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An anonymous reader shares a report: The International Criminal Court will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative, the institution confirmed to Euractiv. The switch comes amid rising concerns about public bodies being reliant on US tech companies to run their services, which have stepped up sharply since the start of US President Donald Trump's second administration.

For the ICC, such concerns are not abstract: Trump has repeatedly lashed out at the court and slapped sanctions on its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan. Earlier this year, the AP also reported that Microsoft had cancelled Khan's email account, a claim the company denies. "We value our relationship with the ICC as a customer and are convinced that nothing impedes our ability to continue providing services to the ICC in the future," a Microsoft spokesperson told Euractiv.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is getting ready to dump even more AI-generated posts into your social feeds. From a report: During an earnings call on Wednesday, Zuckerberg said the company will "add yet another huge corpus of content" to its recommendations system as AI "makes it easier to create and remix" work that gets shared online.

"Social media has gone through two eras so far," Zuckerberg said. "First was when all content was from friends, family, and accounts that you followed directly. The second was when we added all of the Creator content." Though Zuckerberg stops short of calling AI the third era of social media, it's clear that the technology will be heavily involved in what comes next.

Zuckerberg said that recommendation systems that "deeply understand" AI-generated posts and "show you the right content" will become "increasingly valuable." The company has already begun embedding AI tools across its apps and is now experimenting with dedicated AI social apps, too.

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empty lake, empty streets, the sun goes down alone
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Lens: Zeiss Planar T* 2.8/80 C
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Andrew maakte onlangs al bekend zijn koninklijke titels in te leveren, waaronder die van hertog van York. Dat deed hij nadat er nieuwe feiten naar buiten waren gekomen over zijn banden met de veroordeelde zedendelinquent Jeffrey Epstein.

NEW YORK (ANP) - Techaandelen zijn donderdag bij de grootste verliezers geëindigd op de aandelenbeurzen in New York. Onder andere socialmediaconcern Meta was een opvallende daler. Het moederbedrijf van Facebook en Instagram waarschuwde een dag eerder bij zijn kwartaalcijfers dat de uitgaven aan kunstmatige intelligentie fors zullen stijgen.

Beleggers zetten het aandeel ruim 11 procent lager. Ze verwerkten ook het nieuws dat Meta voor 30 miljard dollar aan obligaties op de markt heeft gezet, vermoedelijk om de investeringen in datacenters te bekostigen.

Techgraadmeter Nasdaq eindigde 1,6 procent lager op 23.581,14 punten. De brede S&P 500 verloor 1 procent tot 6822,34 punten. De Dow-Jonesindex beperkte het verlies tot 0,2 procent, op een stand van 47.522,12 punten.