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Apple's 'Walled Garden' under fire in lawsuit
Apple's 'Walled Garden' under fire in lawsuit
by  AFP

Call it a "walled garden" or an ecosystem, but at the heart of Thursday's blockbuster US lawsuit against Apple are the many ways the company gets customers to remain faithful to its products. - Garden grows - With the iPhone revolution that made Apple one of the most profitable companies in history, the ecosystem only grew.

US sues Apple in wide-ranging iPhone monopoly case
US sues Apple in wide-ranging iPhone monopoly case
by  AFP

The US Department of Justice sued Apple on Thursday for illegally maintaining a monopoly for its iPhone by stifling competition and imposing exorbitant costs on consumers. Apple largely won a US lawsuit from Fortnite-maker Epic Games that has been pursuing Apple in jurisdictions worldwide over the rules and fees it imposes on the iPhone.

Salman Rushdie: AI only poses threat to unoriginal writers
Salman Rushdie: AI only poses threat to unoriginal writers
by  AFP

Artificial intelligence tools may pose a threat to writers of thrillers and science fiction, but lack the originality and humour to challenge serious novelists, Salman Rushdie wrote in a French journal published Thursday.

Neuralink shows quadriplegic playing chess with brain implant
Neuralink shows quadriplegic playing chess with brain implant
by  AFP

Neuralink on Wednesday streamed a video of its first human patient playing computer chess with his mind and talking about the brain implant making that possible. Musk is hardly alone in trying to make advances in the field, which is officially known as brain-machine or brain-computer interface research. gc/bfm

UN General Assembly to address AI's potential risks, rewards
UN General Assembly to address AI's potential risks, rewards
by  AFP

The UN General Assembly will turn its attention to artificial intelligence on Thursday, weighing a resolution that lays out the potentially transformational technology's pros and cons while calling for the establishment of international standards.