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AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton receives Nobel Prize in physics in proud moment for U of T

AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton receives Nobel Prize in physics in proud moment for U of T

TORONTO 鈥� When Geoffrey Hinton strode across the Stockholm Concert Hall stage Tuesday to receive his Nobel Prize for physics from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, he was beaming.
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Fortnite players 'tricked' into unwanted purchases are starting to get refunds. Here's how to apply

Fortnite players 'tricked' into unwanted purchases are starting to get refunds. Here's how to apply

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� U.S. consumers who were 鈥渢ricked鈥� into purchases they didn't want from Fortnite maker Epic Games are now starting to receive refund checks, the Federal Trade Commission said this week.
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GM to retreat from robotaxis and stop funding its Cruise autonomous vehicle unit

GM to retreat from robotaxis and stop funding its Cruise autonomous vehicle unit

DETROIT (AP) 鈥� General Motors said Tuesday it will retreat from the robotaxi business and stop funding its money-losing Cruise autonomous vehicle unit.
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What did you Google in 2024? From the elections to Copa Am茅rica, here's what search trends show

What did you Google in 2024? From the elections to Copa Am茅rica, here's what search trends show

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Remember what you searched for in 2024? Google does. Google released its annual 鈥淵ear in Search鈥� on Tuesday, rounding up the top trending queries entered into its namesake search engine in 2024.
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GM to retreat from robotaxis and stop funding its Cruise autonomous vehicle unit

GM to retreat from robotaxis and stop funding its Cruise autonomous vehicle unit

DETROIT (AP) 鈥� General Motors said Tuesday it will retreat from the robotaxi business and stop funding its money-losing Cruise autonomous vehicle unit.
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A Nobel Prize-powered gift from Geoffrey Hinton is boosting a Canadian water charity

A Nobel Prize-powered gift from Geoffrey Hinton is boosting a Canadian water charity

The Canadian winner of this year's Nobel Prize in physics is pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars from his winnings into a small Ontario-based organization.
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LinkedIn pauses training AI models on Canadian user data: privacy commissioner

LinkedIn pauses training AI models on Canadian user data: privacy commissioner

sa国际传媒's privacy commissioner says LinkedIn has paused training its artificial intelligence models on data from Canadian users.
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Boosting Cyprus' defense is key so close to the war-wracked Mideast, defense minister says

Boosting Cyprus' defense is key so close to the war-wracked Mideast, defense minister says

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) 鈥� Bolstering Cyprus ' defense capacity is critical for the east Mediterranean island nation so close to the war-wrecked Middle East , the country's defense minister said Tuesday.
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OpenAI releases AI video generator Sora but limits how it depicts people

OpenAI releases AI video generator Sora but limits how it depicts people

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) 鈥� OpenAI has publicly released its new artificial intelligence video generator Sora but the company won't let most users depict people as it monitors for patterns of misuse.
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Mass evacuation of Philippine villages underway after a brief but major volcanic eruption

Mass evacuation of Philippine villages underway after a brief but major volcanic eruption

MANILA, Philippines (AP) 鈥� About 87,000 people were being evacuated in a central Philippine region Tuesday a day after a volcano briefly erupted with a towering ash plume and superhot streams of gas and debris hurtling down its western slopes.
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