Internet

Fake water leak alert lures Hongkonger, 70, into HK$4mil online love scam

Victim is among nearly 20 people who lost HK$10mil in online romance scams over past two weeks.

AI

Trump's order to block 'woke' AI in government encourages tech giants to censor their chatbots

Tech companies looking to sell their artificial intelligence technology to the US federal government must now contend with a new regulatory hurdle: prove their chatbots aren't "woke."

Internet

Google ordered to pay Argentine pictured naked in his yard

An Argentine captured naked in his yard by a Google Street View camera has been awarded compensation by a court after his bare behind was splashed over the Internet for all to see.

Technology

Intel's foundry future depends on securing a customer for next-gen chipmaking tech

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Intel warned investors on Thursday that it may have to get out of the chip manufacturing business if it does not land external customers to make chips in its factories.

Internet

Why are data nerds racing to save US government statistics?

After watching data sets be altered or disappear from US government websites in unprecedented ways after President Donald Trump began his second term, an army of outside statisticians, demographers and computer scientists have joined forces to capture, preserve and share data sets, sometimes clandestinely.

Technology

STMicro to buy part of NXP Semiconductors' sensor business for up to $950 million

(Reuters) -French-Italian chipmaker STMicroelectronics said on Thursday it would acquire part of NXP Semiconductors' sensor unit for up to $950 million in cash.

Technology

Elon Musk's Starlink network suffers rare global outage

(Reuters) -SpaceX's Starlink suffered one of its biggest international outages on Thursday when an internal software failure knocked tens of thousands of users offline, a rare disruption for Elon Musk's powerful satellite internet system.

Technology

Intel is cutting more jobs as CEO Tan tries to fix manufacturing missteps

(Reuters) -Intel is going to end the year with a workforce that is over a fifth smaller than last year, it said on Thursday, and new CEO Lip Bu Tan presented a blueprint for a more cost-disciplined, streamlined chipmaker that would issue "no more blank checks."

Technology

In earnings season, it's AI good, everything else, not so much

(Reuters) -Businesses focused on artificial intelligence are raking it in so far this earnings season. Those catering to actual people, less so.

Technology

Europe's CISPE challenges Broadcom's $69 billion VMware deal in EU court

(Reuters) -European Union judges could review chipmaker Broadcom's $69 billion acquisition of cloud computing firm VMWare, after an antitrust complaint opposed the bloc's approval of one of the biggest takeovers in the technology industry.

Technology

OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in August, The Verge reports

(Reuters) -Artificial intelligence pioneer OpenAI plans to launch its GPT-5 model as early as August, The Verge reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the plans.

Technology

Alphabet hit with EU antitrust complaint by six digital rights groups

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Alphabet was targeted with an EU antitrust complaint from six human and digital rights groups on Thursday which urged EU regulators to investigate whether the tech giant complies with legislation requiring it to make it easier for users to uninstall software apps.

Technology

Video-sharing app Vine is returning 'in AI form', Musk says

(Reuters) -Elon Musk's social media company X is bringing back popular video-sharing platform Vine in "AI form", the billionaire tech-entrepreneur said on Thursday, almost nine years after the app was discontinued.

Technology

Intel beats shareholder lawsuit over $32 billion stock plunge

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Technology

Novartis to pay Matchpoint up to $1 billion to develop anti-inflammatory therapies

(Reuters) -Swiss drugmaker Novartis will pay up to $1 billion to U.S. biotech Matchpoint Therapeutics to develop oral drugs for several inflammatory diseases.

Technology

Tesla faces difficult road ahead as it hopes robotaxis will offset declining sales

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk are walking an increasingly difficult tightrope as the company navigates declining electric vehicle sales and an autonomous driving business that has yet to get off the ground.

Technology

Mobileye raises annual revenue view on strong self-driving chip demand

(Reuters) -Self-driving technology firm Mobileye Global raised its forecast for fiscal 2025 revenue on Thursday, anticipating a rise in orders for its autonomous driving chips as customers clear existing inventory.

Technology

UK's RELX says generative AI tools will keep driving growth

LONDON (Reuters) -British business information group RELX said on Thursday demand for its generative AI tools from lawyers and scientists boosted half-year profit by 9%, and it was confident on further growth as new products launch and its conference business thrives.

Technology

Walmart bets on AI super agents to boost e-commerce growth

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Walmart unveiled plans on Thursday to roll out a suite of AI-powered "super agents" designed to improve the shopping experience for customers and streamline operations.

AI

AI is slowing down (not speeding up) software developers, study finds

Open-source developers who lean on artificial intelligence tools are less productive and efficient than those who do not use the much-hyped technology, according to researchers investigating AI assistance in software development.