Asia stocks mostly down after Wall St losses
Tokyo (AFP) - Asia stocks mostly fell in thin holiday trade on Monday after tech losses killed off the traditional year-end ...
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US confirms billions in chips funds to Samsung, Texas Instruments
Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden's administration said Friday that it has cemented deals for billions in funding to South ...
‘Everybody wants to be my friend’: Trump feels the love
Washington (AFP) - A shock outsider when he was first elected president eight years ago -- and a pariah when ...
ChatGPT search opens to all users in challenge to Google
San Francisco (AFP) - OpenAI on Monday said it is making ChatGPT-powered internet search available to all users, escalating its ...
Trump touts $100 bn SoftBank investment, vowing 100,000 jobs
Washington (AFP) - US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday praised Japan's SoftBank for its decision to invest $100 billion in ...
Google unveils latest AI model, Gemini 2.0
San Francisco (AFP) - Google on Wednesday announced the launch of Gemini 2. 0, its most advanced artificial intelligence model ...
Billionaires’ wealth more than doubles in 10 years: UBS
Zurich (AFP) - Billionaires have seen their combined wealth shoot up 121 percent over the past decade to $14 trillion, ...
Father of PlayStation says ‘everyone told us we would fail’
Tokyo (AFP) - The PlayStation has been a colossal consumer hit, but three decades ago, its creator Ken Kutaragi struggled ...
China’s Huawei unveils ‘milestone’ smartphone with homegrown OS
Beijing (AFP) - Chinese tech giant Huawei on Tuesday unveiled its first smartphone equipped with a fully homegrown operating system, ...
As AI gets real, slow and steady wins the race
Washington (AFP) - In the wake of ChatGPT's dramatic arrival two years ago, companies are excited about generative AI's possibilities ...
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