Apple urged to axe AI feature after false headline
Reporters Without Borders has called for Apple to remove Apple Intelligence.
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News24 Business | ‘Secret Level’ seizes opportunity to get people into video games
Director Dave Wilson feared there would be hesitation from Hollywood surrounding the idea for the video game anthology TV series “Secret Level.”
News24 Business | Pokemon is back with a hit new gaming app
With over 60 million downloads and an estimated $180 million in revenue since late October, a new Pokemon mobile game app is enjoying worldwide success as the latest incarnation of the hit Nintendo-owned franchise.
Supreme Court to hear last gasp TikTok ban challenge
The US wants the app to be sold or banned because of what it says are links to the Chinese state.
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Ofcom criticised for ‘reprehensible’ porn job post
Campaigners say the post, by a senior manager at the regulator, “trivialises” violence against women and girls.
Trump meets TikTok CEO as ban deadline looms
The social media giant is currently seeking to delay a law that would see it banned or sold in early 2025.
News24 Business | ChatGPT search now open to everyone in challenge to Google
OpenAI on Monday said it is making ChatGPT-powered internet search available to all users, escalating its threat to Google’s dominance.
Social media given ‘last chance’ to tackle illegal posts
Platforms have three months to take action or they could be fined up to 10% of global turnover.
News24 Business | Why South Africans may have to wait until at least mid-2025 for Starlink
Regulatory changes that could pave the way for Starlink to operate in South Africa are expected to be finalised by mid-2025.
BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline
Apple’s new artificial intelligence features falsely made it seem the BBC reported Luigi Mangione had shot himself.
Game Awards 2024: Astro Bot Wins Game of the Year
Sony’s 3D platformer takes four prizes at the ceremony dubbed “the biggest night in gaming”.
Controversial chatbot’s safety measures ‘a sticking plaster’
Character.ai is facing legal action in the US over claims a bot on the site encouraged a teenager to kill his parents.
Australia to force tech giants to keep paying for news
The long-awaited decision follows a standoff with Meta, and succeeds a world-first law from 2021.
WhatsApp and Instagram restored after Meta outages
Over 22,000 people reported issues with Facebook on Wednesday evening and over 18,000 struggled to use WhatsApp, according to Downdetector.
News24 Business | SA projects awarded R1.1bn by EU Innovation Fund since 2021
The European Union’s key funding programme for research and innovation has awarded R1.1 billion in funding to South African projects in the last three years.
News24 Business | GM abandons robotaxi operations derailed by accident
US auto giant General Motors announced Tuesday it will abandon its robotaxi development efforts after a highly publicized incident last year stymied its progress in the autonomous vehicle field.
News24 Business | Google’s biggest bet is AI for search, investment chief says
Alphabet, the Google parent that has pioneered self-driving cars and quantum computing, is making its biggest bet much closer to home: online search.
Hackers find hole in Krispy Kreme Doughnuts’ cyber-security
The hack has left some hungry customers unable to make online orders.
News24 Business | Huawei’s new phone shows its chip advances are stalling
Huawei’s latest flagship smartphone is powered by a chip little different from the one that set off alarm bells in Washington a year ago, signaling a slowdown in the Chinese company’s tech advances.
Chatbot ‘encouraged teen to kill parents over screen time limit’
Legal action filed in Texas alleges Character.ai ‘poses a clear and present danger’ to young people.