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At Metas landmark trial, a stroll through a graveyard of dead apps - 24/04 3:00 pm

In the landmark antitrust case, tech executives have harked back to a Silicon Valley age when social apps like Facebook, Path, Orkut and Google Plus boomed. Read full story





YouTube says more than 20 billion videos uploaded in 20 years - 24/04 2:30 pm

YouTube on April 23 celebrated more than 20 billion videos being uploaded to the platform since the first clip debuted two decades ago. Read full story





Revolut profit soars to $1.5 billion as Storonsky increases stake to more .. - 24/04 2:19 pm

LONDON (Reuters) -Revolut's pretax profit surged 149% last year to 1.1 billion pounds ($1.46 billion) as the financial technology firm rode a wave in crypto trading and earned more from interest rates and card fees, the company said on Thursday. Read full story





Why Chinas robot makers are unfazed by US tariffs: Were the only supplier - 24/04 2:00 pm

Many firms say they feel little pressure to lower prices, as there are few viable alternatives to their products. Read full story





Nokia posts quarterly profit miss, flags disruption from Trump's tariffs - 24/04 1:26 pm

(Reuters) - Nokia reported first-quarter profit well below market expectations on Thursday and flagged a short-term disruption from U.S. tariffs with an estimated impact of between 20 million and 30 million euros to its second- quarter profit. Read full story





STMicro sees better quarterly earnings after bottom-of-year 1st quarter - 24/04 1:26 pm

(Reuters) -STMicroelectronics forecast improving earnings for the second quarter on Thursday after its first-quarter earnings, which the chipmaker called the bottom point of the year, met its earlier expectations. Read full story





Software firm Dassault Systemes cuts 2025 margin outlook - 24/04 1:07 pm

(Reuters) -French software company Dassault Systemes lowered its annual operating margin forecast on Thursday, citing a risk-adjusted financial outlook. Read full story





Elon Musk damaged Tesla's brand in just a few months. Fixing it will .. - 24/04 12:10 am

Elon Musk has been called a Moonshot Master, the Edison of Our Age and the Architect of the Future, but he's got a big problem at his car company and it's not clear he can fix it: damage to its brand. Read full story





South Korea agency says DeepSeek transferred user info, prompts without .. - 24/04 11:27 am

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's information protection authority said on Thursday that DeepSeek transferred user information and prompts without permission when the service was still available for download in the country's app market. Read full story





YouTube turns 20 years old. How it changed TV as we know it - 24/04 11:00 am

The grainy 19-second YouTube video that started it all hardly had the makings of a viral sensation. Read full story





IBM says 15 contracts impacted by DOGE cost cuts, shares drop - 24/04 7:53 am

(Reuters) -International Business Machines said 15 of its government contracts were shelved under a cost-cutting drive by the Trump administration, a setback that eclipsed its upbeat revenue forecast and dragged its shares down over 5% after hours. Read full story





TI forecasts second-quarter revenue above estimates, abating tariff .. - 24/04 7:40 am

(Reuters) -Texas Instruments forecast second-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, betting on robust demand for its analog chips despite widespread economic uncertainty stemming from U.S. tariffs. Read full story





TSMC shows off new tech for stitching together bigger, faster chips - 24/04 7:30 am

SANTA CLARA, California (Reuters) -Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co on Wednesday unveiled technology for making faster chips and putting them together in dinner-plate-sized packages that will boost performance needed for artificial intelligence applications. Read full story





Musk's Neuralink could fetch $8.5 billion valuation, Bloomberg News reports - 24/04 7:17 am

(Reuters) -Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink is planning to raise about $500 million at a pre-money valuation of $8.5 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. Read full story





Cantor joins hand with SoftBank, Tether for $3.6 billion crypto venture - 24/04 12:02 am

(Reuters) - Cantor Fitzgerald is launching a crypto venture with Tether and Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group to buy bitcoin, underscoring rising institutional adoption of the once-nascent asset class. Read full story





Explainer-What happens to Apple and Meta after the EU fine? - 23/04 11:53 pm

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -European Union antitrust regulators on Wednesday fined Apple 500 million euros ($570 million) and Meta 200 million euros to make the companies comply with the Digital Markets Act, which seeks to allow smaller rivals into markets dominated by the biggest companies. Read full story





Meta expands AI access on Ray-Ban smart glasses in Europe - 23/04 10:25 pm

(Reuters) -Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it is expanding access to its artificial intelligence assistant, Meta AI, on Ray-Ban smart glasses to seven additional European countries. Read full story





LTIMindtree's quarterly revenue marginally misses expectations on weak .. - 23/04 9:33 pm

BENGALURU (Reuters) -India's No.6 software services exporter LTIMindtree on Wednesday marginally missed quarterly earnings estimates due to a revenue decline in its healthcare and consumer segments. Read full story





Nintendo says cannot meet Switch 2 lottery demand in Japan - 23/04 9:03 pm

TOKYO (Reuters) -Nintendo said on Wednesday it has received 2.2 million applications in the lottery for its Switch 2 gaming device in Japan but cannot fulfil all the demand. Read full story





French media companies sue Meta over business practices - 23/04 8:35 pm

PARIS (Reuters) -French media companies, including TF1, France TV and BFM TV, are suing Facebook owner Meta over what they say are unlawful business practices, law firms representing them said. Read full story





China has an army of robots on its side in the tariff war - 23/04 4:00 pm

Enormous investments in factory equipment and artificial intelligence are giving China an edge in car manufacturing and other industries. Read full story





Xiaomi denies report of YU7 SUV launch delay, Lei Jun to skip Shanghai .. - 23/04 3:41 pm

