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Technology People stand in front of Nintendo's logo in Tokyo, Japan January 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

Nintendo Offers New Switch 2 Details ahead of June 5 Launch

Nintendo has announced a June 5 launch date for its latest gaming console, the Switch 2, which will introduce interactive chat and screenshare functions to…

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Technology The Blackberry logo is seen on a smarphone in front of a displayed stock graph in this illustration taken February 5, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

BlackBerry Forecasts Lower Annual Revenue due to Weak Demand for Cybersecurity Services

Canada's BlackBerry forecast a revenue decline in fiscal 2026 on Wednesday, as it anticipated weak spending on its cybersecurity products. US-listed shares of…

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Technology Instagram app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Meta Hit with Fines by Türkiye after Refusing to Restrict Content on Facebook, Instagram

Meta said it has been hit with a hefty fine for resisting Turkish government demands to limit content on Facebook and Instagram. “We pushed back on requests…

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Technology New vehicles are seen at a parking lot in the Port of Richmond, at the bay of San Francisco, California June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

US Auto Sales Set to Modestly Rise in First Quarter as Tariffs Signal Bumpy Ride

US auto sales likely inched higher in the first three months of the year on steady demand, data from the carmakers will show on Tuesday, as the industry braces…

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Technology Roh Tae-moon, President and Head of Mobile eXperience Business at Samsung Electronics speaks during his keynote address as Samsung Electronics unveils its latest flagship smartphones in San Francisco, California, US, February 1, 2023. (Reuters)

Samsung Elec Appoints Mobile Chief as Interim Head of Consumer and Mobile Division

Samsung Electronics appointed on Tuesday its mobile chief Roh Tae-moon as acting head of the company's consumer and mobiles business, following the death of…

Technology A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed OpenAI logo in this illustration taken February 21, 2023. (Reuters)

OpenAI to Raise $40 Billion to Boost AI Efforts

OpenAI said on Monday it would raise $40 billion in a new funding round led by SoftBank Group at a $300 billion valuation to advance AI research, expand…

Technology (FILES) A Huawei logo is seen at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Shanghai on June 26, 2024. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT

Chinese Tech Giant Huawei Says Profits Fell 28% Last Year

Chinese smartphone maker giant Huawei said Monday that profits fell 28 percent last year as it faced international economic uncertainty and weak consumption at…

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Technology The TikTok app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022. (Reuters)

Trump Says TikTok Sale Deal to Come before Saturday Deadline

President Donald Trump said a deal with TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the short video app used by 170 million Americans would be struck before a…

Technology Words reading "Artificial intelligence AI", miniature of robot and toy hand are pictured in this illustration taken December 14, 2023. (Reuters)

China’s Zhipu AI Launches Free AI Agent, Intensifying Domestic Tech Race

Chinese artificial intelligence startup Zhipu AI unveiled a free AI agent on Monday, joining a wave of similar launches in China's increasingly competitive AI…

Technology  xAI and X logos are seen in this illustration taken, March 28, 2025. (Reuters)

Musk’s Social Media Firm X Bought by His AI Company, Valued at $33 Billion

Elon Musk's xAI has acquired X in a deal that values the social media platform at $33 billion and allows the value of his artificial intelligence firm to be…

Technology Logo of Huawei is seen in front of the local offices of Huawei in Warsaw, Poland January 11, 2019. (Reuters)

After Years of Survival, China’s Huawei Returns to Revenue Peak 

China's Huawei is expected to claim triumph over US sanctions at its upcoming annual results, bolstered by its software push, progress in chips and booming…

Technology Hayao Miyazaki of Japan, director of the animated film "Ponyo," poses at a special screening of the film in Los Angeles on July 27, 2009. (AP)

Copyright Questions Loom as ChatGPT's Ghibli-Style Images Go Viral 

The release of the latest image generator on OpenAI's ChatGPT has triggered an online flood of memes featuring images done in the style of Studio Ghibli, the…

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Technology Three-quarters of respondents to a survey by the US-based Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence agreed that 'scaling up' LLMs was unlikely to produce artificial general intelligence. Joe Klamar / AFP/File

