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South Korea to spend $1T on more memory chip production and humanoid robots

South Korea’s government and top tech companies are committing $1 trillion to several flagship megaprojects that could bolster global memory chip supply, build new AI data centers, and spur commercial deployment of humanoid robots by 2028. The announcement comes as South Korean companies such as Samsung and SK Hynix have enjoyed record profits and stock

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South Korea bets big on AI with nearly a trillion dollars in investment

South Korea bets big on artificial intelligence with nearly $1 trillion worth of investment through 2029. Also in this edition, Comcast announces it will spin off NBCUniversal into a separate, publicly traded company. Plus France takes aim at Shein, Temu and AliExpress with a new law aimed at curbing ultra-fast fashion.

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Venezuela earthquakes: Old footage and AI fakes exploit disaster online

As rescue efforts continue in Venezuela after the twin earthquakes, social media has been flooded with misleading videos falsely claiming to show the devastation. Viral clips have been recycled from disasters in other countries, old footage from Venezuela presented as current and AI-generated videos put out as real. Together, these tactics are driving widespread misinformation about

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South Korea plans to train entire military as “drone warriors”

South Korea plans to train every single member of its nearly half-million-strong military to operate drones as easily as they handle personal firearms. That ambitious goal was announced as the South Korean military seeks to maintain a technological edge in its 70-year border standoff with the larger military of a hostile North Korea. The goal

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NYT slams Microsoft for building copyright-infringing supercomputer for OpenAI

In a heavily redacted court filing Thursday, The New York Times proposed to amend its copyright complaint against OpenAI and Microsoft to clarify a claim and allege that Microsoft actively encouraged OpenAI to steal NYT works by building a bespoke supercomputing system ranked among the most powerful in the world. NYT’s motion comes after the

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Notion killing Skiff-influenced email app since most users use AI agents instead

In February 2024, Notion bought Skiff, an encrypted email and productivity software startup. Within a year, Notion shut down Skiff’s email service (taking @skiff.com email addresses with it). And in April 2025, the San Francisco-based company released Notion Mail, a Gmail client primarily built by people who joined Notion through the Skiff acquisition. Today, Notion

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