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GMO tells account holders to prepare for worst as hackers threaten exposure

Japan Times

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GMO tells account holders to prepare for worst as hackers threaten exposure

GMO Internet Group asked account holders to back up data and unplug their computers as a hacking group threatened to disclose stolen information.

Japan Times

Saudi-led coalition says it downed Houthi missiles and drones

Al Jazeera

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Saudi-led coalition says it downed Houthi missiles and drones

The attacks come as top officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Pakistan and Iran met in Tehran to de-escalate conflict.

Al Jazeera

2,000 customers of Hong Kong Airlines, 2 appliance shops, get scam calls after data breach

South China Morning Post

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2,000 customers of Hong Kong Airlines, 2 appliance shops, get scam calls after data breach

Almost 2,000 customers of Hong Kong Airlines and two electronic appliance retailers received fraudulent calls after their personal information was leaked by the companies, the city’s privacy watchdog has found. The Office of the Privacy…

South China Morning Post

Chinese markets lose trillions as race for AI supremacy with US takes its toll

The Guardian

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Chinese markets lose trillions as race for AI supremacy with US takes its toll

Lack of profits and the threat posed by western countries are raising concern about the sustainability of Beijing’s AI boom Trillions of dollars have been wiped from China’s stock markets in recent months amid increasing anxiety about the…

The Guardian

Instagram tests 90-minute horizontal videos for long-form content creators

Times of India

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Instagram tests 90-minute horizontal videos for long-form content creators

Instagram is rolling out new testing features to support long-form content creators, introducing 90-minute horizontal videos. Creators can enhance engagement by linking short clips to their full-length productions. The platform is also…

Times of India

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Australia warns of 'unprecedented' AI threat

Philippine Daily Inquirer

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Australia warns of 'unprecedented' AI threat

SYDNEY — Artificial intelligence poses an “unprecedented” threat as foreign governments turn it loose to hack computer networks and critical infrastructure, Australia’s cyber security agency warned on Tuesday. The Australian Signals…

Instagram ramps up video strategy in escalating TikTok, YouTube rivalry

Straits Times

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Instagram ramps up video strategy in escalating TikTok, YouTube rivalry

It hopes to lay the foundation for its big swing in television.

Straits Times

Google's Gemini 4 Argon may be overkill for most tasks

TechRadar

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Google's Gemini 4 Argon may be overkill for most tasks

Google's latest AI model can untangle millions of lines of code and accelerate quantum computing research, which is great if you happen to spend your afternoons debugging enormous software projects or advancing theoretical physics. For the…

TechRadar

Meta merges apps and device accounts under one system

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Meta merges apps and device accounts under one system

Meta has automatically rolled users on to its new Meta Account system, bringing account management for apps like Facebook and Instagram under one unified approach.

First Australian charged under deepfake pornography laws avoids jail

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First Australian charged under deepfake pornography laws avoids jail

William Hamish Yeates previously admitted to creating sexually explicit deepfake images of a teenage girl before sharing them online.

Scientists video REM-like sleep in Australian jumping spider species

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Scientists video REM-like sleep in Australian jumping spider species

The most comprehensive study of its kind confirms that jumping spiders go through two phases of sleep, including a REM-like state that is associated with human dreaming.