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‘Cooperation looks different today’: WEF president on growth, technology and developing economies

The global economy is “undergoing one of its most turbulent periods in decades,” according to a recent World Economic Forum (WEF) report, with geopolitical instability, trade realignments, and ...
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Spot the ‘superfake’: Fashion brands want you to be able to identify counterfeits

Editor’s Note: This story is part of CNN Style’s ongoing project, The September Issues: A thought-provoking hub for conversations about fashion’s impact on people and the planet. To become a “master” ...
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A global tech outage brought many computer systems and businesses to a screeching halt. Here’s what happened

Overnight on Thursday and into Friday, several states, including Alaska and Arizona, experience 911 service outages. Some hospitals also begin experiencing technology issues overnight, according to ...
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TikTok parent ByteDance says it’s using OpenAI technology to test its own AI models

Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Hong Kong CNN — Chinese tech giant ByteDance ...

Millions of Australian children just lost access to social media. What’s happening and will it work?

Children across Australia woke up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban designed ...

Australian teens were kicked off social media this week. Some are back already

Fourteen-year-old cheerleader Lucy Brooks briefly lost some friends on Snapchat when Australia’s ban on social media came into effect on Wednesday.

China’s censorship and surveillance were already intense. AI is turbocharging those systems

Chinese authorities are using artificial intelligence to turbocharge surveillance and censorship, with the technology predicting public demonstrations and monitoring prison inmates, according to a new ...
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Technology and the Brain

Today on CNN 10, we learn what researchers found when studying whether technology use weakens the ability of the brain over time. We also see how scientists are using A.I. powered tech to help whales ...

Sir Mohamed Mansour: The industrialist shaping Africa’s future

From humble beginnings in Alexandria, Egypt, to leading one of Africa’s most powerful conglomerates, Sir Mohamed Mansour built an empire that spans continents and industries. CNN spotlights an ...
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African scientist could wipe out malaria by editing mosquito DNA

Abdoulaye Diabate faced a life-threatening bout of malaria when he was just five years old. Diabate narrowly survived the mosquito-borne disease, but cousins ages three and four were not as fortunate.

Chinese reusable booster explodes during first orbital test, in failed bid to catch SpaceX

A private Chinese space firm successfully sent its Zhuque-3 rocket to orbit but failed in its historic attempt to re-land the rocket booster Wednesday – the first such trial by a Chinese firm as the ...