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More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US data centers

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Exclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisisA coalition of more than 230 environmental groups has demanded a national moratorium on new data centers in the US, the latest salvo in a growing backlash to a booming artificial intelligence industry that has been blamed for escalating electricity […]

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Harbadus attacks Andvaria: cyber war game tests Nato defences against Russia

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Power blackouts, public chaos and loss of communication with space were all thrown at troops in seven days Russia and China were barely mentioned, but they were the threats in everyone’s minds in Tallinn this week, where Nato hosted its largest ever cyber war game.The goal of the war game, conducted 130 miles from the

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Elon Musk’s X fined €120m by EU in first clash under new digital laws

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Ruling likely to put European Commission on collision course with billionaire, and possibly Donald TrumpElon Musk’s social media platform, X, has been fined €120m (£105m) after it was found in breach of new EU digital laws, in a high-stakes ruling likely to put the European Commission on a collision course with the US billionaire and

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Another Cloudflare outage takes down websites including LinkedIn and Zoom

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Web infrastructure provider says it has implemented a fix after users had seen ‘a large number of empty pages’A host of websites including LinkedIn, Zoom and Downdetector went offline on Friday morning after fresh problems at Cloudflare.Cloudflare said shortly after 9am UK time that it was “investigating issues with Cloudflare Dashboard and related APIs”, referring

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Tesla cuts Model 3 price in Europe as sales slide amid Musk backlash

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CEO Elon Musk says lower-cost electric car will reignite demand by appealing to broader range of buyersTesla has launched the lower-priced version of its Model 3 sedan in Europe in a push to revive sales after a backlash against Elon Musk’s work with Donald Trump and weakening demand for electric vehicles.Musk, the electric car maker’s

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Russia blocks Snapchat and restricts Apple’s FaceTime, state officials say

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Latest effort to control communications comes as regulator claims apps being used to ‘conduct terrorist activities’Russian authorities blocked access to Snapchat and imposed restrictions on Apple’s video calling service, FaceTime, the latest step in an effort to tighten control over the internet and communications online, according to state-run news agencies and the country’s communications regulator.The

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Chatbots can sway political opinions but are ‘substantially’ inaccurate, study finds

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‘Information-dense’ AI responses are most persuasive but these tend to be less accurate, says security reportChatbots can sway people’s political opinions but the most persuasive artificial intelligence models deliver “substantial” amounts of inaccurate information in the process, according to the UK government’s AI security body.Researchers said the study was the largest and most systematic investigation

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Irish authorities asked to investigate Microsoft over alleged unlawful data processing by IDF

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Move follows Guardian revelations of Israel’s mass surveillance of Palestinians using Microsoft cloudIrish authorities have been formally asked to investigate Microsoft over alleged unlawful data processing by the Israeli Defense Forces.The complaint has been made by the human rights group the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) to the Data Protection Commission, which has legal

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Global race to secure critical minerals for weapons threatens climate, warns report

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Study reveals US earmarked billions to stockpile critical minerals for military use, including precision-guided weaponry and AI-driven warfareThe accelerating global arms race is hindering climate action as critical minerals that are key to a sustainable future are being diverted to make the latest military hardware, according to a reportThe study from the Transition Security Project

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India revokes order to preload smartphones with state-owned security app

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Tech companies including Apple and Google made it clear they would not comply due to privacy concernsIndia’s government has backtracked on an order for all smartphones to be pre-installed with a state-owned security app after a mass outcry over privacy concerns and refusal by technology companies to comply.The department of telecommunications confirmed it had revoked

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