Tech company Atos: needs more cash and gets French state offer for key units
By Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) -Ailing French IT firm Atos said it needed 1.1 billion euros ($1.18 billion) in cash to fund its businesses over the 2024-25 period, and confirmed the French state had made an offer to buy out some of its key units. A...
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Analysis-Second global AI safety summit faces tough questions, lower turnout
By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) - Last year, a who's who of world leaders, corporate executives and academic experts gathered at Britain's Bletchley Park for the world's first global AI Safety Summit, hoping to reach consensus on the regulation...
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Ukraine spy agency says Telegram platform blocks its key bots
(Reuters) - Ukraine's military spy agency GUR said on Monday that the management of the Telegram messaging platform has blocked a number of official bots that opposed Russia's military aggression against Ukraine. "Today, the management of the Teleg...
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OpenAI's ChatGPT targeted in Austrian privacy complaint
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Microsoft-backed startup OpenAI on Monday found itself the target of a privacy complaint by advocacy group NOYB for allegedly not fixing incorrect information provided by its generative AI chatbot ChatGPT that m...
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Baidu, Tesla agree on mapping deal for FSD in China, sources say
BEIJING (Reuters) - Baidu, China's major internet search company, reached an agreement with Tesla to grant the car company access to its mapping license for data collection on China's public roads, two people familiar with the matter said. The deal...
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Boss of battery giant CATL visits Elon Musk's hotel in Beijing - Reuters witness
BEIJING (Reuters) - The chairman of Chinese battery giant CATL visited a hotel in Beijing on Monday where Elon Musk is staying, after the Tesla CEO arrived in the Chinese capital a day ago on an unannounced visit. Robin Zeng came out of an elevator...
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Hyundai Motor, Kia Corp sign agreement with China's Baidu on connected car technology
SEOUL (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp on Sunday said the companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Baidu Inc to develop technologies for connected cars. (Reporting by Cynthia Kim; Editing by Tom Hogue)
Apr 28, 2024
Exclusive-Elon Musk heading to China for visit to Tesla's second-biggest market, sources say
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Tesla CEO Elon Musk was on a flight heading to Beijing on Sunday to kick off a surprise trip in the electric vehicle maker's second-biggest market, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. Musk is seeking to meet sen...
Apr 28, 2024
U.S. chip bans not meant to hobble China's growth, Blinken says
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - U.S. export controls on sending advanced computing chips to China are not meant to hold back China's economy or technological development, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during an interview with National Public...
Apr 27, 2024
L3Harris cuts 5% workforce in cost-saving measure
(Reuters) - U.S. defense contractor L3Harris cut 5% of its workforce earlier this month in a bid to streamline its business and save costs, CEO Chris Kubasik said in a post-earnings conference call on Friday. The announcement confirms a Reuters rep...
Apr 26, 2024
X tells Brazil court 'operational faults' allowed blocked users to remain active
By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) - Lawyers representing X in Brazil told the Supreme Court on Friday that "operational faults" have allowed users who were ordered blocked to stay active on the social media platform. Supreme Court Justice Alexand...
Apr 26, 2024
TikTok general counsel to move to new role focused on fighting US sale
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Erich Andersen, general counsel for TikTok and Chinese parent company ByteDance, will step down from that role in June to focus on fighting efforts to force a sale of the video app in the U.S., the company said...
Apr 26, 2024
Apollo, KKR and Stonepeak may fund Intel's Ireland facility, Bloomberg reports
(Reuters) -Apollo Global Management, KKR & Co and Stonepeak may invest billions in a joint venture to help fund Intel's semiconductor fabrication facility in Ireland, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. The chipmaker, Apollo, KKR and Stonepeak did not i...
Apr 26, 2024
US Homeland Security names AI safety, security advisory board
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Homeland Security Department (DHS) on Friday announced a blue-ribbon board that includes the CEOs of OpenAI, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet and Nvidia that will advise the government on the rol...
Apr 26, 2024
Google files motion for summary judgment in U.S. ad tech case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google on Friday asked a federal court in Virginia to reject a U.S. government lawsuit accusing the advertising and search company of anticompetitive practices in the online advertising marketplace. (Reporting...
Apr 26, 2024
Televisa to merge Sky, cable 'as soon as possible'
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican broadcaster Televisa plans to merge its satellite TV unit Sky with its cable TV and internet service Izzi as soon as possible, the head of the new unit, Francisco Valim, said on Friday. Televisa is aiming to trim its...
Apr 26, 2024
EU's Vestager meets French tech firm Mistral AI amid competition concerns
By Sudip Kar-Gupta BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, who has been looking into Big Tech's partnerships with AI start-ups, met on Friday fast-growing French start-up company Mistral AI and said the sector needs ...
Apr 26, 2024
Pope will attend G7 summit to discuss AI, Italy says
ROME (Reuters) -Pope Francis will attend this year's Group of Seven (G7) leaders' summit to discuss the challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence (AI), Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday. The meeting is being held in the southern It...
Apr 26, 2024
Renault talks to China's Li Auto and Xiaomi on tech collaboration
PARIS (Reuters) - Renault held talks this week with China's Li Auto and Xiaomi on electric and intelligent vehicle technologies, the French carmaker said on Friday, opening the door to potential collaboration on technology with the two companies. K...
Apr 26, 2024
India's HCLTech misses Q4 revenue estimates on weak services vertical
BENGALURU (Reuters) -HCLTech, India's No.3 IT services player, reported a smaller-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue on Friday amid decelerating tech spending among clients due to macro-overhang. The company posted a 7.1% rise in revenue to 284.99 bi...
Apr 26, 2024
China's Shein set to face tougher EU online rules
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union designated Chinese-founded fast-fashion company Shein as a very large online platform (VLOP) after it reported a huge number of users, the EU said in a statement on Friday. Companies with more than 45 million...
Apr 26, 2024
Intel falls as weak PC chip demand hurts second-quarter forecast
(Reuters) - Intel shares slumped more than 7% premarket on Friday after a downbeat second-quarter sales forecast signaled that the boom in AI technology was diverting enterprise spending away from its traditional data center and PC chips. The stock...
Apr 26, 2024
Russia's Yandex reports Q1 revenue rise as market awaits spin-off news
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian internet giant Yandex reported a 40% rise in first-quarter revenue to 228.3 billion roubles ($2.47 billion), driven by growth in e-commerce and ride-hailing, with the market awaiting news on a much anticipated corporate s...
Apr 26, 2024
Huawei's smart car tech offers automakers route to China sales
BEIJING (Reuters) - It's taken Huawei just four years to become a force in smart car technology, navigating the devastation of trade sanctions on its smartphones business while simultaneously developing a driver assistance system that is the darlin...
Apr 26, 2024
Thoma Bravo to buy UK's Darktrace for about $5.32 billion
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -Private equity firm Thoma Bravo agreed to buy Britain's Darktrace for about $5.32 billion in cash on Friday, saying it would use its software expertise to drive growth at the Mike Lynch-backed cybersecurity specialist. ...
Apr 26, 2024