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TikTok tests AI chatbot 'Tako' in Philippines
Reuters, Published on 25/05/2023
» HONG KONG: Social media platform TikTok said on Thursday it is in the early stages of exploring a chatbot called "Tako" that can converse with users about short videos and help them discover content and is conducting tests with select users in the Philippines.
Samsung unveils gaming-friendly Galaxy phablet
Reuters, Published on 10/08/2018
» SEOUL: Samsung Electronics launched the Galaxy Note 9 phablet in New York on Thursday, promising better battery life and quick cooling to attract gamers and revive flagging sales.
Samsung: Unbreakable bendy screen gets US certification
Reuters, Published on 27/07/2018
» SINGAPORE: Samsung Display, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, on Friday said its recently developed unbreakable, bendable screen has passed safety testing in the United States, allowing the firm to begin marketing the product.
Google (India) unveils software for cheap smartphones
Reuters, Published on 06/12/2017
» MUMBAI: Alphabet Inc's Google launched a stripped-down version of its Android software in India on Tuesday, as it attempts to woo millions of basic phone users in the fast-growing wireless services market.
Lack of smarts curbs 'made in India' phone ambition
Reuters, Published on 02/10/2017
» NEW DELHI: India's ambitions to become a smartphone-making powerhouse are foundering over a lack of skilled labour and part suppliers along with a complex tax regime, industry executives say.
'Deceptive' Apple sued for bricking Australian phones
Reuters, Published on 07/04/2017
» SYDNEY - Australia's consumer watchdog has sued Apple Inc alleging it used a software update to disable iPhones which had cracked screens fixed by third parties.
US bans large gadgets from 10 airports
Reuters, Published on 21/03/2017
» WASHINGTON - The Trump administration confirmed Tuesday it is imposing new restrictions on electronic devices carried by travellers coming to the United States from 10 airports, mainly in the Middle East and North Africa, in response to unspecified terror threats.
Tech firms scramble to block CIA after Wikileaks hacking
Reuters, Published on 09/03/2017
» FRANKFURT - Tech companies must rapidly step up information-sharing to protect users from prying eyes, a security software executive said on Wednesday after WikiLeaks released a trove of data purporting to show that the CIA can hack all manner of devices.
Nokia goes back to the future with €49 phone
Reuters, Published on 27/02/2017
» BARCELONA, SPAIN - Nokia's newly revitalised phone business went back to the future on Sunday, re-introducing a brightly coloured version of the classic 3310 talk and text phone, the world's most popular device in the year 2000.
Start-ups take aim at errant drones
Business, Reuters, Published on 05/01/2017
» A boom in consumer drone sales has spawned a counter-industry of start-ups aiming to stop drones flying where they shouldn't, by disabling them or knocking them out of the sky.