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- Technology
Top AI experts, CEOs issue 22-word warning against ‘risk of extinction’ from AI
New Delhi: Top researchers, experts, and CEOs (including Sam Altman of OpenAI) have issued a fresh warning about the existential threat the artificial intelligence (AI) poses to humanity. In a 22-word statement,…
- World
Sri Lanka issues flood, lightning warnings for 12 districts
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Department of Meteorology on Saturday issued a warning of heavy floods for 12 out of a total of 25 districts in the South Asian country, where heavy rains were…
- Technology
UK man credits Apple Watch for warning him of undiagnosed heart condition
London: A UK-based man has credited Apple Watch for pointing medics towards an undiagnosed heart condition. Author Adam Croft, 36, from Flitwick in Bedfordshire, UK, awoke to find his Apple device had…
- World
5.1-magnitude quake jolts Japan, no tsunami warning issued
Tokyo: An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale struck off Japan’s Fukushima prefecture on Friday, the national weather agency said, although no tsunami warning was issued. According to the Japan Meteorological…
- Middle East
Israel to fight travel firm’s plan to add warnings to West Bank listings
Tel Aviv: Israel has threatened to launch a “diplomatic war” against Booking.com if the Dutch online travel reservation service company will add safety warnings to listings in the West Bank. Tourism Minister…
- World
Taiwan lifts typhoon Hinnamnor warning, no casualties reported
Taipei: Taiwan’s meteorological agency lifted its typhoon warning as Hinnamnor, the 11th typhoon this year, left the island and its coastal waters, with no reports of severe disasters or casualties. According to…
- Technology
Google Docs expands warnings about dodgy files, links
San Francisco: Tech giant Google has announced that its office collaboration tools Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drawings will now show a warning banner when users open potentially malicious files from the web.…
- Technology
Twitter rolls out ability to add content warnings to individual posts
New Delhi: Under the new CEO Parag Agrawal, Twitter is doubling down on efforts to sanitise its platform and now, the micro-blogging platform is giving all users access to the content warning…
- Technology
TikTok reportedly removing ‘alarmist warnings’ about school violence
San Francisco: Short video platform TikTok said that it is working to remove “alarmist warnings” about a supposed day of school violence that was rumoured to take place on December 17. A…
- Health
Study finds early warning signals might aid in monitoring disease outbreaks
Bristol: A new research has found that early warning signals (EWS) can help in the monitoring of disease outbreaks such as COVID-19. The study has been published in the ‘Biology Letters Journal’.…
- Technology
Tesla rolls back ‘Full Self-Driving’ software owing to false crash warnings
San Francisco: Electric Vehicle (EV) maker Tesla has temporarily pulled back the latest version of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta software less than a day after its release owing to false crash…
- Technology
Google sent 50K warnings to users on govt-back hackings
San Francisco: Google has said that so far in 2021, it has sent over 50,000 warnings to those whose accounts were the target of government-backed phishing or malware attempts, a nearly 33…
- Technology
Twitter to show warning sign when users like a labelled tweet
Washington: Expanding its feature of showing a warning when a user tries to retweet a labelled tweet, Twitter on Monday (local time) announced that it will also be showing a warning sign…
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