Amazon signs deal with British spy agencies to boost use of AI for espionage

The agreement was signed this year with AWS, Amazon.com Inc's cloud service unit, and the data of all the agencies will be held in Britain.

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Oppo A56 5G With MediaTek Dimensity 700 SoC, 5,000mAh Battery Launched: Price, Specifications

Oppo A56 5G has been unveiled in China. The mid-range smartphone packs a large 5,000mAh battery and has a dual rear camera setup. It is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 700 SoC and features a waterdrop-style notch.

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Dinosaurs Likely Started Living in Herds About 190 Million Years Ago; Formed Groups Based On Age, Body Size

After studying the fossils, found in a sag basin in southern Patagonia (Argentina, South America), scientists concluded that the occurrence of many fossils of dinosaurs at different life stages within a square kilometre suggests they lived in herds nearly 190 million years ago (the fossils have been dated to 192 million years ago).

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Apple Once Threatened Facebook, Instagram Ban Over Mideast Maid Abuse

Apple threatened to pull Facebook and Instagram from its app store two years ago over concerns about the platform being used as a tool to trade and sell maids in the Mideast.

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'Facebook Papers' Hit as Platform Reports Over $9 Billion in Quarterly Profit

Facebook announced over $9 billion (roughly Rs. 67,550 crore) in quarterly profits, hours after a US news collective published a deluge of withering reports arguing the company prioritises its growth over people's safety.

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Facebook Knew About Abusive Content Globally but Failed to Police: Former Employees

Facebook employees have warned for years that as the company raced to become a global service it was failing to police abusive content in countries where such speech was likely to cause the most harm, according to interviews with five former employees and internal company documents.

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Facebook will fuel further unrest, whistleblower Frances Haugen says

Facebook, Haugen said, saw online safety as a cost and the company lionised a startup culture where cutting corners was good. "Unquestionably it is making hate worse," she said.

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