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Google shares fall on fears of losing search market share to AI-powered rivals 0
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- July 5, 2026
Shares of Google parent Alphabet fell more than 3% in early trading Monday after a report raised concerns that its flagship search engine could lose market share to AI-powered rivals, including Microsoft’s Bing. Last month, Google employees learned that Samsung was considering making Bing the default search engine on its devices instead of Google’s search
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Sony World Photography Awards: Boris Eldagsen rejects the award for an image generated by AI 0
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- July 3, 2026
A German artist rejected an award from a prestigious international photography contest after revealing that his submission was generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Berlin-based Boris Eldagsen won the creative open category at this year’s Sony World Photography Award with his work “Pseudomnesia: The Electrician.” The eerie black and white image shows two women of different
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FTC chair Lina Khan warns AI could ‘turbocharge’ fraud and scams 0
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- June 13, 2026
Washington — Artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT could lead to a “turbocharging” of consumer harms including fraud and scams, and the US government has substantial authority to crack down on AI-driven consumer harms under existing law, members of the Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday. Addressing House lawmakers, FTC chair Lina Khan said the “turbocharging of
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Netflix is winding down its DVD business after 25 years 0
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- May 26, 2026
New York — Netflix is officially winding down the business that helped make it a household name. This fall, the streaming giant will officially say goodbye to its DVD rental service and all of the red envelopes that made it possible. “On September 29th, 2023, we will send out the last red envelope,” the company tweeted
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