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Details on Apple’s newest iPhone, which features AI tools – CBS News Watch CBS News CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O’Grady breaks down Apple’s newest basic iPhone that will be available later this month. The 16e has AI tools and is a lower-cost option compared to the iPhone 16. View CBS News In Be the
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Apple on Wednesday debuted its iPhone 16e, a lower-cost addition to the tech giant’s iPhone 16 lineup that features Apple Intelligence tools. The iPhone 16e replaces the iPhone SE, last released in 2022, which was Apple’s budget-friendly iPhone option. At $599, the starting price for the iPhone 16e is less than the $800 it costs
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Elon Musk has debuted a new version of his artificial intelligence chatbot, called Grok 3, days after rival OpenAI rejected the billionaire’s bid for the company, which he cofounded with Sam Altman and others in 2015. Musk’s startup, xAI, claimed in a livestream announcement on Musk-owned social media platform X that Grok 3 is superior
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How a company’s new technology is helping to improve speed and costs of building homes – CBS News Watch CBS News A CBS News analysis found the cost of home construction supplies across the country has increased by 47% since 2016. Now, one company says it can rebuild a home in a matter of weeks
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Meta has removed over a dozen fraudulent, sexualized images of famous female actors and athletes after a CBS News investigation found a high prevalence of AI-manipulated deepfake images on the company’s Facebook platform. Dozens of fake, highly sexualized images of the actors Miranda Cosgrove, Jeanette McCurdy, Ariana Grande, Scarlett Johansson and former tennis star Maria
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Less than a month after pulling TikTok from their U.S. app stores in response to a new law that requires TikTok to divest from its China-based owner, the social media platform was returning to both the Apple and Google Play stores Thursday night. A Google spokesperson told CBS News that TikTok was restored to its
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Google’s online calendar has removed default references for a handful of holidays and cultural events — with users noticing that mentions of Pride and Black History Month, as well as other observances, no longer appear in their desktop and mobile applications. The omissions gained attention online over the last week, particularly around upcoming events that
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The Department of Justice has charged two Russian nationals with allegedly operating a cybercrime group that used ransomware to attack hundreds of U.S. entities, making over $16 million in the process. Roman Berezhnoy, 33, and Egor Nikolaevich Glebov, 39, allegedly used ransomware software called Phobos to hack victim computer networks, copy and steal files and
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Paris, France — Vice President JD Vance, in his first international address, warned European Union countries against overregulation and said the Trump administration wants artificial intelligence to remain free from ideological bias. “The Trump administration is troubled by reports that some foreign governments are considering tightening the screws on U.S. tech companies with international footprints,” Vance
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Elon Musk is leading a group of investors in a $97.4 billion bid to take control of OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company that operates ChatGPT. In a post on social media, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded, “[N]o thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want,” referring to the social media
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