Technology
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Apple removes ICE tracking apps from its online store over law enforcement safety concerns
Attorney General Pam Bondi and her Justice Department raised the concern about the safety of ICE agents to Apple earlier Thursday and asked the company to remove the ICEBlock app, which uses crowdsourcing to report ICE movements.
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Saudi Arabia, Jared Kushner firms buy EA, makers of 'Madden NFL,' other video games, for $55 billion
Kushner said he grew up playing EA games and now enjoys them with his kids.
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Ford to relocate its global headquarters to larger building for first time in nearly 70 years
The new location, dubbed the Henry Ford II World Center, will house six design studios, a showroom for product reviews, a 160,000-square-foot food hall, wellness rooms and more than 300 tech-enabled meeting rooms.
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Judge denies Musk's request for court to block OpenAI's conversion to for-profit business
Federal judge denied the request for a court order, but remains open to lawsuit.
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Microsoft to terminate Skype messaging app in May
The software company is directing Skype users to its Teams app, which it plans to focus on going forward.
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Microsoft announces it will close down Skype in May in favor of Teams
Microsoft said that it was closing the platform this May in order to streamline its "free consumer communications offerings" by moving completely to a free version of its Teams program, which also features international video calls.
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EV pace car at Daytona sign of future, but one on starting line still under yellow flag
The Chevrolet Blazer Super Sport is the first electric vehicle to be featured as a pace car at Daytona and the latest development in NASCAR's movement towards electric race cars.
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Swift take down of TikTok, now DeepSeek over China, privacy concerns led by likely unexpected Italy
Italy, one of the West's oldest cultures, has long exhibited a deep-seated suspicion of unfamiliar or untested technologies.
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OpenAI board declines Musk-led bid to purchase tech company
Musk, who was a co-founder of the AI company until he left in 2019, led a group of investors earlier this week in offering $97.4 billion for the organization, which is attempting to transition to a for-profit company.
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Apple, Google reinstate TikTok on their app stores
In January, TikTok was removed from the app stores due to a law that demanded the app divest from its China-based owner.
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Elon Musk's group makes leading $97.4 billion bid to buy OpenAI
Musk's offer is supported by Valor Equity Partners, Vy Capital, Baron Capital, Atreides Management, and venture firm 8VC, which is led by Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale.
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In battle for AI dominance, Chinese corporate espionage creates an uneven playing field
A Sputnik moment or not, Chinese economic espionage could undermine U.S. competitive advantage.
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China's DeepSeek sparks similar national security and ethics concerns that triggered TikTok ban
DeepSeek, which was rolled out on Jan. 15, rose to the top of the charts in Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store on Tuesday, and has been downloaded more than 2 million times.