Feb 16 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX and its wholly-owned subsidiary xAI are competing in a secret new Pentagon contest to produce voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarming technology, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. Read full story

PARIS, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Crypto company Nexo has relaunched in the United States, it said on Monday, three years after leaving the country and paying a$45 million fine following clashes with regulators. Read full story

The habit bothered his wife. He loved to debate she knew that all too well, she said. Read full story

The insistence on AI everywhere with little or no option to turn it off raises an important question about what's in it for the Internet companies. Read full story

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Feb 16 (Reuters) - Activist investor Starboard Value plans to push for a major overhaul of Tripadvisor's board, and is preparing to nominate a majority slate for the company's eight-member board, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Read full story

Yellow signs with images of dead children accused the company of being an "accomplice" to "murder," videos and photos of the demonstration showed. Read full story

DUBLIN, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) said on Tuesday it had opened a formal investigation into X's AI chatbot Grok over the processing of personal data and its potential to produce harmful sexualised images and video, including of children. Read full story

BENGALURU, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Anthropic's revenue run-rate in India has doubled in four months, chief executive officer Dario Amodei said on Monday, underscoring the rapid adoption of the AI startup's Claude coding product in the country. Read full story

Feb 16 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's X was back up for thousands of users in the U.S. and UK after a short outage on Monday, according to tracking website Downdetector.com. Read full story

BERLIN, Feb 16 (Reuters) - A group of German centre-left Social Democrats has joined their conservative coalition partners in calling for restrictions on social media access for children, proposing a formal ban for those under 14. Read full story

Feb 16 (Reuters) - The world's most valuable technology stocks have suffered sharp declines in market value this year after years of outsized gains, as investors question whether heavy spending on AI will generate sufficient returns to justify the lofty valuations. Read full story

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RIYADH, Feb 16 (Reuters) - An Iraqi-Emirati consortium is planning a $700 million subsea-and-terrestrial data cable linking the United Arab Emirates to Turkey via Iraq, one of the project's backers said, just over a week after the announcement of a Saudi-backed fibre-optic project in Syria. Read full story

Troubled French games giant Ubisoft will strive to project confidence this weekend with a massive esports event for its shooter "Rainbow Six Siege", while hoping a reorganisation and expansion to China can keep the money rolling in. Read full story

OpenAI has hired the Austrian creator of OpenClaw, an artificial intelligence tool able to execute real-world tasks, the US startup's head Sam Altman said on Sunday. Read full story

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is cracking down on AI chatbots sharing harmful content, pledging to ensure they comply with laws designed to protect children online. Read full story

It accounts for more than 200,000 jobs and has colonized entire neighborhoods. In New York, the tech industry is driving local economic growth like never before. Read full story

A global artificial intelligence summit kicks off in New Delhi on Monday with big issues on the agenda, from job disruption to child safety, but some attendees warn the broad focus could diminish the chance of concrete commitments from world leaders Read full story

As artificial intelligence evolves at a blistering pace, world leaders and thousands of other delegates will discuss how to handle the technology at the AI Impact Summit, which opens Monday in New Delhi. Read full story

After soaring to global attention with its hugely popular TikTok app, Chinese tech giant ByteDance is now positioning itself as a major player in the fast- evolving AI arena. Read full story

The introduction of advertisements and sponsored content in chatbots has spawned privacy concerns for AI users as brands scramble to stay relevant in a fast-changing online environment. Read full story

Why experts recommend digital decluttering as part of spring cleaning efforts for Chinese New Year. Read full story

LONDON, Feb 15 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will seek broader powers to regulate internet access, which he said on Sunday was needed to protect children from fast-changing digital risks. Read full story

Feb 15 (Reuters) - Warner Bros Discovery is considering reopening sale talks with rival Hollywood studio Paramount Skydance after receiving its hostile suitor's most recent amended offer, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. Read full story

Self-driving vehicles and people are dangerously out of sync, according to an engineer, who warns in a new book that the technology imposes "a strange new role" that human thought processes "weren't designed for." Read full story

WhatsApp won't let you delete Meta's AI from the chat messenger, but officials in the European Union may be able to let you at least pick a more familiar AI assistant. Read full story

An Apple Watch feature to spot signs of high blood pressure cannot reliably be used instead of regular screening tests, according to new research. Read full story

Almost a third of children who use AI chatbots say they would describe the technology as like one of their friends, a survey in the UK suggests. Read full story

Feb 14 (Reuters) - Vietnam's government has allowed SpaceX to launch its Starlink satellite internet service in the country, state media reported on Saturday. Read full story

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LOS ANGELES, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Laid-off and sidelined by last year's production slowdown, Hollywood visualeffects veteran Michael Eng discovered a gap in his resume while perusing job listings in Los Angeles -- experience in machine learning. Read full story

For the Safe Online Standards (S.O.S.) program, an independent panel of global experts will evaluate companies on parameters including safety rules, design, moderation and mental health resources. Read full story

Despite being the "AI Super Bowl," none of the major AI companies OpenAI, Google, Anthropic made the top 20 brands that performed well in generative AI search and conversation during Super Bowl week. Read full story

If you receive a suspicious message even if it looks convincing do not click any links or call the number listed. Read full story

By the way, the old AirTag looks just like the new one. Read full story

Feb 13 (Reuters) - Anthropic's artificial-intelligence model Claude was used in the U.S. military's operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Read full story

Feb 13 (Reuters) - Grok, Elon Musk's AI chatbot, has been gaining ground in the U.S. over the past months, data showed, even as it draws global censure and regulatory scrutiny after being used to generate a wave of non-consensual sexualized images of women and minors. Read full story

Feb 13 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's global bond sale this week underscored the high level of investor demand for the major AI hyperscalers, but raised concerns about the debt's lack of protections for existing and future bondholders. Read full story

Feb 13 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX is considering a dual-class share structure in its planned IPO this year, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Read full story