Technology

Musk's xAI to invest over $20 billion in Mississippi data center

Jan 9 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's ‌artificial intelligence startup xAI is investing more than $20 ‌billion to build a data center in Southaven, Mississippi, ‌state Governor Tate Reeves said in a statement on Thursday, as a boom in generative AI fuels demand for increased computing power.

Technology

TSMC posts Q4 revenue of T$1,046.08 billion, above forecasts

(Corrects to ‌show revenue amount ‌is in Taiwan dollars, ‌not U.S. dollars, in headline)

AI

AI gobbling up memory chips essential to gadget makers

As devices from toys to cars get smarter at the Consumer Electronics Show, gadget makers are grappling with a shortage of memory and storage needed for them to work.

Mobile apps

As a shooting unfolded at Brown University, students turned to anonymous app for answers before official alerts

When a gunman began firing inside an academic building on the Brown University campus, students didn't wait for official alerts warning of trouble. They got information almost instantly, in bits and bursts – through phones vibrating in pockets, messages from strangers, rumors that felt urgent because they might keep someone alive.

AI

Google adds new AI features to Gmail, turning it into a personal assistant

More artificial intelligence is being implanted into Gmail as Google tries to turn the world's most popular email service into a personal assistant that can improve writing, summarize far-flung information buried in inboxes and deliver daily to-do lists.

AI

DeepSeek to customise namesake chatbot for Italian users following probe

The firm agrees to a package of commitments, including tackling AI model 'hallucination' issues, with the Italian Competition Authority.

Technology

Musk's xAI quarterly net loss widens to $1.46 billion, Bloomberg News reports

Jan 8 (Reuters) - Elon ‌Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI ‌reported a net loss of $1.46 billion ‌for the September quarter, compared with a loss of $1 billion in the previous three months, Bloomberg ‍News reported on Thursday, citing ‍internal documents.

Technology

CrowdStrike to buy identity security startup SGNL for $740 million to tackle AI threats

Jan 8 (Reuters) - CrowdStrike ‌said on Thursday it would buy identity security startup SGNL in ‌a deal valued at $740 million aiming to enhance its cybersecurity tools ‌to help customers counter artificial intelligence-powered threats.

Technology

Exclusive-Big Tech spared strict rules in EU digital rule overhaul, sources say

BRUSSELS, Jan ‌8 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google, Meta Platforms, Netflix, Microsoft and Amazon will not ‌face heavy-handed regulations in Europe's digital rule overhaul despite calls from ‌telecoms companies, people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.

Technology

Qualcomm to provide infotainment tech for new Volkswagen platform

BERLIN, Jan ‌8 (Reuters) - Volkswagen plans a long-term supply ‌deal with U.S. chip designer Qualcomm ‌to deliver infotainment technology for the German carmaker's new software platform.

Technology

France's armed forces ministry awards Mistral AI framework agreement

Jan ‌8 - France's Ministry of the Armed ‌Forces has awarded a framework agreement to ‌artificial intelligence company Mistral AI, it said on Thursday.

Technology

EU orders X to keep Grok documents for longer amid sexualised AI photos furore

BRUSSELS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The European Commission ‌has ordered Elon Musk's X to retain all documents relating to its AI chatbot, Grok, ‌for longer while the bloc ensures compliance with its rules after condemning it for producing ‌sexualised images, a spokesperson said on Thursday.

Technology

EU antitrust regulators to decide on Google's Wiz deal by February 10

BRUSSELS, Jan ‌8 (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators will ‌decide by February 10 whether ‌to clear Alphabet's $32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity company Wiz, its largest deal ever, according ‍to a filing ‍on the European ‌Commission website.

Technology

Volvo Cars recalls over 413,000 US vehicles due to rearview camera issue

Jan 8 (Reuters) - ‌Swedish automaker Volvo Cars is recalling ‌413,151 vehicles in the United ‌States over an issue with the rearview camera, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) ‍said on Thursday.

AI

Musk's AI chatbot faces global backlash over sexualised images of women and children

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is facing a backlash from governments around the world after a recent surge in sexualised images of women and children generated without consent by the artificial intelligence-powered tool.

Robotics

Dancing isn't enough: industry pushes for practical robots

Humanoid robots danced, somersaulted, dealt blackjack and played ping-pong at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, but some in the industry are impatient for them to become more useful, not just a promise of things to come.

Internet

Time introduces no-contract plans with speeds up to 1Gbps until Feb 7

Local telco Time is now offering no-contract home broadband plans as part of a limited-time promotion that lasts until Feb 7.

Technology

Singapore, Beijing land in top 10 of Savills’ inaugural Matcha Index of global tech cities

Even with its premium-priced matcha drinks, Singapore ranks among the world's most 'liveable' cities for tech workers.

Technology

OVHcloud reports 6% organic growth in Q1, confirms annual guidance

(Corrects paragraph 2 to ‌say Q1 revenue was 275.3 million euros, not ‌273.5 million euros)

AI

Musk’s Grok AI generated thousands of undressed images per hour on X

Elon Musk's X has become a top site for images of people that have been non-consensually undressed by AI, according to a third-party analysis, with thousands of instances each hour over a day earlier this week.