South Sudan President Salva Kiir sacks Vice-President Bol MelSouth Sudan leader sacks powerful Vice-President Bol MelNichola Mandil,Juba and Basillioh RukangaReutersBenjamin Bol Mel has been under US sanctionsSouth Sudan's leader Salva Kiir has dismissed one of his vice-presidents, Benjamin Bol Mel, who had been tipped as his possible successor.Kiir stripped Bol Mel of his military rank of...

AI companies, Meta and Anthropic, court decisions, copyright, training models, legal validation, creative works, lawsuits This week, two prominent artificial intelligence companies, Meta and Anthropic, achieved significant victories in court. Federal judges ruled in favor of these companies in separate lawsuits concerning how they used copyrighted materials to train their AI models. These...

Samsung to Supercharge 800 Million Devices With AI This Year, Report Says This could exacerbate the global RAM crunch. Imad Khan Senior Reporter Imad is a senior reporter covering Google and internet culture. Hailing from Texas, Imad started his journalism career in 2013 and has amassed bylines with The New York Times, The Washington Post, ESPN, Tom's Guide and Wired, among...

NFL Thanksgiving Games: How to Watch Today and the TV Schedule for Week 13 Why You Can Trust CNET Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Reviews ethics statement Find out how to watch the Packers-Lions, Chiefs-Cowboys and Bengals-Ravens games today. And...

Here's the Quickest Way to Get a Special Code for the Viral Sora 2 AppJust when you thought social media couldn't get any weirder, the company that brought you ChatGPT has launched a new social media platform. It's named Sora, after its video-generating AI, and while it's now on the App Store, you can't just download it and start scrolling.Here's the catch: Sora is a social...