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China, future HQ: New ASML boss faces bulging in-tray
The Hague (AFP) - Frenchman Christophe Fouquet takes the reins of Dutch chip giant ASML on Wednesday with a daunting...
‘Harvesting data’: Latin American AI startups transform farming
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - For centuries, farmers used almanacs to try to understand and predict weather patterns. Now, a new crop...
Tesla earnings a ‘moment of truth’ for Musk after stumbles
New York (AFP) - Tesla CEO Elon Musk faces heightened pressure with Tuesday's earnings report to reassure investors that recent...
N. Korea animators may have worked on Amazon, Max cartoons: report
Los Angeles (AFP) - North Korean animators appear to have worked on upcoming Amazon and Max cartoons, without the knowledge...
EU threatens to suspend TikTok Lite app’s ‘addictive’ rewards
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The EU on Monday launched a probe into TikTok's spinoff Lite app and threatened to suspend...
Malaysia to build massive chip design park: PM
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) - Malaysia's leader on Monday announced plans to build a massive semiconductor design park, aiming to boost...
Women journalists bear the brunt of cyberbullying
Perugia (Italy) (AFP) - Women journalists face greater threats online in the course of their work, and the trend is...
InstaDeep CEO takes AI from Tunis to London
Paris (AFP) - Karim Beguir launched the artificial intelligence start-up InstaDeep in Tunisia in 2014 with just two computers and...
Elon Musk’s X fights Australian watchdog over church stabbing posts
Sydney (AFP) - Elon Musk's X said Saturday it will fight an Australian watchdog's order to take down content related...
‘Early-stage’ AI begins to make waves at China sex toy expo
Shanghai (AFP) - Among the rows of vibrators, rubber torsos and leather harnesses at a Chinese sex toys exhibition in...
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