YouTube to block Hong Kong protest anthem videos after court order
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) -Alphabet's YouTube on Tuesday said it will comply with a Hong Kong court decision and block access to 32 video links deemed to be prohibited content. The action follows a government application granted by Hong Kong'...
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OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever departs
(Reuters) -OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever said on Tuesday he is leaving the ChatGPT maker. "After almost a decade, I have made the decision to leave OpenAI," he said in a post on X. Sam Altman, CEO of the Microsoft-backed company said Jakub Pachocki ...
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El Salvador mined nearly 474 bitcoins, adding to state crypto holding, in last three years
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador has mined nearly 474 bitcoins since 2021 thanks to a volcano-fueled geothermal power plant, official data showed on Tuesday, bringing the government's total bitcoin portfolio to nearly $354 mi...
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TikTok creators file suit to block US divestment or ban law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of TikTok creators said Tuesday they filed suit in U.S. federal court seeking to block a law signed by President Joe Biden that would force the divestiture of the short video app used by 170 million Americans or ban i...
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Chinese firms make headway in producing high bandwidth memory for AI chipsets
By Fanny Potkin and Eduardo Baptista SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) - Two Chinese chipmakers are in the early stages of producing high bandwidth memory (HBM) semiconductors used in artificial intelligence chipsets, according to sources and documents. ...
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Digital bank Chime debuts advance wage product ahead of anticipated IPO
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) - U.S. digital bank Chime is launching a product that will allow customers to access up to $500 of their wages before payday, the latest move by a financial technology company to enter the fast-growing "earned wage access" ...
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US federal court enforces SEC's subpoena to depose Elon Musk
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A federal court said that Elon Musk must testify again in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation into his $44 billion takeover of Twitter, according to a court filing on Tuesday. The SEC sued Musk in O...
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Biden hikes US tariffs on Chinese imports
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled steep tariff increases on an array of Chinese imports, including electric vehicle (EV) batteries, computer chips and medical products. Following are reactions to the move. ESWAR PRASAD, CORNE...
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Google launches Trillium chip, improving AI data center performance fivefold
By Max A. Cherney (Reuters) - Google parent Alphabet on Tuesday unveiled a product called Trillium in its artificial intelligence data center chip family that it says is nearly five times as fast as its prior version. "Industry demand for (machine ...
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Alphabet to spotlight AI innovations at developer conference
By Max A. Cherney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alphabet is expected to announce on Tuesday how it is building on artificial intelligence across its businesses, a day after OpenAI demonstrated a new AI model that can work with sound and images in addit...
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Meta to shut Workplace app to focus on AI, metaverse
(Reuters) - Meta Platforms will discontinue its work-focused Workplace app as the company shifts its focus on building artificial intelligence and metaverse technologies, the Facebook parent said on Tuesday. Workplace will be shuttered starting Jun...
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Elon Musk's xAI nears $10 billion deal to rent Oracle's AI servers, The Information reports
(Reuters) -Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI has been talking to Oracle executives about spending $10 billion to rent cloud servers from the company over a period of years, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing a person involved in ...
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Amazon's cloud unit CEO Adam Selipsky to step down, Matt Garman to take his place
(Reuters) -The chief executive of Amazon.com's cloud unit Amazon Web Services, Adam Selipsky, is stepping down, the company said on Tuesday. Amazon.com's shares fell 1% in early trading. Senior Vice President Matt Garman will take on Selipsky's role at...
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Glass Lewis backs two dissident candidates in board fight with Crown Castle
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis on Tuesday recommended Crown Castle investors elect two activist director candidates, including the wireless tower owner's co-founder and former chief executive officer, Te...
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Shopee-owner Sea tops quarterly revenue estimates on e-commerce strength
(Reuters) - Southeast Asian technology firm Sea Ltd beat estimates for first-quarter revenue on Tuesday, driven by strong performance of e-commerce unit Shopee, sending U.S.-listed shares of the company up 7% in premarket trading. Analysts have sai...
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TSMC says it could design its A16 chip-making technology without ASML's new machine
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC does not necessarily need to use ASML's next generation "High NA EUV" machines for its new chip manufacturing technology called A16, which is under development for 2027, an executive said on Tuesday. The Hi...
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China's Alibaba beats quarterly revenue estimates, profit drops
(Reuters) -China's Alibaba Group Holding beat analysts' estimates for fourth-quarter revenue on Tuesday, as a focus on low-cost goods in response to cautious consumer spending helped boost domestic e-commerce sales in the three-month period. Its U.S.-...
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GameStop and AMC surge evokes 2021 meme stocks saga
(Reuters) - Shares of GameStop and AMC jumped nearly 40% each in premarket trading on Tuesday, and are on track to extend gains from a day earlier when a series of posts from "Roaring Kitty" rekindled a rally reminiscent of the meme stocks trading ...
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US opens probe into Alphabet's Waymo over performance of self-driving vehicles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. auto safety regulators said Tuesday they have opened an investigation into the performance of Alphabet's Waymo self-driving vehicles after reports of its robotaxis exhibiting driving behavior that potentially violated tr...
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China's Tencent posts strong revenue growth as ad sales, business services shine
By Josh Ye HONG KONG (Reuters) -China's Tencent Holdings posted a 6% rise in first-quarter revenue on Tuesday, beating analyst expectations, as business services and advertising sales deliver strong revenue growth. The world's largest video gam...
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TSMC says work on European plant on track to start in fourth quarter
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC is planning to start construction of its European facility in the fourth quarter of 2024, it said on Tuesday. At a conference in the Netherlands, TSMC's head of European operations Paul de Bot said wor...
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Rakuten logs $213 million quarterly loss as mobile losses negate fintech growth
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Rakuten Group on Tuesday logged an operating loss of 33.3 billion yen ($213 million) in the January-March quarter, its 15th straight quarter in the red as losses in its mobile unit weighed on robust growth in its fintech b...
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Apple supplier Foxconn's first-quarter profit jumps 72% but misses forecasts
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Apple supplier Foxconn reported a 72% rise in first-quarter profit, boosted by strong demand for AI servers and coming off a low base from the period a year earlier, but the growth was lower than expected. The Taiwanese company, the w...
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Japan sees need for sharp hike in power output by 2050 to meet demand from AI, chip plants
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan envisages the need for electricity output to rise 35% to 50% by 2050 due to growing demand from semiconductor plants and data centres backing artificial intelligence (AI), the government has forecast. Power output should gro...
May 14, 2024
Sony restructures leadership of key games business
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony announced two company executives would take new leadership roles at its games unit with responsibility for the technology and content sides of the business. Hideaki Nishino will become CEO of Sony Interactive En...
May 14, 2024