Internet

Ads pressured to evolve as AI changes Google search

As Google races to lead in artificial intelligence, it faces the challenge of making sure the technology doesn't slow its profit-pumping advertising engine.

Technology

Embracer leans on back catalogue as game delays shake industry profits

(Reuters) - Tomb Raider owner Embracer is leaning on its back catalogue to maintain cash flow while fewer AAA games are being released, but this is not a long-term shift, CEO Lars Wingefors said on Thursday.

AI

OpenAI unites with Jony Ive in US$6.5bil deal to create AI devices

OpenAI said it was buying IO, a start-up founded by Mr. Ive, the designer of the iPhone, to usher in a new era of artificial intelligence hardware.

Cybersecurity

Massachusetts 19-year-old pleading guilty to stealing, extorting teacher and student private data

A Massachusetts college student will plead guilty to stealing millions of students' and teachers' private data from two US education tech companies and extorting it for ransom, the US attorney's office said.

Smartphones

Apple adds iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 to vintage list: What it means for users

Are you still using an iPhone 7 Plus or iPhone 8?

AI

Computex 2025: Five takeaways from Asia’s biggest AI tech show

With much of the world's attention on the AI race between the US and China, this week's Computex conference served as a stark reminder of the central role that Taiwan continues to play in the global technology industry.

Technology

China’s ‘vegetable capital’ to test farming know-how in UAE’s harsh deserts

A prominent Chinese city known for vegetable farming has agreed to build a smart agriculture centre in the UAE.

Technology

Why are more US shoppers struggling to repay 'buy now, pay later' loans?

More Klarna customers are having trouble repaying their "buy now, pay later" loans, the short-term lender said this week. The disclosure corresponded with reports by lending platforms Bankrate and LendingTree, which cited an increasing share of all "buy now, pay later" users saying they had fallen behind on payments.

e-Hailing

Chinese drone maker EHang sees flying taxis take off by 2030 on the mainland

EHang, which is conducting trials in Guangzhou and Hefei, will offer services in restricted corridors in these two cities by year-end.

Internet

Google’s Sergey Brin gives shares worth US$700mil as a gift

Google co-founder Sergey Brin, tapping a personal fortune that exceeds US$140bil (RM596.05bil), gave nearly US$700mil (RM2.98bil) in Alphabet Inc shares away as a gift.

AI

Did China just take the lead in race for space-based AI computing dominance?

Launch of world's first satellite computing constellation gives China big head start in orbital data processing, despite major hurdles ahead, experts say.

Technology

Poland's Allegro confirms annual outlook after quarterly earnings rise

(Reuters) -Allegro, Poland's biggest e-commerce platform, on Thursday reported a 4.8% rise in its domestic first-quarter earnings and confirmed its full-year outlook.

AI

In lawsuit over teen's death, US judge rejects arguments that AI chatbots have free speech rights

A federal judge on May 21 rejected arguments made by an artificial intelligence company that its chatbots are protected by the First Amendment – at least for now. The developers behind Character.AI are seeking to dismiss a lawsuit alleging the company's chatbots pushed a teenage boy to kill himself.

AI

Study: Microsoft AI weather forecast faster, cheaper, truer

Microsoft has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that beats current forecasting methods in tracking air quality, weather patterns, and climate-addled tropical storms, according to findings published on May 21.

Technology

Forget critical metals, this battery generates electricity using bacteria

Researchers in China have developed a completely new form of bio-battery based on bacteria, capable of generating its own electricity and recharging itself for several cycles.

Technology

Google, AI firm must face lawsuit filed by a mother over suicide of son, US court says

(Reuters) -Alphabet's Google and artificial-intelligence startup Character.AI must face a lawsuit from a Florida woman who said Character.AI's chatbots caused her 14-year-old son's suicide, a judge ruled on Wednesday.

Technology

AT&T agrees to buy Lumen's consumer fiber business for $5.75 billion

(Reuters) -AT&T has clinched a deal to acquire Lumen Technologies' consumer fiber operations for $5.75 billion in cash, the companies said on Wednesday, as the wireless provider adds further scale to its national fiber footprint.

Technology

Canadian lender RBC sets up new AI team for capital markets unit

TORONTO (Reuters) -Royal Bank of Canada's capital markets wing has established a new artificial intelligence and digital innovation team as it bets on AI to boost future growth, the Canadian lender told Reuters on Wednesday.

Technology

Microsoft files legal action against information-stealing malware Lumma Stealer

(Reuters) -Microsoft said on Wednesday its Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) filed a legal action against Lumma Stealer last week, after it found nearly 400,000 Windows computers globally infected by the information-stealing malware in the past two months.

Technology

OpenAI buys iPhone designer Ive's hardware startup, names him creative head

(Reuters) -OpenAI is buying Jony Ive's startup io Products in a $6.5 billion deal and will bring the chief designer of early iPhones on board as creative head to develop devices tailored for the generative artificial intelligence era.