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Four European carriers to explore a joint bid for satellite spectrum

Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone have signed a letter of intent to explore a joint bid for satellite spectrum in Europe. The four companies announced it on Monday in a joint release. The spectrum is for mobile satellite services (MSS), the radio frequencies that link satellites with mobile devices. The bid would be for […]

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“Now they kiss my ass”: Trump says he called Google about the Gulf

Donald Trump described his call to Google to a crowd at Northern Kentucky University on Saturday. “I called Google, Google Maps. See, Google wouldn’t have taken my call in the first. Now they kiss my ass.” Donald Trump, at a rally in Highland Heights, Kentucky He was speaking at the university’s Truist Arena in Highland […]

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US orders civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek from their systems

The Department of Homeland Security has ordered US civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek products from their IT systems and stop buying them, under a 2018 supply chain security law. The order covers third-party tools built on DeepSeek’s models, and cites the risk that sensitive data could be shared with the Chinese government. US government […]

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Power To The Players Act would make the games you buy yours to own

Ritchie Torres, a Democratic congressman from New York, plans to bring a video game ownership bill to Congress. He announced the Power To The Players Act on 15 October. The bill would direct the Federal Trade Commission to write new rules. They would protect players’ ability to own and play the games they buy. Buying […]

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Emil Michael tells The Information export controls can rein in AI labs

Emil Michael says the US government can use export controls on AI companies that do not cooperate with it. The under secretary of war is the Pentagon’s chief technology officer. He made the case in a video interview with Amir Efrati and Leo Schwartz of The Information, which reported it on Monday. Michael spoke the […]

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World Bank backs ‘small AI’ on phones for poorer nations, Guardian reports

The World Bank wants developing countries to build “small AI”, compact models that run on a mobile phone with a weak signal. Paschal Donohoe, the bank’s chief knowledge officer, said AI could speed up growth in emerging economies, but only if it fits local needs, the Guardian reported. Small AI uses specialised models trained on narrower […]

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Supreme Court appears open to wider video privacy law in Paramount case

The US Supreme Court appeared ready to side with a man who says a Paramount website shared his video history with Facebook. The case could expose many websites to privacy lawsuits.The justices heard arguments in Salazar v. Paramount Global on Wednesday, CNET reported. Paramount’s case did not seem to persuade them, Bloomberg Law reported. The case In […]

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Meta challenges Ofcom’s fine maths in court, Courthouse News reports

Meta asked the High Court in London this week to limit how Ofcom calculates online safety fees and maximum fines, Courthouse News reported. The hearing ended late on Wednesday after a day and a half of arguments. It is about Ofcom’s use of worldwide revenue, not a specific fine. The Online Safety Act lets Ofcom […]

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Bill Gates leans on CEOs as he plans a bigger AI safety push, Axios reports

Bill Gates plans to widen his push on AI safety, Axios reported, citing unnamed sources. He is personally leaning on business leaders and considering a major deployment of his resources, according to the report. “I can reach CEOs on this better than you can.” Bill Gates, to one person he consulted on AI safety, according […]

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Flock’s CEO says it has never dropped a police customer over abuse

Flock has not dropped any customer over abuse of its licence plate cameras, chief executive Garrett Langley said on Wednesday. He spoke on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, in an interview with TechCrunch editor-in-chief Connie Loizos. Flock would “fire” a customer that knowingly broke the law, he said, TechCrunch reported. “Most of the […]

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