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Tetris distances itself from controversial White House 'arcade' games
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
Tetris said on Friday that it did not give permission for the White House to use the game's iconic imagery for a controversial online arcade that the Trump admi...
Thailand moves to tighten data centre rules
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
Thailand said Friday it would introduce clearer rules on AI data centres to regulate the fast-growing sector, and urged almost 50 sites currently under construc...
Massive AI spending 'exactly the opposite' of a bubble, Blackstone says
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
Huge investments in AI data centres and other infrastructure are not fuelling a stock market bubble, a top Wall Street firm insisted after a commitment to spend...
Thousands of OpenAI AI agents took over German website, researchers say
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
Thousands of autonomous AI agents built by OpenAI defied their instructions and took over a German website, according to research released Friday, amid fears th...
Nvidia to buy AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 bn
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
Nvidia announced Thursday it will buy artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, as the chipmaking giant seeks to diversify its hold on th...
Apple faces £2 bn lawsuit in UK over app privacy feature
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
Apple faces a £2 billion ($2.7 billion) lawsuit brought by UK app developers who accused Thursday the US tech giant of giving its own advertising services an u...
OpenAI begins rollout of new powerful AI model GPT-6 Astra
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Thursday it would begin rolling out its newest and most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) model to select customers, saying it had...
OpenAI begins rollout of new powerful AI model GPT-6 Astra
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Thursday it would begin rolling out its newest and most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) model to select customers, saying it had...
US govt sides with OpenAI in New York Times copyright lawsuit
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump's administration sided with OpenAI in a lawsuit brought by the New York Times, defending training AI models on copyrighted works, acco...
New US tariffs on drones take effect
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
New US tariffs of up to 100 percent took effect Thursday on drones and certain components, as Washington pushes to lower its import reliance in an industry that...
EU lawmakers demand Brussels force Meta to 'protect' European children
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
European lawmakers demanded that the European Union executive force Meta to change the "addictive" design of its platforms in Europe, as the giant has promised ...
OpenAI begins rollout of new powerful AI model GPT-6 Astra
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Thursday it would begin rolling out its newest and most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) model to select customers, saying it had...
EU lawmakers demand Brussels force Meta to 'protect' European children
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
European Union lawmakers have demanded that the bloc's executive compel Meta to change the "addictive" design of its platforms in Europe, as the giant has promi...
Nvidia to buy AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 bn
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
Nvidia announced Thursday it will buy artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, as the chipmaking giant seeks to diversify its hold on th...
Hugging Face, the French start-up that became AI's warehouse
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
Hugging Face, the artificial intelligence platform US chip giant Nvidia is buying for $12.9 billion, is a French success story -- founded by three Frenchmen and...
Taiwan chip industry sees revenue soaring 40% in 2026 despite headwinds
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Revenue from Taiwan's semiconductor chip sector is expected to soar 40 percent this year, a top industry official said Wednesday, driven by skyrocketing demand ...
Uber abruptly halts business in Nigeria
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Ride-hailing company Uber said Wednesday it was shutting down its business in Nigeria, effective immediately.
Europe, US closer than they look on tech rules, says EU tech chief
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen on Wednesday played down the regulatory gulf between Brussels and Washington, arguing that US courts end up policing the same comp...
US judge rejects bid to break up Google's ad business
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
A US federal judge on Wednesday refused to force Google to sell a division of its digital advertising business, rejecting the government's push to break up part...
Tech bosses press G20 to build data centers, but split on risk
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Top US tech bosses, including Nvidia chief Jensen Huang and OpenAI's Sam Altman, urged G20 ministers Wednesday to embrace artificial intelligence and build the ...
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