Huawei's high-profile consumer boss Richard Yu shifts role
(Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies has named the high-profile chief of its consumer business, Yu Chengdong, to a new role chairing the unit, a person with knowledge of the matter said. The move was announced within Huawei last week, the person...
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Microsoft to open first regional data centre in Thailand
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Microsoft will open its first regional data centre in Thailand, the tech giant said on Wednesday, as it looks to widen availability of cloud services. Areas that would also benefit were enterprise-grade reliability, performance,...
6h ago
AI fuels cloud computing boom for tech giants
By Yuvraj Malik (Reuters) - Three of the Wall Street's heavyweight technology firms have reported better-than-expected sales at their cloud computing units in recent days, as interest in artificial intelligence drives a rebound in spending by corpo...
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Skyworks forecasts third-quarter revenue below estimates
(Reuters) - Apple supplier Skyworks Solutions forecast third-quarter revenue below Wall Street estimates on Tuesday on demand concerns, as clients struggle to offload excess inventory, sending its shares down 6% in extended trading. The chip com...
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Amazon forecasts quarterly revenue below estimates
By Yuvraj Malik and Greg Bensinger (Reuters) -Amazon.com forecast second-quarter revenue below Wall Street expectations on Tuesday, as it expects tepid spending from cost-conscious businesses on its cloud-computing services. First-quarter sales increas...
12h ago
Pinterest forecasts quarterly revenue above estimates on robust ad spend
(Reuters) - Pinterest forecast second-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, expecting a boost from growing advertising spend on the image-sharing platform. The company has benefited from marketers turning to the digital platform t...
12h ago
Super Micro misses quarterly revenue estimates on stiff competition, shares fall
(Reuters) -Super Micro Computer reported third-quarter revenue below estimates on Tuesday, hurt by stiff competition in the server-making industry, however it forecast fourth-quarter revenue above estimates as it expects steady demand for its AI server...
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Chipmaker AMD narrowly beats first-quarter revenue estimates
(Reuters) -Advanced Micro Devices beat first-quarter revenue estimates by a small margin on Tuesday as tepid demand for semiconductors used in traditional data centers added to weakness in the market for gaming chips. Shares of the Santa Clara, Califor...
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IBM wins reversal of $1.6 billion judgment to BMC over software contract
(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a judgment requiring IBM to pay rival BMC Software $1.6 billion, after a judge found IBM improperly replaced BMC's mainframe software at AT&T with its own. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appe...
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Trump raises stake in his media firm to nearly 65%
(Reuters) - Donald Trump has raised his stake in the company that operates his social media app Truth Social to nearly 65% as of last week, according to a filing on Tuesday. The former U.S. president and Republican presidential candidate secured 36...
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Almost all US hospitals took financial hit from Change hack, AHA says
By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) - Almost all U.S. hospitals were hurt financially by the cyberattack on United Health Group's Change Healthcare unit earlier this year, according to a survey from the American Hospital Association (AHA). The AHA s...
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Data centers will likely provide boost to nuclear energy, says Cameco CEO
By Mrinalika Roy (Reuters) - Uranium miner Cameco Corp's chief executive said on Tuesday projected demand from data centers powering technology like generative AI will likely be a boost for nuclear energy. Over the past year, big technology compani...
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US newspapers sue OpenAI for copyright infringement over AI training
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) - A group of newspapers, including the New York Daily News and Chicago Tribune, sued Microsoft and OpenAI in New York federal court on Tuesday, accusing them of misusing reporters' work to train their generative artifici...
16h ago
Ex-Google workers say firings for protesting Israel contract were illegal
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A group of workers at Alphabet Inc's Google have filed a complaint with a U.S. labor board claiming the tech company unlawfully fired them for protesting its cloud contract with the Israeli government. The complaint w...
16h ago
South African cryptocurrency exchange VALR targets global expansion
By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's largest cryptocurrency exchange VALR has secured a licence in Poland and eyeing other jurisdictions across the globe, in hopes to take on some of world's crypto giants, its CEO told Reuters....
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France must curb child, teen use of smartphones, social media, says panel
By Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) - France should limit smartphone and social media use for children and teenagers, an expert panel commissioned by French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday, amid growing global concern about their negative i...
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Island hits $3 billion in valuation after latest fund raise
(Reuters) - Enterprise software and security provider Island said on Tuesday it had raised fresh capital in a late-stage funding round that doubled its valuation to $3 billion in six months. The company raised $175 million in a Series D round, led ...
21h ago
Logitech targets faster growth via education, health and AI
By John Revill LAUSANNE, Switzerland(Reuters) - Logitech International is targeting faster growth in future by expanding its customer base into areas like education and healthcare as well as doing more with artificial intelligence, Chief Executive ...
21h ago
Corning forecasts second-quarter core sales above estimates on steady carrier spending
(Reuters) - Specialty glass maker Corning forecast second-quarter core sales above Wall Street expectations on Tuesday, banking on price increases and healthy demand for its fiber optic cables amid recovery in spending from telecom clients. Shares ...
21h ago
Google to pay up to $6 million to News Corp for new AI-content, The Information reports
(Reuters) - Alphabet's Google has agreed to pay News Corp, the owner of Wall Street Journal, between $5 million and $6 million annually to develop new AI-related content, the Information reported on Tuesday. (Reporting by Harshita Mary Varghese; E...
21h ago
Zebra Technologies first-quarter results beat estimates
(Reuters) - Barcode scanner maker Zebra Technologies beat first-quarter revenue and profit estimates on Tuesday and forecast a smaller-than-expected decline in second-quarter sales on the back of stabilizing demand for its products. The company, wh...
22h ago
American Tower Corp raises annual revenue forecast on healthy telecom spending
(Reuters) - American Tower raised its forecast for annual property revenue on Tuesday as the real estate investment trust benefits from healthy telecom and wireless carrier spending. Telecom companies have continued to increase spending on 5G servi...
22h ago
SiriusXM beats quarterly revenue estimates on advertising demand
(Reuters) - Satellite-radio company SiriusXM beat analysts' expectations for quarterly revenue on Tuesday, helped by demand for its advertising services and lower-priced offerings. SiriusXM has stepped up efforts toward bolstering its content line-...
22h ago
PayPal lifts 2024 profit forecast as spending stays resilient, margins improve
(Reuters) - PayPal raised its full-year adjusted profit forecast on Tuesday, as the payments giant benefited from robust consumer spending, while measures to cut costs improved operating margins in the first quarter. Consumer spending has shown rem...
22h ago
Logitech CEO aiming to double target market for peripherals
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Logitech International wants to increase sales in future by making more products for people who work outside offices as well as gamers who play on consoles and mobile phones, Chief Executive Hanneke Faber said on T...
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