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Over the last month, the U.S. government has worked quickly to pause, disband and dismantle the U.S. effort to fight foreign meddling in elections, raising concern among federal lawmakers and election officials across the country who rely on the federal cybersecurity agency and its counterparts to warn them about attacks on election systems. First came
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Remi Bateman was born without her left forearm and hand but she doesn’t let it slow her down. Now 9 years old, Bateman is busy riding her bike and scooter around her neighborhood in Utah — and she’s got her sights set on doing even more daily tasks, like cutting her own food and doing
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Millions of Americans who purchased antivirus software from Avast may be eligible for compensation due to a $16.5 million settlement by the company with the Federal Trade Commission, the regulatory agency announced on Monday. Nearly 3.7 million consumers who bought the software from Avast between August 2014 and January 2020 can expect emails to arrive
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Apple plans to invest $500 billion domestically over the next four years and hire 20,000 additional workers in the U.S., the iPhone maker announced on Monday. The company’s plans include building a new 250,000 square-foot manufacturing plant in Houston, set to open in 2026, that will make servers to power Apple’s AI services. Apple also
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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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