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Apple explores making personal robots: report
Apple explores making personal robots: report

Apple engineers are working on making personal robots, a report said on Wednesday, just weeks after the iPhone-maker abandoned its efforts to develop an electric car. Apple recently abandoned its ambitions to produce an electric car, according to US media reports, ending a struggling decade-long project.

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China says state-backed experts crack Apple's AirDrop
China says state-backed experts crack Apple's AirDrop
by  AFP

Chinese state-backed experts have found a way to identify people who use Apple's encrypted AirDrop messaging service, according to the Beijing municipal government. The Beijing municipal government's justice bureau said experts at the Beijing Wangshen Dongjian Justice Appraisal Institute in the capital had devised a way to reveal an iPhone's encrypted device log.

CES pet tech: Throw a dog a bone -- or an AI collar
CES pet tech: Throw a dog a bone -- or an AI collar
by  AFP

They don't own smartphones and can't go online, but that doesn't prevent them from being connected: Pets are benefitting from a slew of animal-oriented technology at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Here's a roundup of some of the technology for pets and their owners on display at this year's CES: - Smart collars - What is Rover up to now?

Taiwan voters face flood of pro-China disinformation
Taiwan voters face flood of pro-China disinformation
by  AFP

From deepfakes to breathless TikTok videos, a wave of disinformation has hit Taiwan's voters ahead of Saturday's presidential election, aimed overwhelmingly at candidates China opposes. Lai has accused China of using "all means to interfere with this election", including disinformation.

Game on: UK campus looks to turbocharge esports
Game on: UK campus looks to turbocharge esports
by  AFP

Rows of super-powerful computers fill a classroom in northeast England, their LED-lit keyboards, mice and headsets washing the space in a futuristic blue glow. - 'Quite surreal' - Nicholas Wilkinson, a student on the college's esports programme, called the development of an esports campus in northeast England "quite surreal".

Tech helps beauty 'dreams' come true, says L'Oreal
Tech helps beauty 'dreams' come true, says L'Oreal
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Technology, in particular artificial intelligence, is making it possible to fulfill beauty wishes like never before, Guive Balooch, global vice president of L'Oreal's Tech Incubator, told AFP. He spoke in an interview at the Consumer Electronics Show, the annual tech extravaganza in Las Vegas, where L'Oreal CEO Nicolas Hieronimus delivered the keynote speech Is L'Oreal embracing tech?