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The recall is the latest development in a series of reports of autonomous vehicles impeding emergency response efforts.Published On 17 Jul 202617 Jul 2026The Amazon subsidiary company Zoox has said that it will ⁠recall its fleet of 105 autonomous vehicles in the United States.The technology company announced the recall on Friday due to mounting concerns that the vehicles may not detect heavy smoke and could impede emergency personnel.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listLast week, the top ⁠US car safety official said self-driving car companies must quickly address a “clear pattern” of driverless vehicles interfering with law enforcement and…

Apple regained world’s top spot with $4.88 trillion valuation, overtaking Nvidia which saw a 3.5 percent market value drop.Published On 17 Jul 202617 Jul 2026Apple has surpassed chipmaker Nvidia as the world’s most valuable company as artificial intelligence-driven market pressures weigh on investors.Apple is now worth $4.88 trillion compared with Nvidia’s $4.86 trillion, following a 3.5 percent decline in Nvidia’s market value. The milestone marks the first time the Cupertino, California-based iPhone maker has held the top spot in more than a year.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listNvidia was previously the world’s most valuable company after surpassing the…

Beef, coffee and rare-earth materials escaped US tariffs amid trade tensions with Brazil over alleged unfair practices.The United States is set to impose 25 percent duties on thousands of Brazilian imports, including sugar, apparel, paper and steel, as the White House revamps its tariff policy.The new tariffs on Brazil were announced late on Wednesday by the US trade representative. These mark the first set of tariffs under the White House’s new trade strategy using Section 301, a provision in existing US trade law that allows for investigations into so-called unfair trade practices, which the US then uses to justify levies…

Lawsuit accuses Terry Harwood of misusing xAI to bypass safeguards and produce explicit deepfakes involving minorsPublished On 15 Jul 202615 Jul 2026Elon Musk’s xAI has filed a lawsuit against a South Carolina man who was arrested earlier this year on charges of sexually exploiting minors, alleging that he misused the company’s AI tool to create sexually explicit content involving a child.The lawsuit, filed in a Texas federal court on Tuesday, alleges that Terry Harwood knowingly violated the company’s terms of service to create the material.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“[The] Defendant opened multiple xAI accounts using false identities.…

Data centre moratorium pushes have gained steam around the US, with bans proposed in at least a dozen statesNew York State has imposed a one-year moratorium on the construction of large new hyperscale data centres amid concerns about rising costs and the impact on local water supplies, making it the first state in the United States to do so.New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the ban on Tuesday, saying the state’s efforts are aimed at building a “regulatory framework” to address concerns posed by data centres.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“As data center development threatens to hike up…

Oil prices have surged to their highest level in a month as renewed hostilities between the United States and Iran continued for a third consecutive day, dampening hopes for a return to normality in the Strait of Hormuz.Brent crude, the primary international benchmark, rose as much as 3.8 percent on Tuesday, extending a 9.6 percent gain from the previous day.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listBrent futures for September delivery stood at $85.92 a barrel as of 08:00 GMT, the highest since June 15.After easing to pre-conflict levels following Washington and Tehran’s signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU)…

Oil prices have jumped amid the latest outbreak of hostilities between the United States and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz.Brent crude, the main international benchmark, rose more than 4 percent on Monday as the US and Iran traded attacks amid their escalating standoff over control of the critical waterway.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listBrent futures for September delivery stood at $78.82 a barrel as of 08:00 GMT, the highest since June 22.The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday that it had carried out dozens of strikes on Iran to degrade its ability to attack vessels in the…

The housing legislation will become US law at midnight with or without President Donald Trump’s signature.Published On 10 Jul 202610 Jul 2026United States President Donald Trump says he will not sign a bipartisan housing affordability bill in protest at the Senate not passing the controversial SAVE America Act voting legislation.In a post on Truth Social on Friday, Trump said he would not support signing the unrelated housing bill, which would speed up environmental reviews for construction projects, expedite development, and limit the number of single-family homes institutional investors can buy.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe bill will become…

Vancouver, Canada: In an era of artificial intelligence, deepfakes and data-driven decision-making, Canada is moving to revise its privacy laws through Bill C-36, the Protecting Privacy and Consumer Data Act.Announced in June, Bill C-36 is Canada’s first major overhaul of private-sector privacy legislation in more than 25 years. The bill explicitly recognises privacy as a fundamental right and also aims to give children’s personal information stronger protections, enhance deletion rights and require greater transparency where automated systems make significant decisions about people.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe reforms also arrive amid growing scrutiny of AI after incidents such…

South Korean chip giant makes largest-ever debut by a foreign firm in the US, eclipsing Alibaba’s 2014 IPO.South Korean chip giant SK Hynix has raised a record-breaking $26.5bn ahead of its Wall Street debut amid soaring demand for semiconductors used in AI.SK Hynix said on Friday that it had sold 177.9 million American depositary shares (ADS) at $149 each ahead of its listing on the New York-based Nasdaq stock exchange.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listADS are US dollar-denominated shares of a foreign company that can be bought and sold on the US market.SK Hynix’s 177.9 million ADSs are…