Monopoly Go game maker Scopely to buy Pokemon Go team
San Francisco (AFP) - Mobile games giant Scopely will pay $3. 5 billion to acquire Niantic's game unit including the ...
Thursday, September 10, 2026
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What to know about Manus, China’s latest AI assistant
Beijing (AFP) - A powerful new AI tool Manus is making waves in China, fuelling hopes that it could replicate ...
AI firm Anthropic valued at $61.5 bn in funding round
San Francisco (AFP) - Anthropic on Monday announced it has raised $3. 5 billion in a funding round that valued ...
Indonesians swindled by scams using President Prabowo deepfakes
Jakarta (AFP) - Wearing a traditional Indonesian black hat and shirt, President Prabowo Subianto speaks to the camera in an ...
China signals renewed tech sector support, but concerns linger
Beijing (AFP) - A simple handshake between President Xi Jinping and once-shunned entrepreneur Jack Ma sent Chinese tech stocks booming ...
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 ...
Hong Kong to slash public spending, build AI institute
Hong Kong (AFP) - Hong Kong will cut public spending and restore fiscal balance by mid-2027 after a string of ...
Kate Bush leads UK musicians in ‘silent album’ AI fight
London (AFP) - Over 1,000 musicians including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox and Damon Albarn on Tuesday released a silent album ...
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 ...
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 ...
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