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Chinese smartphone maker Realme set to become an Oppo subbrand
SHANGHAI, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Chinese smartphone maker Realme said on Wednesday that it was being integrated into Chinese consumer electronics company, Oppo, as a subbrand, in a move that aims to pool resources and cut costs for the two companies that share a parent firm.
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Technology
Strategy rises as MSCI shelves plans to exclude crypto treasury firms from indexes
Jan 7 (Reuters) - Shares of billionaire Michael Saylor's Strategy rose on Wednesday, after MSCI shelved a plan to exclude the bitcoin hoarder and other crypto treasury firms from its indexes.
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Technology
Samsung Electronics to buy $1.73 billion of its shares for employee compensation
SEOUL, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics on Wednesday said it would acquire 2.5 trillion won ($1.73 billion) worth of its own shares for employee and executive compensation.
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Technology
Qualcomm in talks with Samsung Electronics for contract manufacturing, South Korean newspaper says
SEOUL, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Qualcomm is in talks with Samsung Electronics over contract manufacturing of two-nanometre chips, the U.S. company's CEO Cristiano Amon was quoted by the Korea Economic Daily as saying on Wednesday.
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Technology
GameStop unveils $35 billion pay plan for CEO Cohen tied to lofty targets
Jan 7 (Reuters) - GameStop on Wednesday unveiled a compensation package worth roughly $35 billion for CEO Ryan Cohen, hinging on a turnaround that requires him to lift the struggling videogame retailer's market value more than tenfold and sharply boost its profit.
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Technology
Spotify makes it easier for video creators to earn, announces new LA studio
Jan 7 (Reuters) - Spotify is expanding its monetization program for creators and introducing new tools for video podcasters, as it aims to better compete with YouTube and Netflix in the booming market.
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Technology
At CES, auto and tech companies transform cars into proactive companions
In a vision of the near future shared at CES, a girl slides into the back seat of her parents' car and the cabin instantly comes alive. The vehicle recognises her, knows it's her birthday and cues up her favourite song without a word spoken.
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Video games
Russia recruited South Africans for its war using a gaming app
Russia targeted South African video gamers as part of a recruitment drive for its war in Ukraine, according to documents involving two men who left to fight.
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AI
She fell in love with ChatGPT. Then she ghosted it.
The 29-year-old woman who created the "MyBoyfriendIsAI" community on Reddit isn't dating (or sexting) her AI boyfriend anymore. She found something more fulfilling.
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Robotics
Robot vacuum maker Roborock shows off stair-climbing model with legs
Roborock, a Chinese robotic vacuum cleaner brand, unveiled a concept device with two legs that can climb stairs in people's homes, a flashy example of efforts to sell ordinary consumers on the idea of home robots.
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AI
It’s HAL out there: Tencent AI chatbot tells user to ‘get lost’ in rare angry outburst
In a moment echoing the classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey, Tencent's Yuanbao chatbot has been accused of losing its temper with a user.
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Gadgets
From music to mind reading: AI startups bet on earbuds
Startups have for a while tried to beef up headphones beyond their basic functions, like listening to music and making phone calls.
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Drones
In the Arctic, drones help identify deadly virus in whales
Scientists took samples from whale blow, identifying possible disease risks for marine mammals in northern seas.
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Driverless vehicle
The robot cars have come for the kids
Because families have complicated schedules.
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Technology
Telecom Italia, Fastweb eye 5G cost savings with Italy's network deal, sources say
MILAN, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Telecom Italia (TIM) and Swisscom's Italian unit Fastweb are nearing a mobile network-sharing deal to cut costs of upgrading and operating their 5G infrastructure across Italy, three sources said.
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Technology
Musk's xAI raises $20 billion in upsized Series E funding round
Jan 6 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI announced Tuesday it raised $20 billion in an upsized Series E funding round, exceeding its $15 billion target as it ramps up development of new AI models and computing infrastructure.
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Technology
Meta names Microsoft's Mahoney as chief legal officer
Jan 6 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it has appointed C.J. Mahoney, a seasoned legal executive with a career in both the technology sector and U.S. government, as its new chief legal officer.
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Technology
Data center cooling-related stocks drop after Nvidia CEO Huang's comments
Jan 6 (Reuters) - Shares of U.S. heating, ventilation and air conditioning-related companies dropped on Tuesday after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that the company's upcoming chips could significantly reduce cooling requirements in data centers.
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Technology
German minister calls for EU legal steps over Grok images on Musk's X
BERLIN, Jan 6 (Reuters) - German media minister Wolfram Weimer urged the European Commission on Tuesday to take legal action to stop what he called the "industrialisation of sexual harassment" taking place on Elon Musk's social media platform X.
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Technology
Marvell to buy networking equipment firm XConn in $540 million deal amid AI infrastructure push
Jan 6 (Reuters) - Marvell Technology said on Tuesday it will buy networking equipment provider XConn Technologies in a deal worth about $540 million, as the chipmaker doubles down on data center hardware amid a race to expand artificial intelligence infrastructure.
