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FP News Desk @ Firstpost Tech 2 place · 10/20/2025 04:18 EDT

Snapchat, Canva, Signal, Perplexity & many apps down, AWS outage appears to be cause

Services of Snapchat, Canva, Signal, Perplexity, Duolingo, and Open AI —used by millions every day across the world— are down across the world. The disruption appears to be linked to an outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Read more ›

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Firstpost Tech 1 place · 02/10/2025 04:21 EDT

NVIDIA, AMD squabbling over whose GPUs are faster for DeepSeek's AI benchmarks

AMD sparked the rivalry by releasing benchmark results that showed its RX 7900 XTX outpacing NVIDIA’s RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 Super in DeepSeek R1 tests. NVIDIA was quick to counter AMD’s claims showing a106% advantage using Distill Llama 8B Read more ›

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Firstpost Tech · 02/10/2025 03:43 EDT

India Semicon to grow to $103.4 billion in next 5 years, driven by auto, industrial electronics

The success of India’s semiconductor ambitions heavily relies on government policies designed to foster local manufacturing and R&D. Over the past year, more than $21 billion in investments have been committed by companies aiming to establish semiconductor production facilities in India Read more ›

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Firstpost Tech · 02/10/2025 02:24 EDT

DeepSeek's app for iOS is sending unencrypted data to ByteDance's Chinese servers

According to NowSecure’s findings, DeepSeek’s iOS app is transmitting sensitive data over unencrypted channels. This practice leaves user data vulnerable to anyone capable of monitoring the network traffic, including malicious actors who could intercept and exploit the information Read more ›

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Firstpost Tech 1 place · 02/10/2025 01:33 EDT

Meta to start laying off people from Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram teams, ramp up AI hiring

Meta's move is part of a larger trend of job reductions across the tech sector. Major companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Stripe have also been trimming their workforces in 2025, and refocus hiring on AI and ML Read more ›

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Firstpost Tech · 02/10/2025 01:04 EDT

AI should not be an unregulated "Wild West": French Pres Emmanuel Macron

The call for balanced regulation comes at a time when Europe is striving to keep pace with AI advancements led by the US and China. Macron highlighted the risk of Europe falling behind if it fails to streamline its approach to innovation Read more ›

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Firstpost Tech · 02/10/2025 00:05 EDT

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to issue a 'grave' warning to world leaders at Paris AI Action Summit

Altman’s participation at the summit is part of OpenAI’s growing push to engage with policymakers worldwide. He and other tech leaders will hold private meetings with government officials to discuss AI’s current impact on users and developers across various countries Read more ›

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Firstpost Tech 3 place · 02/09/2025 23:26 EDT

China’s DeepSeek, Trump are playing spoilsport at the Paris AI Action Summit

The Paris AI Action Summit, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and co-chaired by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, comes at a time when the global race to dominate AI is heating up, especially after China’s cost-effective DeepSeek AI bot made headlines Read more ›

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Firstpost Tech 1 place · 02/08/2025 20:56 EDT

Elon Musk says he has no interest in acquiring TikTok's US operations

Musk, however, said he did not wish to acquire the company. "I don't use TikTok personally, so, you know, I'm not that familiar with it," he said. "I'm not chomping at the bit to acquire TikTok" Read more ›

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Firstpost Tech 3 place · 02/07/2025 07:18 EDT

SHARP Business Systems acquires NEC India's display business, plans to disrupt display market

SHARP has a strong presence in the smart business solutions segment, with products like multifunctional printers, interactive whiteboards, and laptops. Now, with NEC’s display business, SHARP’s portfolio will include large-format displays, video walls, projectors, and cinema screens Read more ›

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Firstpost Tech · 02/07/2025 06:57 EDT

Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta to spend well over $300 billion in 2025 fearing China’s AI

Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet each saw sharp stock declines following their fourth-quarter earnings reports, which revealed steep increases in AI-related capital spending. Microsoft and Google’s market values dropped by $200 billion as their cloud divisions reported weaker growth Read more ›

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Firstpost Tech · 02/07/2025 06:26 EDT

Bitcoin doomed? Nobel Prize-winning economist claims cryptocurrencies will go bust in 10 years

Nobel Prize-winning economist Eugene F. Fama believes that Bitcoin may become worthless in the next 10 years. He believes Bitcoin and other cryptos defy the core principles of a reliable medium of exchange. He pointed out that a currency should have a stable real value Read more ›

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Firstpost Tech · 02/07/2025 05:49 EDT

Amazon, Microsoft say they can’t keep up with AI demand, could face capacity constraints

Despite Amazon's plans to invest nearly $100 billion in cloud infrastructure this year, CEO Andy Jassy has cautioned that delays in accessing hardware constraints may hinder growth. Microsoft is facing similar issues, having reported that a shortage of data centres Read more ›

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Firstpost Tech · 02/07/2025 04:39 EDT

DeepSeek limits access to its AI services, server capacity strained under load

While DeepSeek faces internal struggles to meet demand, it is also facing external pressures. In the United States, legislators are pushing for a ban on DeepSeek’s use in government devices, citing concerns over the company's ties to the Chinese government Read more ›

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Firstpost Tech 1 place · 02/07/2025 02:53 EDT

Elon Musk’s team at DOGE feeding highly sensitive data to Microsoft Azure's AI bots

Federal agencies typically have strict rules against using AI for handling sensitive data. However, Elon Musk's DOGE is using Microsoft's Azure cloud platform to analyse sensitive data that includes personal information and internal financial records Read more ›

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Firstpost Tech · 02/07/2025 02:10 EDT

Elon Musk's DOGE team is developing a custom AI chatbot called GSAi for the US Govt

The Trump administration's AI drive is part of a broader and controversial overhaul of federal bureaucracy. Critics, including Democrats, unions, and civil rights groups, argue that these rapid changes may even push legal boundaries Read more ›

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Firstpost Tech · 02/07/2025 00:45 EDT

Apple's foldable iPhone specs revealed in a fresh leak, here's what to expect

As if the foldable iPhone wasn’t exciting enough, the leak also teased the possibility of a foldable iPad or MacBook launching in 2027 Read more ›

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Firstpost Tech · 02/06/2025 23:39 EDT

Apple may launch the iPhone SE 4 as early as next week; Here's what to expect

The new iPhone SE 4 could be announced as early as next week, with sales starting later this month. Instead of the usual fanfare, Apple may skip a formal event and quietly reveal the new device on its website Read more ›

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Firstpost Tech · 02/06/2025 22:35 EDT

After South Korea, US lawmakers push a bill to ban DeepSeek from govt devices

Representative Josh Gottheimer, a New Jersey Democrat, introduced the bill along with Darin LaHood, an Illinois Republican, citing an "alarming threat to US national security" and warning of "direct ties" between DeepSeek and the Chinese government. Read more ›

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