Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Tech
Microsoft gives up OpenAI board seat amid regulator scrutiny
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Microsoft has ditched plans to take up an observer seat on the board of ChatGPT maker...
Eastern religions join call for ethical AI
Tokyo (AFP) - Sect leaders from major Eastern religions on Wednesday signed on to a Vatican-led code for AI ethics...
Meta to pull posts targeting ‘Zionists’ for harm
San Francisco (AFP) - Meta on Tuesday said it will start removing posts that label Jews "Zionists" and target them...
River Seine to have flying taxi landing pad at Paris Olympics
Paris (AFP) - France's government on Tuesday gave the go-ahead for construction of a floating landing pad on the River...
US regulator orders Boeing inspections over oxygen mask issue
Washington (AFP) - US aviation regulators said Monday that thousands of Boeing 737 airplanes would need to be inspected, amid...
AI boom reshapes Wall Street as TSMC joins trillion-dollar club
New York (AFP) - The entry of Taiwanese chip giant TSMC into the elite club of the world's most valuable...
Samsung workers begin three-day general strike over pay
Hwaseong (South Korea) (AFP) - Workers at South Korean tech giant Samsung began a three-day general strike over pay and...
South Korea Samsung workers start strike: union chief
Seoul (AFP) - Workers at South Korean tech giant Samsung began a three day general strike Monday, the head of...
Is AI a major drain on the world’s energy supply?
Paris (AFP) - When Google announced this week that its climate emissions had risen by 48 percent since 2019, it...
Chinese AI market optimistic despite scrutiny from West
Shanghai (AFP) - China's AI sector showed confidence this week at a major fair in Shanghai that it would overcome...
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