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Xiaomi on Wednesday denied a report that the launch of its highly-anticipated YU7 had been delayed and said the electric SUV would still go on the market in June or July, as CEO Lei Jun had earlier announced. Read full story





Tesla says India's 100% car tariffs make customers anxious - 23/04 3:17 pm

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Tesla sees India's 100% import tariffs on cars making customers anxious, and the carmaker is still assessing when to enter the "very hot" market even as those concerns linger, its chief financial officer said on Tuesday. Read full story





Japan's Fanuc says it cannot provide FY2026 forecasts due to tariff .. - 23/04 3:03 pm

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese robotics company Fanuc Corp said on Wednesday it was not able to report its forecasts for the current fiscal year ending in March 2026 due to "numerous uncertain factors" including U.S. tariffs and their global economic impact. Read full story





At trial, Instagram co-founder says Meta denied his company resources - 23/04 3:00 pm

Kevin Systrom said during testimony in a landmark antitrust trial that he believed Mark Zuckerberg, Meta's chief executive, viewed Instagram as a threat. Read full story





India's HCLTech jumps on strong revenue growth outlook - 23/04 2:47 pm

(Reuters) -Shares of HCLTech jumped 8% on Wednesday after India's third- largest IT firm delivered a strong revenue growth forecast, standing out in a sector weighed down by cautious outlooks from bigger rivals. Read full story





Tesla shares rise 6.5%, Musk says to cut back DOGE work - 23/04 2:30 pm

LONDON (Reuters) -Tesla shares rose 6.5% in Frankfurt on Wednesday, after it reported profitability for its core auto business topped rock-bottom expectations in the first quarter, although it missed on other metrics such as revenue and net profit. Read full story





Carmaker GAC to take responsibility for safety of L4 autonomous cars, .. - 23/04 2:29 pm

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Chinese carmaker Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) said at the Shanghai auto show on Wednesday it would take responsibility for the safety of Level 4 autonomous driving vehicles, Chinese media outlet Jiemian reported. Read full story





Huaweis expansion in smart driving stirs competition, scrutiny - 23/04 2:00 pm

Huawei's software doesn't just help sell cars to Chinese drivers who are highly attuned to intelligent driving features, it also collects vast amounts of data that may ultimately help the company crack the holy grail of autonomous driving. Read full story





Besi reports higher bookings as AI demand picks up in Asia - 23/04 1:47 pm

(Reuters) -BE Semiconductor Industries (Besi), a supplier of advanced packaging tools for chipmakers, said on Wednesday its order bookings grew in the first quarter as Asian subcontractors ordered more AI related data centre applications. Read full story





Florida sues Snapchat owner for allegedly addicting children, deceiving .. - 23/04 7:51 am

(Reuters) -Florida sued Snap, the owner of photo-sharing app Snapchat, on Tuesday, accusing it of illegally employing features that addict children and opening accounts for children age 13 and younger. Read full story





German software maker SAP beats operating profit estimates for first .. - 23/04 7:41 am

(Reuters) -German software maker SAP on Tuesday reported an adjusted operating profit of 2.5 billion euros ($2.86 billion) for the first quarter of the year that came in above analysts' estimates. Read full story





Google opts out of standalone prompt for third-party cookies - 23/04 7:02 am

(Reuters) -Alphabet's Google said on Tuesday it will not be rolling out a new standalone prompt for third-party cookies and will retain the tiny packets of code in its Chrome browser. Read full story



Dubai's du announces 2 billion dirhams hyperscale data center deal with .. - 23/04 12:51 am

(Reuters) -The Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC (du) on Tuesday announced a 2 billion dirhams ($544.54 million) hyperscale data center deal with Microsoft. Read full story



OpenAI would buy Google's Chrome, exec testifies at trial - 22/04 10:38 pm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -OpenAI would be interested in buying Google's Chrome if antitrust enforcers are successful in forcing the Alphabet unit to sell the popular web browser as part of a bid to restore competition in search, an OpenAI executive testified on Tuesday at Google's antitrust trial in Washington. Read full story





AI economic gains likely to outweigh emissions cost, says IMF - 22/04 9:49 pm

(Reuters) -Economic gains from artificial intelligence will boost global output by around 0.5% a year between 2025 and 2030, outweighing the costs of rising carbon emissions by the data centres needed to run AI models, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. Read full story





HCLTech CEO signals opportunities despite expected tariff impact - 22/04 8:55 pm

BENGALURU (Reuters) -HCLTech, India's third-largest IT services company, posted slightly lower-than-estimated fourth-quarter revenue on Tuesday, but projected growth opportunities to emerge from the global macro overhang. Read full story





Australian leaders vow to stand firm on social media age limits as .. - 22/04 8:22 pm

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he expects to receive pressure from social media giants to ease Australia's impending ban on children using their platforms, with opposition Liberal leader Peter Dutton keen to agree with him in an election debate on Tuesday. Read full story





India's Airtel to buy 5G spectrum from Adani - 22/04 7:23 pm

(Reuters) -Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel will buy 5G telecom spectrum from a unit of Adani Enterprises, the company said on Tuesday. Read full story





CATL teases five-minute EV charge with longer range than BYD - 22/04 5:00 pm

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd, the world's biggest producer of batteries for electric vehicles, unveiled the latest versions of its cells, playing up the durability and range of its products as the perceived limits of EVs still stop many consumers from making the switch. Read full story




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RM1 bilion untuk projek padi, tidak beri hasil .. - Utusan
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Nasib Ibu, bapa Zayn Rayyan diketahui 21 Julai ini - Kosmo
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Samsung One UI 7 Now Available On Galaxy Z Fold6, Z .. - Lowyat
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Trump criticises Zelensky as Ukraine refuses Russian .. - BBC
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