a self-funded startup developing an AI-powered "family care system", currently in private testing (Ina Fried/Axios)

2026-02-03 07:35:01                axios.com

Ina Fried / Axios: Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman unveil Luffu, a self-funded startup developing an AI-powered “family care system”, currently in private testing  —  Two years after exiting Google, the co-founders of Fitbit are launching their next act: an AI-powered service for monitoring the health of one's entire family.

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Stop paying for Mac cleaners: Use this free command-line tool instead

2026-02-03 07:29:36                zdnet.com

If you'd like to free up space on your Mac, there's no need to do it manually when you can employ a mole.

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Uber enters first Asian market in years with Macau relaunch

2026-02-03 07:29:15                scmp.com

Uber Technologies is rolling out its ride-hailing service in the Chinese gambling hub of Macau, expanding into a new Asian market for the first time in years. Riders from Tuesday would be able to book and pay for taxis in the city using multiple languages, the US-based company said in a statement. It would also offer a limousine service between Macau and neighbouring Hong Kong, though trips had to be booked 24 hours in advance, it said. The move marks Uber’s first new entry to an Asian market...

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PayPal names HP CEO Enrique Lores as CEO, replacing Alex Chriss on March 1, and reports Q4 revenue up 4% YoY to $8.7B, missing est.; PYPL falls 15% pre-market (Paige Smith/Bloomberg)

2026-02-03 07:20:00                bloomberg.com

Paige Smith / Bloomberg: PayPal names HP CEO Enrique Lores as CEO, replacing Alex Chriss on March 1, and reports Q4 revenue up 4% YoY to $8.7B, missing est.; PYPL falls 15% pre-market  —  PayPal Holdings Inc. said Chief Executive Officer Alex Chriss will be replaced by HP Inc. CEO Enrique Lores after profit and revenue fell short of expectations.

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Microsoft kills standalone SharePoint and OneDrive plans, because they’re not suite enough

2026-02-03 06:13:13                theregister.com

Blames ‘unintended or nonstandard usage’ and the cost of keeping them alive Microsoft has slipped out news that it’s killing some standalone SharePoint and OneDrive plans.…

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A profile of Brazilian neobank Nubank, which aims to enter the US market within 18 months, growing its 120M+ users; analysts expect $2.9B in 2025 net income (Michael Pooler/Financial Times)

2026-02-03 06:10:01                ft.com

Michael Pooler / Financial Times: A profile of Brazilian neobank Nubank, which aims to enter the US market within 18 months, growing its 120M+ users; analysts expect $2.9B in 2025 net income  —  Michael Pooler in São Paulo  —  In the race to become the west's most valuable digital bank, Revolut has competition.

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Uber rolls out its service in the Chinese gambling hub of Macau, its first new entry to an Asian market for years; Uber sold its China business to Didi in 2016 (Newley Purnell/Bloomberg)

2026-02-03 05:55:00                bloomberg.com

Newley Purnell / Bloomberg: Uber rolls out its service in the Chinese gambling hub of Macau, its first new entry to an Asian market for years; Uber sold its China business to Didi in 2016  —  Uber Technologies Inc. is rolling out its ride hailing service in the Chinese gambling hub of Macau, expanding into a new Asian market for the first time in years.

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Sources: OpenAI is prioritizing ChatGPT over long-term research, prompting senior staff departures; Sora and DALL-E teams felt neglected and under resourced (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times)

2026-02-03 05:35:01                t.co

Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: Sources: OpenAI is prioritizing ChatGPT over long-term research, prompting senior staff departures; Sora and DALL-E teams felt neglected and under resourced  —  Resources at $500bn company are being redirected from long-term research towards improving the flagship chatbot

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Paris prosecutors say they raided X's French offices with assistance from Europol; Elon Musk and ex-CEO Linda Yaccarino have been summoned to April hearings (Liv McMahon/BBC)

2026-02-03 05:10:00                bbc.com

Liv McMahon / BBC: Paris prosecutors say they raided X's French offices with assistance from Europol; Elon Musk and ex-CEO Linda Yaccarino have been summoned to April hearings  —  Offices belonging to Elon Musk's social media platform, X, in France are being raided by the Paris prosecutor.

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Elon Musk merges xAI into SpaceX to spread universal consciousness via a sentient sun

2026-02-03 04:58:15                theregister.com

Burning Man woo woo values House of Grok at $250 billion Elon Musk on Monday revealed his space company SpaceX has acquired his AI outfit xAI, and that the two will work together to escape the surly bonds of Earthly powers by tapping the sun's enduring glow.…

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South Korea enlists AI to spot pump and dump schemes on social media, or in Spam

2026-02-03 04:42:37                theregister.com

Main stock exchange targets shares, government agency looks for crypto crooks South Korea’s government and main stock exchange have developed and deployed AI-powered tools to detect schemes that aim to send the price of cryptocurrencies and shares soaring so that unscrupulous investors can cash in.…

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Q&A with Docusign CEO Allan Thygesen on Docusign's workforce growing to 7,000 staffers, its Intelligent Agreement Management system, AI hallucinations, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

2026-02-03 03:50:01                theverge.com

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Docusign CEO Allan Thygesen on Docusign's workforce growing to 7,000 staffers, its Intelligent Agreement Management system, AI hallucinations, and more  —  Docusign's Allan Thygesen says 'not providing an AI service isn't really an option.'  —  Today, I'm talking with Allan Thygesen, who is the CEO of Docusign.

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Nintendo says the Switch 1 sold 155.37M units as of December 31 since its 2017 launch, topping the DS' 154.02M units, becoming its best-selling console ever (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

2026-02-03 02:25:00                theverge.com

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Nintendo says the Switch 1 sold 155.37M units as of December 31 since its 2017 launch, topping the DS' 154.02M units, becoming its best-selling console ever  —  The DS has been overthrown, 12 years after it was discontinued. … The original Switch is officially Nintendo's best-selling console …

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Nintendo reports Q3 revenue of $5.2B, below $5.45B est., a net profit of $1.03B, vs. $950M est., and maintains its 19M Switch 2 sales forecast for fiscal 2026 (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)

2026-02-03 02:16:53                cnbc.com

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: Nintendo reports Q3 revenue of $5.2B, below $5.45B est., a net profit of $1.03B, vs. $950M est., and maintains its 19M Switch 2 sales forecast for fiscal 2026  —  Nintendo maintained its full-year Switch 2 sales forecast on Tuesday allaying some fears that the flagship console was losing momentum.

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I didn't trust the 'dog-proof' USB-C cable claim, so I tried something sharper instead

2026-02-03 02:15:43                zdnet.com

These Galvanox USB-C to USB-C cables are reinforced with stainless steel. Here's how they handled my stress tests.

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Oracle’s Financing Primes The OpenAI Pump

2026-02-03 02:12:51                nextplatform.com

Software giant Oracle has a vast installed base of enterprise customers that it has agglomerated over the decades that gives it the cash flow to do many things. … Oracle’s Financing Primes The OpenAI Pump was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.