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Baidu plans self-driving taxi tests in Europe this year
Shanghai (AFP) - Chinese tech giant Baidu plans to start testing self-driving taxis in Europe for the first time by...
Baidu plans self-driving taxi tests in Europe this year
Shanghai (AFP) - Chinese tech giant Baidu plans to start testing self-driving taxis in Europe for the first time by...
US reverses Biden-era export controls on advanced AI chips
Washington (AFP) - The United States rescinded further export controls Tuesday on advanced computing semiconductors, answering calls by countries that...
Japan’s SoftBank posts $7.8 bn annual net profit
Tokyo (AFP) - Japanese tech investor SoftBank Group, a major player in the US Stargate artificial intelligence drive, on Tuesday...
UK lab promises air-con revolution without polluting gases
Cambridge (United Kingdom) (AFP) - The soft, waxy "solid refrigerant" being investigated in a UK laboratory may not look very...
Google shares plunge after Apple executive’s court testimony
Washington (AFP) - Shares in Google parent Alphabet plunged more than eight percent on Wednesday after Apple executive Eddy Cue...
Google shares plunge after Apple executive’s court testimony
Washington (AFP) - Shares in Google parent Alphabet plunged more than eight percent on Wednesday after Apple executive Eddy Cue...
Alphabet’s share price plunges on traffic drop testimony
Washington (AFP) - Shares in Google parent Alphabet plunged more than seven percent on Wednesday after an Apple executive told...
OpenAI abandons plan to become for-profit company
San Francisco (AFP) - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced Monday that the company behind ChatGPT will continue to be run...
Apple eases App Store rules under court pressure
San Francisco (AFP) - Apple on Friday relaxed its App Store payment rules in the face of a scathing court...
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