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Technology Apple iPhone 16 smartphones are displayed at a store in London, Britain, October 6, 2024. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo

Apple Appealing against UK 'Back Door' Order, Tribunal Confirms

Apple is appealing against a British government order to create a "back door" to its encrypted cloud storage systems, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT)…

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Technology Artists have voiced increasing concern over the rapid growth of AI and its threats to creative livelihoods - AFP

New App Hopes to Empower Artists against AI

In 2008, scriptwriter Ed Bennett-Coles said he experienced a career "death moment": he read an article about AI managing to write its first screenplay. Nearly…

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Technology FILE PHOTO: A man leaves the US headquarters of the social media company TikTok in Culver City, California, US January 17, 2025.  REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo

Trump: China Would Have Agreed TikTok Deal if Not for US Tariffs

US President Donald Trump said Sunday that China would have agreed to a deal on the sale of TikTok if it were not for the tariffs imposed by Washington on…

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Technology The Microsoft logo during the Hanover Fair 2025 (Hannover Messe) in Hanover, Germany, 31 March 2025 (reissued 03 April 2025). (EPA)

Microsoft, Turning 50, Dials up Copilot Actions to Stay in AI Game

Thousands of people swooned in a dark conference hall that felt more like a rock concert when a Microsoft product manager demonstrated the company's latest…

Technology The logo of Meta is seen at the entrance of the company's temporary stand ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland January 18, 2025. (Reuters)

Meta’s Content Moderation Contractor to Cut 2,000 Jobs in Barcelona

Canadian-based tech company Telus sent home as many as 2,000 people from its content moderation center in Barcelona after Facebook owner Meta Platforms severed…

Technology FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed miniature model of US President-elect Donald Trump and TikTok logo are seen in this illustration taken January 19, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Trump Says 'Very Close to a Deal' on TikTok

President Donald Trump said his administration was "very close" to a deal to find a buyer for TikTok, which faces a US ban if not sold by its Chinese owner by…

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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…

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…