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Australia social media ban set to take effect, sparking global crackdown
Reuters, Published on 09/12/2025
» SYDNEY — Australia is set to become the first country to implement a minimum age for social media use on Wednesday, with platforms like Instagram, TikTok and YouTube forced to block more than a million accounts, marking the beginning of an expected global wave of regulation.
Chinese universities launch AI courses
Reuters, Published on 21/02/2025
» HONG KONG — Universities across China have launched artificial intelligence (AI) courses this month based on Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, whose AI breakthrough has been described as a "Sputnik moment" for China and garnered widespread attention.
India's Bollywood seeks to challenge OpenAI in copyright lawsuit
Reuters, Published on 14/02/2025
» NEW DELHI — A group of India's top Bollywood music labels, from T-Series to Saregama and Sony, is seeking to join a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI in New Delhi, highlighting worries about improper use of recordings to train artificial intelligence (AI) models, legal documents show.
Netflix adds 5 million new customers, beating earnings targets
Reuters, Published on 18/10/2024
» LOS ANGELES - Netflix picked up 5.1 million streaming subscribers in the third quarter, topping Wall Street estimates by more than 1 million, and said it expected higher customer growth around the holidays when Korean drama "Squid Game" returns.
Google scraps plan to remove cookies from Chrome
Reuters, Published on 23/07/2024
» SAN FRANCISCO - Google is planning to keep third-party cookies in its Chrome browser, it said on Monday, after years of pledging to phase out the tiny packets of code meant to track users on the internet.
Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Labs to wind down US operations
Reuters, Published on 16/07/2024
» BENGALURU - Kaspersky Labs will gradually wind down its United States operations from July 20, the Russian anti-virus software maker said on Monday, nearly a month after the Biden administration announced plans to bar sales of the company in the country.
AMD launches new AI chips to take on leader Nvidia
Reuters, Published on 03/06/2024
» TAIPEI - Advanced Micro Devices unveiled its latest artificial intelligence processors on Monday and detailed its plan to develop AI chips over the next two years in a bid to challenge industry leader Nvidia.
Tech activists write code to save migrants
Reuters, Published on 27/02/2024
» LONDON - When a migrant rescue non-profit asked Nik Zemke if he could design an app to pinpoint ships in distress in the Mediterranean, the German web developer headed to a hackers' convention to look for like-minded volunteers.
Malaysia mulls rules for Google, Meta to pay news outlets for content
Reuters, Published on 05/09/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia said on Tuesday it is considering regulations that will make internet giants Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook parent Meta Platforms compensate news outlets for content sourced from them.
TikTok to invest billions of dollars in Southeast Asia
Reuters, Published on 15/06/2023
» JAKARTA: Short video app TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, said on Thursday it would invest billions of United States dollars in Southeast Asia over the next few years, as it doubles down on the region amid intensifying global scrutiny over its data security.