WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Amazon.com on Wednesday said it plans to launch the first 27 satellites for its Project Kuiper internet network next week, pinning down a long-awaited start to the company's plan to deploy a massive constellation that will rival Elon Musk's Starlink system. Read full story

A startup run by Tim Stokely, founder of adult content social media site OnlyFans, has partnered with a cryptocurrency foundation to submit a late- stage plan to acquire short video app TikTok from Chinese owner ByteDance, the two said on Wednesday. Read full story

(Reuters) - Alphabet's Google is replacing Sissie Hsiao, who led the development of the artificial intelligence chatbot Bard, now known as Gemini, the company told staff in its AI division on Wednesday. Read full story

Nintendo Co will release its new Switch 2 console on June 5, seeking to keep the No. 1 spot in video-game devices with a new version of the top-selling model it introduced in 2017. Read full story

(Reuters) - Amazon.com has put in a last-minute bid to buy TikTok, a U.S. administration official said on Wednesday, just days ahead of an April 5 deadline for the short-form video app to find a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban in the country. Read full story

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence group MLCommons unveiled two new benchmarks that it said can help determine how quickly top-of-the-line hardware and software can run AI applications. Read full story

(Reuters) -Netflix on Wednesday rolled out enhanced language options for television viewers, allowing users to select from the full list of available subtitles and dubbing languages for any title. Read full story

(Reuters) - Meta Platforms has signed a multi-year deal to become the first "official fan technology partner" of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), whose CEO was elected to the Facebook-parent's board in January. Read full story

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(Reuters) - Chinese companies including ByteDance, Alibaba Group and Tencent Holdings have placed at least $16 billion in orders for Nvidia's H20 server chips in the first three months of the year, the Information reported on Wednesday, citing two people with direct knowledge of the transactions. Read full story

In Britain, amid growing evidence of harm to young people from extreme content online, a "Smartphone Free Childhood" campaign is going viral. Read full story

Although Zhang has handed over corporate roles to Liang Rubo, he is widely seen as the real decision maker at the tech giant. Read full story

(Reuters) -BDL Capital Management considers the price Prosus offered for Just Eat Takeaway.com to be unfair to minority shareholders, the Paris-based asset manager said in a report on Tuesday. Read full story

Created in 1975 by childhood friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft today is one of the five Big Tech titans. Read full story

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo is set to reveal details of its Switch 2 on Wednesday with investors looking for the pricing and launch date of the successor to the home-portable Switch gaming device. Read full story

Microsoft has been at the heart of computing for half a century, becoming a tech stalwart almost taken for granted as lifestyles embraced the Internet. Read full story

Scientists have developed a device that can translate thoughts about speech into spoken words in real time. Read full story

Millions of Americans earn money finding gig work through platforms like Uber, Lyft or DoorDash. Many see their financial lives upended when their account is suddenly blocked for unclear reasons. Read full story

A popular electric vehicle made by the Chinese consumer electronics giant Xiaomi crashed into a concrete guardrail while deploying its autonomous driving feature. Three people died. Read full story

Gaming giant Nintendo is set to unveil the successor to its phenomenally popular Switch console on April 2. Read full story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate investigative subcommittee on Tuesday is opening a review into Facebook-parent Meta Platforms' efforts to gain access to the Chinese market and is seeking documents from the company. Read full story

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will consider on Wednesday a final proposal related to TikTok, CBS News reported on Tuesday, citing sources, ahead of an April 5 deadline for the app to find a non-Chinese buyer or face a U.S. ban. Read full story

(Reuters) -U.S. venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is in discussions to invest in TikTok as part of an effort led by President Donald Trump to gain control of the short-video app from its Chinese owners, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. Read full story

(Reuters) - Meta Platforms' head of artificial intelligence research, Joelle Pineau, plans to leave the company, at a time when the tech giant is aggressively investing and competing in the AI space. Read full story

NEW YORK (Reuters) -WNS Holdings, a technology outsourcing services firm with a market value of $2.8 billion, is exploring a sale after attracting acquisition interest from potential suitors including Capgemini, according to people familiar with the matter. Read full story

(Reuters) - Artificial intelligence startup CoreWeave's shares were up 17% at $43.50 on their third day of trading on Tuesday, above their initial public offering price of $40. Read full story

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - If a company can survive the upheaval caused by the adoption of artificial intelligence, AI will help it thrive in the longer run, a study presented at a European Central Bank conference has found. Read full story

(Reuters) -The frenzy to create Ghibli-style AI art using ChatGPT's image- generation tool led to a record surge in users for OpenAI's chatbot last week, straining its servers and temporarily limiting the feature's usage. Read full story

(Reuters) -U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm said on Tuesday it was considering making an offer to acquire UK-based Alphawave, sending shares of the British company surging. Read full story

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Cerebras Systems, a Silicon Valley-based AI chip company, and Canadian chip startup Ranovus said on Tuesday that they had been awarded a $45 million contract from the U.S. military to speed up connections between computing chips. Read full story

SEOUL (Reuters) - 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 his predecessor, Han Jong-Hee, a week ago. Read full story

Tech entrepreneurs hope to revive Syrian economy even as sanctions complicate payments and access. Read full story

The smartphone, our faithful daily companion, never leaves our side, even in the office. But is placing it out of reach enough to improve concentration and productivity? Read full story

Gamers are still predominantly perceived as men. However, in China, things are changing. Thanks to "otome", a video game genre that focuses on love stories, m

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Lightmatter, a startup valued at $4.4 billion, on Monday released two pieces of technology aimed at speeding up the connections between artificial intelligence chips. Read full story

A company that specialises in early wildfire detection has developed a new, AI-based drone it says will help speed up the detection, location and monitoring of fires. Read full story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Elon Musk's SpaceX on Monday launched a crew of four private astronauts led by a crypto entrepreneur on a mission to orbit Earth from pole to pole, a novel trajectory in which no humans have traveled before. Read full story

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In his first remarks as Intel's new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan on Monday outlined a leaner version of the iconic American chipmaker in which he would work directly with engineers to develop new products based on feedback from the company's customers. Read full story

-AI-powered cybersecurity firm ReliaQuest said on Monday it has raised more than $500 million in a funding round led by EQT, KKR and FTV Capital, valuing it at $3.4 billion. Read full story

(Reuters) - 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 computational infrastructure, and enhance its AI tools. Read full story