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Mobile apps
WhatsApp adds group member tags, event reminders and text stickers
WhatsApp has rolled out several new features, including the ability to assign member tags in groups, event reminders and text stickers for chats.
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Technology
Indian top IT firms set for another tepid quarter on weak US demand, client spending
Jan 8 (Reuters) - India's information technology firms are expected to report another muted quarter, as tepid demand in the U.S. and holiday-period client shutdowns continue to weigh on tech spending, nine brokerages said ahead of earnings.
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Gadgets
Dose of uncertainty: Experts wary of AI health gadgets at CES
Health tech gadgets displayed at the annual CES trade show make a lot of promises. A smart scale promoted a healthier lifestyle by scanning your feet to track your heart health, and an egg-shaped hormone tracker uses AI to help you figure out the best time to conceive.
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AI
'Never expected this': Creator of viral AI Maduro image comes forward
Prominent accounts misrepresented the image, and further manipulated versions soon spread online.
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Robotics
Humanoid robots pour coffee, fold laundry at CES. Painfully slowly
At the CES trade show in Las Vegas this week, robots poured coffee, played ping pong, dealt poker hands and folded laundry – all within a few feet of one another.
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Driverless vehicle
AI helps pave the way for self-driving cars
Even if Elon Musk's dream of robotaxis for everyone is a long way off, sleek electric cars powered by artificial intelligence packed the Consumer Electronics Show, promising to liberate people from the tedium of driving.
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Technology
OpenAI earmarks $50 billion for employee stock grant pool, The Information reports
Jan 7 (Reuters) - OpenAI last fall set aside an employee stock grant pool equivalent to 10% of the company, valued at $500 billion in October, The Information reported on Wednesday, citing two people with knowledge of the plans.
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Technology
Tech firms must block unsolicited nude images under new UK rules
LONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Technology companies in Britain will be required to block unsolicited sexual images under online safety rules taking effect on Thursday, as governments worldwide step up efforts to curb abuse and risks linked to artificial intelligence.
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Technology
UK watchdog contacts Musk's X over abusive imagery, US state attorney expresses concern
WASHINGTON/LONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Britain's data regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office, said on Wednesday it had asked Elon Musk's X to clarify how it was complying with data protection laws following concerns that Grok, X's built-in artificial intelligence chatbot, was flooding the site with sexually abusive images of women.
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Technology
Musk lawsuit over OpenAI for-profit conversion can head to trial, US judge says
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk persuaded a judge on Wednesday to allow a jury trial on his allegations that ChatGPT maker OpenAI violated its founding mission in its high-profile restructuring to a for-profit entity.
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Technology
Samsung forecasts profit to triple to record high as it rides AI boom
SEOUL, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics on Thursday projected a three-fold jump in fourth-quarter operating profit from a year earlier to a record high as tight supply and a surge in artificial intelligence-driven demand stoked prices for conventional memory chips.
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Technology
Google, AI firm settle lawsuit over teen's suicide linked to Chatbot
Jan 7 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google and AI startup Character.AI have agreed to settle a lawsuit by a Florida mother who alleged the startup's chatbot led to the suicide of her 14-year-old son, representing one of the first U.S. cases targeting AI firms over alleged psychological harm.
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Technology
JPMorgan to replace Goldman as Apple Card issuer
Jan 7 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase and Apple on Wednesday announced a deal under which the bank will become the new issuer of the Apple Card, replacing Goldman Sachs, further expanding the biggest U.S. bank's credit card franchise.
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Technology
Exclusive-Arm launches 'Physical AI' unit, joining rush to robotics by tech and automakers
Jan 7 (Reuters) - Chip technology company Arm Holdings has reorganized the company to create a Physical AI unit to expand its presence in the robotics market, company executives told Reuters at CES, where robots are a theme of the year.
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Technology
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health to connect medical records, wellness apps
Jan 7 - OpenAI on Wednesday launched a ChatGPT Health tab that answers health-related questions and lets users upload medical records and connect wellness apps such as Apple Health and MyFitnessPal.
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Technology
Anthropic plans new fundraise at $350 billion valuation, sources say
Jan 7 (Reuters) - Anthropic is planning a multi-billion-dollar fundraise that would value the Claude chatbot maker at $350 billion, two sources told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Technology
Dow Jones signs deal with Polymarket to add prediction data across outlets
Jan 7 (Reuters) - News Corp's Dow Jones said on Wednesday it had signed an exclusive deal with Polymarket to bring real-time prediction market data to its outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Barron's and MarketWatch.
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Technology
ASML says social media hacking claims are untrue
AMSTERDAM, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Dutch computer chip equipment supplier ASML said on Wednesday that claims posted on social media that the company had been hacked were untrue.
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Technology
US online holiday spending hits record levels despite slower growth, Adobe says
Jan 7 (Reuters) - U.S. online holiday spending growth slowed in the 2025 season, Adobe Analytics data showed on Wednesday, even as shoppers set a record on the back of steep discounts and wider use of buy-now-pay-later plans.
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Technology
Hyundai Motor shares rise 15% to hit record high amid Nvidia tie-up speculation
SEOUL, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Shares of Hyundai Motor rallied on Wednesday by as much as 14.9% to hit a record high in morning trade, outperforming the benchmark KOSPI's 1.2% gain amid market speculation about a potential deeper tie-up with Nvidia.
