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Tech
US defends law forcing sale of TikTok app
San Francisco (AFP) - The Justice Department late Friday filed its response to TikTok's civil suit aimed at derailing a...
Trump offers tech sector policy flips ahead of election
San Francisco (AFP) - Fiercely against social media platform TikTok, cryptocurrency bitcoin and electric cars during his presidency, Republican presidential...
TSMC leads chipmaker plunge as trade resumes after typhoon pause
Taipei (AFP) - Taiwanese giant TSMC tumbled with several other leading chip makers Friday as traders returned from a typhoon-imposed...
OpenAI to challenge Google with new search functionality
San Francisco (AFP) - OpenAI on Thursday said it was putting its artificial intelligence engine to work in a challenge...
Mark Zuckerberg, AI’s ‘open source’ evangelist
Washington (AFP) - Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook and CEO of Meta, has become an unexpected evangelist for open...
US lawmakers urge Meta to delay shutting down transparency tool
Washington (AFP) - US lawmakers voiced "concern" Wednesday over Meta's decision to shut down CrowdTangle -- a digital tool considered...
France quietly catches rivals in battle for data centre supremacy
Paris (AFP) - At the end of a narrow suburban street north of Paris, a giant structure shrouded in a...
‘Assassin’s Creed’ makers defend ‘creative liberties’ in black samurai row
Paris (AFP) - The makers of "Assassin's Creed" defended their "creative liberties" on Tuesday after nearly 100,000 people signed a...
EU tells Meta to address consumer fears over ‘pay for privacy’
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - EU consumer authorities told Facebook owner Meta on Monday to take action to assuage European consumer...
All eyes on AI to drive Big Tech earnings
New York (AFP) - Over the next two weeks, the quarterly results of Big Tech giants will offer a glimpse...
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