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People who have turned to X for breaking news about the Israel-Hamas conflict are being hit with old videos, fake photos, and video game footage at a level researchers have never seen. Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreWhite Supremacist Active Clubs Are Breeding on Telegram
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Read MoreGraphcore Was the UK’s AI Champion—Now It’s Scrambling to Survive
The British chipmaker wanted to challenge the dominance of Nvidia, but having been left out of government AI projects, is urgently looking to raise money. Powered by WPeMatico
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial for fraud is sucking all the air out of the room. Crypto folks can’t wait for it to be over. Powered by WPeMatico
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