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LONDON (Reuters) – An Australian computer scientist who claimed he invented bitcoin was on Friday accused of contempt of court after he filed a 911 million-pound ($1.18 billion) lawsuit against Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s payments firm Block in Britain. Craig Wright claimed to have been the author of the foundational …

(Reuters) -Federal appellate judges signaled skepticism on Thursday over whether the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has the authority to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules, a move that was challenged by groups representing internet service providers. A three-judge panel of the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in …

(Reuters) – Big tech including Microsoft and Meta are stepping up spending to build out AI data centers in a rush to meet vast demand, but Wall Street is hungry for a quicker payday on the billions invested. Microsoft and Meta both said on Wednesday their capital expenses were growing …

China is expected to play a leading role in creating a “quantum-proof” communication protocol, after scientists from the country presented a design blueprint at a major international conference on telecoms standards. The protocol aims to help the world fend off potential attacks from quantum computers that could break traditional communication …

(Reuters) -Robinhood said on Monday it will allow trading in U.S. presidential election event contracts, as it seeks to capitalize on growing retail demand for betting products. This will offer investors on its platform a chance to profit from speculation about the result of the close contest between Vice President …

SAN FRANCISCO: Tech behemoth OpenAI has touted its artificial intelligence-powered transcription tool Whisper as having near “human level robustness and accuracy”. But Whisper has a major flaw: It is prone to making up chunks of text or even entire sentences, according to interviews with more than a dozen software engineers, …

SAN JOSE: With the update to iOS 18, iPhone users are now finally able to use a souped-up SMS service called RCS. It stands for “Rich Communication Services” and provides more functionality when sending SMS messages to Android users. Messages with images and text added to them can now be …

To restore a “normal human childhood,” social psychologist Jonathan Haidt laid out four rules during a webinar this week. No smartphone before high school, Haidt said. His other three rules: No social media before age 16; phone-free schools; and far more play and independence in the real world. Schools have …

(Reuters) – Nvidia dethroned Apple as the world’s most valuable company on Friday, following a record-setting rally in the stock powered by an insatiable demand for its new supercomputing AI chips. Nvidia’s stock market value briefly touched $3.53 trillion, while that of Apple was $3.52 trillion, according to data from …

Privacy campaigners filed a complaint this week against lifestyle website Pinterest, accusing it of secretly gathering personal data to use for targeted advertising. Pinterest users are automatically opted-in to data sharing, in a breach of European Union privacy laws, Austria-based group None Of Your Business said in a statement received …