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TikTok faces new US deadline to ditch Chinese owner
Miami (AFP) - TikTok on Friday was hours from a deadline to find a non-Chinese owner or face a ban...
Zuckerberg repeats Trump visits in bid to settle antitrust case
Washington (AFP) - Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has made repeated visits to the White House as he tries to persuade...
‘Shenmue’ voted most influential video game ever in UK poll
London (AFP) - The 1999 action game "Shenmue" was on Thursday named the most influential video game of all time...
Nintendo to launch Switch 2 console on June 5
Paris (AFP) - Nintendo's new Switch console will be launched on June 5, the Japanese video game giant said Wednesday,...
Nintendo to unveil upgrade to best-selling Switch console
Paris (AFP) - Japanese video game giant Nintendo is set to unveil the new version of its hugely popular Switch...
Nintendo’s megahit Switch console: what to know
Tokyo (AFP) - Gaming giant Nintendo is set to unveil the successor to its phenomenally popular Switch console on Wednesday....
OpenAI says it raised $40 bn at valuation of $300 bn
San Francisco (AFP) - OpenAI on Monday said it raised $40 billion in a new funding round that valued the...
Chinese tech giant Huawei says profits fell 28% last year
Beijing (AFP) - Chinese smartphone maker giant Huawei said Monday that profits fell 28 percent last year as it faced...
SpaceX to launch private astronauts on first crewed polar orbit
Cape Canaveral (AFP) - SpaceX is set to launch the first human spaceflight directly over Earth's polar regions on Monday...
Four men loom large in Microsoft history
San Francisco (AFP) - Microsoft was shaped by Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Steve Ballmer and Satya Nadella over the course...
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