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Factbox-TikTok’s Chinese ownership, security concerns spark bans across nations
(Reuters) -The Biden administration has demanded that TikTok’s Chinese owners divest their stakes in the popular video app or face a possible…
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UK’s Virgin Media restores broadband after widespread outages
LONDON (Reuters) -British telecoms firm Virgin Media said it had restored broadband services after an earlier issue on Tuesday left thousands of…
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Brazil’s BTG Pactual launches own dollar-backed stablecoin
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s BTG Pactual said on Tuesday it will launch a stablecoin priced in U.S. dollars at a parity…
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U.S. advocacy group asks FTC to stop new OpenAI GPT releases
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The tech ethics group Center for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Policy is asking the U.S. Federal Trade…
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Meta to give EU users more options for data handling
(Reuters) -Meta Platforms Inc said on Thursday it would change the legal basis on how Facebook and Instagram use personal data to…
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Founders of AI company NtechLab say they resigned over projects in Russia
By Lena Masri (Reuters) – The founders of artificial intelligence company NtechLab said they resigned over disagreements with the company’s management and…
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Battery maker Northvolt in talks for over $5 billion in financing -FT
(Reuters) -Swedish lithium-ion battery producer Northvolt is in talks to secure more than $5 billion of financing to pursue its goal of…
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Internet Archive’s digital book lending violates copyrights, US judge rules
By Nate Raymond and Blake Brittain (Reuters) -A U.S. judge has ruled that an online library operated by the nonprofit organization Internet…
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Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi’s fourth-quarter revenue and profit slides
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp on Friday posted a 22.8% drop in fourth-quarter revenue to 66.05 billion yuan ($9.6…
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Influencers take stock of life and dreams if U.S. bans TikTok
By Danielle Broadway and Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – When Cassidy Jacobson was 13 years old, she posted a video of…