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A partnership would extend the long relationship between the companies that has helped deliver everything from maps to search on Apple’s devices. Apple is in discussions with Google about using the search giant’s generative artificial intelligence model called Gemini for its next iPhone, as the company races to embrace a technology that has upended the tech industry. The talks are preliminary and the exact scope of a potential deal hasn’t been defined, three people with knowledge of the discussions said. Apple has also held discussions with other A.I. companies, one…

Chafing at their dependence, Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft are racing to cut into Nvidia’s dominant share of the market. In September, Amazon said it would invest up to $4 billion in Anthropic, a San Francisco start-up working on artificial intelligence. Soon after, an Amazon executive sent a private message to an executive at another company. He said Anthropic had won the deal because it agreed to build its A.I. using specialized computer chips designed by Amazon. Amazon, he wrote, wanted to create a viable competitor to the chipmaker Nvidia,…

Published 24 minutes ago Share close panel Share page Copy link About sharing Image source, Getty Images By Hafsa Khalil BBC News Taylor Swift’s songs are back on TikTok after her label stopped licensing its content to the Chinese-owned app. Her music’s return on Thursday comes ahead of the release of her new album, The Tortured Poets Department. Universal Music pulled songs by its artists in January, including Rihanna and Ariana Grande, citing a licensing dispute. Many artists have complained about inadequate royalty payments from TikTok. While many of her…

“Direct admission” is increasingly being offered to high school seniors who meet minimum academic qualifications. The participating schools are eager for more applicants. Some high school seniors have already received offers of admission to college for the next academic year — even though they didn’t formally apply. Under so-called direct admissions programs increasingly being tried by states, colleges and third-party services, seniors who meet minimum academic qualifications are receiving unsolicited notifications of admission. Once they are identified as qualifying candidates, the students can complete an often-simplified application online. Some programs…

Published 5 minutes ago Share close panel Share page Copy link About sharing Image source, Reuters Former President Jacob Zuma has been barred from running in South Africa’s general election in May. The country’s electoral commission has not given a reason. However, his 2021 conviction, and jailing, for contempt of court would appear to disqualify him. His backing of the new uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party has been seen as a possible threat to the governing African National Congress (ANC), which has suspended Mr Zuma. He served as president from 2009…

Published 17 minutes ago Share close panel Share page Copy link About sharing This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Yasine Mohabuth in Port Louis & Oliver Slow in London BBC News Mauritius has raised a cyclone warning alert to maximum after Cyclone Belal brought torrential rain and flooding to the Indian Ocean island nation. The country’s meteorological service said the storm was now moving away eastwards, but warned that “other environmental risks” still existed. At least one…