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Royal Commission for AlUla Participates in AO4ELT Conference in Chile

The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU), through AlUla Manara, participated in the 8th edition of the Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes (AO4ELT8)…

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Technology A Google logo is seen at a company research facility in Mountain View, California, US, May 13, 2025. REUTERS

Google to Announce Biggest-ever Investment in Germany on Tuesday

Google said it would announce its biggest-ever investment project for Germany on Tuesday alongside German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil. The US tech giant…

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Technology NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang introduces an "Industrial AI Cloud" project during a press conference in Berlin, Germany, November 4, 2025. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

Nvidia's Huang Warns China Will 'Win The AI Race'

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warned that China "is going to win" the race to develop next-generation artificial intelligence, urging Washington to speed up its…

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Technology An aerial view of the Delhi skyline on a smoggy evening in New Delhi, India October 30, 2025. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

Musk's Starlink to Start Services in India

India's Maharashtra state, home to financial hub Mumbai, will be the first to roll out Elon Musk's Starlink internet service in the world's most populous…

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Technology Toyota logo is seen in this illustration taken July 28, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Toyota Recalling 1.02 million US Vehicles over Rear Camera Flaw

Toyota Motor said Wednesday it is recalling 1.02 million vehicles in the United States due to a flaw that may cause a rear-view camera to fail, boosting the…

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Technology The new BMW iX3 is displayed during its world premiere ahead of the IAA auto show, in Munich, Germany, September 5, 2025. REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth

China Poses 'Very Significant' Challenge to German Brands, BMW Leader Says

China poses a "very significant" competitive challenge to German carmakers, the head of luxury carmaker BMW's new Hungarian plant said on Wednesday, with…

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Technology The  Reddit app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. (Reuters)

Reddit, Kick to Be Included in Australia’s Social Media Ban 

Popular social media website Reddit and streaming giant Kick will be added to a list of websites banned for under-16s in Australia from next month, Canberra…

Technology While Nintendo is diversifying into hit movies and theme parks, consoles remain at the core of its business. GREG BAKER / AFP

Nintendo Hikes Switch 2 Annual Unit Sales Target

Nintendo said Tuesday it aims to sell 19 million Switch 2 consoles within this financial year, up from its previous target 15 million for the smash-hit gadget…

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Technology The ChatGPT app icon on a smartphone in this illustration taken October 27, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

OpenAI, Amazon Strike $38 billion Agreement for ChatGPT Maker to Use AWS

Amazon.com will supply OpenAI with cloud computing services under a multi-year $38 billion deal, giving the ChatGPT maker access to hundreds of thousands of…

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Technology A Microsoft logo is seen on an office building in New York City in this July 28, 2015 file photo. REUTERS/Mike Segar//File Photo

Microsoft Signs $9.7 Billion Contract with IREN for Nvidia Chips

Data center owner and operator IREN said on Monday it has signed a nearly $9.7 billion cloud services contract with Microsoft to provide the tech giant with…

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Technology US President Donald Trump looks on as he speaks to members of the media on board Air Force One en route to Joint Base Andrews, US, November 2, 2025. (Reuters) 

Trump Says China, Other Countries Can’t Have Nvidia’s Top AI Chips 

Artificial intelligence giant Nvidia's most advanced chips will be reserved for US companies and kept out of China and other countries, US President Donald…

Technology  01 November 2025, South Korea, Gyeongju: Chinese President Xi Jinping (front) attends Session 2 of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit held in the southeastern city of Gyeongju. (dpa)

China's Xi Pushes for Global AI Body at APEC in Counter to US

Chinese President Xi Jinping took centerstage at a meeting of APEC leaders on Saturday to push a proposal for a global body to govern artificial intelligence…

Technology An Nvidia Blackwell GPU is displayed at COMPUTEX in Taipei, Taiwan June 4, 2024. (Reuters)

Nvidia to Supply 260,000 Cutting-edge Chips to South Korea

US tech giant Nvidia said on Friday it will supply 260,000 of its most cutting-edge chips to South Korea, as CEO Jensen Huang met President Lee Jae Myung and…

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Technology A logo of Meta appears on a screen at the company's House during the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 24, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Meta Seeks at Least $25 billion from Bond Sale, Bloomberg Reports

Meta Platforms Inc is targeting at least $25 billion in a bond sale, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Fixed-income…

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Technology Gemini logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Google to Offer Free Gemini AI Access to India's 505 million Reliance Jio Users

Google will offer 18-month free access to its Gemini AI service for all 505 million telecom users of India's Reliance Jio, a tie-up that follows similar…

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Meta Shares Sink as $16 bn US Tax Charge Tanks Profit

Meta shares dove more than eight percent in after-hours trading Wednesday after the tech giant reported a US tax charge took a roughly $16 billion bite out of…

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Technology A logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at an exhibition hall for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Gyeongju, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Samsung Beefs Up Advanced Chip Output after Memory Chip Sales Hit Record High

Samsung Electronics expects demand for memory chips for the global AI infrastructure build-out to far outstrip the company's supply, and said on Thursday it…

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Technology A view of a Nvidia logo at their headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan May 31, 2023. (Reuters)

Nvidia Tops $5 trillion in Total Value as Wall Street Waits for a Fed Announcement

US stocks are rising toward more records on Wednesday as Wall Street waits to hear from the Federal Reserve in the afternoon about what it will do with…

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Technology Uber logo is seen in this illustration taken August 5, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Uber Plans to Offer Autonomous Taxi Rides in San Francisco Starting Next Year

Uber said Wednesday that the San Francisco Bay Area will be the first market for its specially built autonomous taxi, which is expected to launch in late 2026…

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Technology 29 October 2025: The Grokipedia homepage is displayed on a laptop screen. Elon Musk launched Grokipedia to compete with Wikipedia. (dpa)

Elon Musk Launches Grokipedia to Compete with Online Encyclopedia Wikipedia 

Elon Musk has launched Grokipedia, a crowdsourced online encyclopedia that the billionaire seeks to position as a rival to Wikipedia. Writing on social media…

Technology Amazon to Invest $5 Billion in South Korea AI Data Centers

Amazon to Invest $5 Billion in South Korea AI Data Centers

Amazon will invest over $5 billion to build AI data centers in South Korea by 2031, Seoul said Wednesday, calling it the country's largest-ever foreign…

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Technology The ChatGPT app icon on a smartphone in this illustration taken October 27, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

OpenAI to Offer ChatGPT Go Free for a Year in India

OpenAI will offer its ChatGPT Go subscription free to users in India for one year starting November 4, the Microsoft- backed startup said on Tuesday, as it…

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Technology New iPhones 17 Pro smartphones are displayed at Apple store in Beijing's Sanlitun area as they go on sale in Beijing, China, September 19, 2025. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Apple Suppliers Skyworks, Qorvo Agree to Create $22 billion Radio-chip Giant

Skyworks Solutions will buy smaller rival Qorvo, they said on Tuesday, forming a $22 billion combined company that supplies radio-frequency chips to Apple and…

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Technology A BYD Song Pro electric vehicle is displayed during the launch event of Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD in Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 8, 2025. REUTERS/Alessia Maccioni/File Photo

China Excludes EVs in Latest Five-year Plan as Industry Grapples with Oversupply

China has omitted electric vehicles from its list of strategic industries in its five-year development plan for 2026-2030, marking their first exclusion in…

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