President Joe Biden signed a defense policy bill that allocates $3 billion to help telecom firms remove and replace insecure equipment, specifically targeting Chinese networking equipment due to national security concerns. This builds on a 2020 program to junk Huawei equipment.

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Elon Musk, the world's richest person, is a paid subscriber to a Twitter account called 'Boer' that promotes racist views about South Africa.

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Iran will ease internet restrictions by unblocking WhatsApp and Google Play. This move is seen as an attempt to address domestic discontent amid economic and foreign policy difficulties.

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Google Maps has been directing Palestinian users, like Buttu and Leila, to roads blocked by the Israeli separation wall, causing them to be led astray.

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OpenAI's o3 model has shown promising performance on benchmarks, outscoring other models in general ability and math tests, suggesting AI scaling progress has not plateaued.

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