Wednesday, September 23, 2026
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Amazon’s next-gen Alexa gets AI upgrade
New York (AFP) - Online retail behemoth Amazon on Wednesday announced a new version of its Alexa voice assistant that...
Indonesia agrees to terms with Apple to lift iPhone sales ban: source
Jakarta (AFP) - The Indonesian government has agreed to terms with Apple to lift a ban on sales of the...
EU vows to enforce digital rules despite Trump tariff warning
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The EU promised on Monday to enforce its digital rules and to defend its laws "decisively"...
China’s Alibaba to invest $50 bn in AI, cloud computing
Beijing (AFP) - Chinese tech giant Alibaba said Monday it will spend more than $50 billion on artificial intelligence and...
China’s EV maker XPeng eyes doubling global presence by year’s end
Guangzhou (AFP) - One of China's leading electric vehicle makers XPeng plans to double the number of countries in which...
Chinese AI companies celebrate DeepSeek, shrug off global curbs
Shanghai (AFP) - Chinese tech companies shrugged off foreign scrutiny of upstart chatbot maker DeepSeek, telling AFP on Friday they...
Spotify adds more AI-generated audiobooks
New York (AFP) - Spotify on Thursday began accepting audiobooks narrated by digital voices created by artificial intelligence software firm...
DeepSeek removed from South Korea app stores pending privacy review
Seoul (AFP) - Chinese AI app DeepSeek will not be available to download in South Korea pending a review of...
Musk says chatbot Grok 3 will be unveiled Monday
Washington (AFP) - Elon Musk said his startup xAI will release its Grok 3 chatbot on Monday and billed it...
OpenAI board rejects Elon Musk-led buyout offer
San Francisco (AFP) - OpenAI's board chairman on Friday said it has unanimously rejected an Elon Musk-led offer to buy...
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