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Steve Rosenberg: Kremlin's tightening grip on internet fuels public discontent
Near the Kremlin several dozen people are queuing outside the presidential administration office. They've come to submit petitions calling on President Vladimir Putin to end a crackdown on the internet. Russian authorities have been tightening control of the country's cyber space. Access to global messaging apps has been restricted and there are widespread disruptions to, even shutdowns of, mobile internet. Petitioning the president is legal.
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Share values of property services firms tumble over fears of AI disruption
The share declines were sparked by AI firms such as Anthropic, the company behind the chatbot Claude, releasing new tools. The share declines were sparked by AI firms such as Anthropic, the company behind the chatbot Claude, releasing new tools. But, after second day of Wall Street falls, analysts say sell-off'may overstate AI's immediate risk to complex deal-making' Shares in commercial property services companies have tumbled, in the latest sell-off driven by fears over disruption from artificial intelligence. After steep declines on Wall Street, European stocks in the sector were hit on Thursday. The estate agent Savills' shares fell 7.5% in London, while the serviced office provider International Workplace Group, which owns the Regus brand, lost 9%.
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TikTok Data Center Outage Triggers Trust Crisis for New US Owners
The technical failure coincided with TikTok's ownership transition, leading users to question whether videos criticizing ICE raids in Minnesota were being intentionally censored. TikTok is currently experiencing a widespread service outage in the US, causing disruptions for millions of users only a few days after the company officially transferred control of its American business to a group of majority-US investors . The technical issues led many TikTok users to speculate about whether the app's new owners were intentionally suppressing videos about political topics, particularly content related to recent federal immigration operations in Minnesota. TikTok has denied the allegations, attributing the problems to a power outage. TikTok users began reporting on Sunday that they were having trouble uploading videos to the app as well as viewing content that had already been posted on the platform.
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Young will suffer most when AI 'tsunami' hits jobs, says head of IMF
Georgieva said that AI would wipe out many roles traditionally taken up by younger workers. Georgieva said that AI would wipe out many roles traditionally taken up by younger workers. Young will suffer most when AI'tsunami' hits jobs, says head of IMF Artificial intelligence will be a "tsunami hitting the labour market", with young people worst affected, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned the World Economic Forum on Friday. Kristalina Georgieva told delegates in Davos that the IMF's own research suggested there would be a big transformation of demand for skills, as the technology becomes increasingly widespread. "We expect over the next years, in advanced economies, 60% of jobs to be affected by AI, either enhanced or eliminated or transformed - 40% globally," she said.
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Good technology should change the world
Technology can be a powerful force for good. It can also be an enormous factory for harmful ideas. We tried to keep both of those things in mind when creating the 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2026. The billionaire investor Peter Thiel (or maybe his ghostwriter) once said, " We were promised flying cars, instead we got 140 characters ." That quip originally appeared in a manifesto for Thiel's venture fund in 2011. All good investment firms have a manifesto, right?
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Waymo vehicles are operating again in San Francisco following a power outage
LG TVs add'delete' option for Copilot The blackout knocked out traffic lights, causing the robo-taxis to get stuck at intersections. Waymo has resumed its robo-taxi service in San Francisco after a power outage stranded vehicles around the city, reported. The blackout, caused by a Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) substation fire, caused traffic light disruptions that affected Waymo's automated driving systems. Yesterday's power outage was a widespread event that caused gridlock across San Francisco, with non-functioning traffic signals and transit disruptions, a Waymo spokesperson told CNBC in a statement. While the failure of the utility infrastructure was significant, we are committed to ensuring our technology adjusts to traffic flow during such events.
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