Firms and Researchers at Odds over Superhuman AI

Hype is growing from leaders of major AI companies that "strong" computer intelligence will imminently outstrip humans, but many researchers in the field see…

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Technology A bird flies in front of the CD Projekt logo at its headquarters in Warsaw, Poland January 21, 2020. Picture taken January 21, 2020. (Reuters) 

CD Projekt Shares Slump After It Says ‘Witcher IV’ Won’t Come Out in 2026 

Shares of CD Projekt fell nearly 13% in early trading on Wednesday after the game developer said the premiere of "Witcher IV" was scheduled for after 2026,…

Technology Apple CEO Tim Cook attends the opening ceremony of the China Development Forum at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on March 23, 2025. (AFP)

Apple Boss Hails ‘Next Generation of Developers’ on China Visit 

Apple boss Tim Cook on Wednesday praised "the next generation of developers" during a visit to a technology hub in eastern China, as the US tech giant battles…

Technology The Signal messaging app logo is seen on a smartphone, in front of the same displayed same logo, in this illustration taken, January 13, 2021. (Reuters)

How Safe Is Signal Messaging App Used by Trump Aides to Share War Plans?

Top Trump administration officials used messaging app Signal to share war plans and mistakenly included a journalist in the encrypted chat, spurring calls by…

Technology The DeepSeek logo is seen at the offices of Chinese AI startup DeepSeek in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province on February 5, 2025. (AFP)

China's DeepSeek Releases AI Model Upgrade, Intensifies Rivalry with OpenAI

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek released a major upgrade to its V3 large language model, intensifying competition with US tech leaders like…

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Technology  Han Jong-hee, co-chief executive officer of Samsung Electronics Co., speaks at the company's annual general meeting at the Suwon Convention Center in Suwon, South Korea, March 19, 2025. (Reuters)

Samsung Electronics Co-CEO Han Jong-Hee Dies, Leaving New Appointee in Charge

Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that co-CEO Han Jong-hee had died of a heart attack, leaving newly-appointed boss Jun Young-hyun solely in charge of the…

Technology A Tesla Model 3 vehicle drives using FSD (Full Self-Driving) in Encinitas, California, US, October 18, 2023. (Reuters)

Tesla Halts Driving-Assistance Software Trial in China, Pending Approval 

Tesla said on Monday it would release its smart driving-assistance feature in China after completing regulatory approval, following complaints that a limited…

Technology Xiaomi's new EV sedan SU7 Ultra is displayed during a launch event in Beijing, China February 27, 2025. (Reuters) 

China's Xiaomi to Raise up to $5.27 Billion from Share Sale 

China's Xiaomi Corp is raising up to $5.27 billion in a top-up placement on Monday, according to a term sheet seen by Reuters. The shares are being sold in a…

Technology The icon for the TikTok video sharing app is seen on a smartphone in Marple Township, Pa., on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (AP)

Existing ByteDance Investors Emerge as Front-Runners in TikTok Deal Talks

White House-led talks on the future of TikTok are coalescing around a plan for the biggest non-Chinese investors in parent company ByteDance to up their stakes…

Technology The DeepSeek logo is seen in this illustration taken on January 29, 2025. (Reuters)

Beijing to Release Manus, DeepSeek’s Next Generation

Chinese artificial intelligence startup Manus on Thursday registered its China-facing AI assistant and was featured for the first time in a state media…

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Technology The tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is seen from Namie Town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan August 24, 2023, in this photo taken by Kyodo. (Kyodo/via Reuters)

Robots to Retrieve Radioactive Sandbags at Fukushima Plant 

Robots will begin moving sandbags that were used to absorb radiation-contaminated water after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster as soon as next week, a…

Technology A person sits inside a Tesla Cybertruck at a Tesla showroom in New York City, US, January 2, 2025. REUTERS/Adam Gray/File Photo

Tesla Recalls Most Cybertrucks due to Trim Detaching from Vehicle

Tesla said Thursday it is recalling nearly all Cybertrucks in the United States to fix an exterior panel that could detach while driving, the latest in a…

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