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Technology
Vista Equity Partners and Intel to lead investment in AI chip startup SambaNova, sources say
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World
Three dead in light plane crash off South Australia coast, police say
SYDNEY, Feb 7 (Reuters) - A light plane crashed into the ocean off South Australia on Friday killing the three men on board, police said.
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World
Trump orders prioritizing countries with higher defense spending as customers for US weapons
Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would re-prioritize the customer list for U.S. weapons in favor of countries with higher defense spending and strategic importance in their region, the White House said on Friday.
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Technology
Apple plans to allow external voice-controlled AI chatbots in CarPlay, Bloomberg News reports
Feb 6 (Reuters) - Apple is preparing to allow voice-controlled artificial intelligence apps from other companies in CarPlay, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Technology
Goldman Sachs teams up with Anthropic to automate banking tasks with AI agents, CNBC reports
Feb 6 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs is working with technology startup Anthropic to develop AI-powered agents aimed at automating a widening range of internal functions, CNBC reported on Friday, citing the bank's chief information officer.
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Technology
US Justice Department casts wide net on Netflix's business practices in merger probe, WSJ reports
Feb 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Netflix used anti-competitive tactics as part of the streaming giant's proposed $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery's studios and streaming service, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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Technology
Big Tech's quarter in four charts: AI splurge and cloud growth
Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. tech giants have predicted their spending would surge this year as they double down on artificial intelligence, sharpening investor scrutiny over whether these costly bets would generate enough returns to justify the sector's high valuations.
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World
Armed attack leaves 4 dead in coastal city of Ecuador
QUITO, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed early Friday in an armed attack in the coastal city of Machala in Ecuador's El Oro province, local police said.
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China
Crackdown on insurance fraud
Authorities launched a new countrywide crackdown on medical insurance fraud in mental health institutions this week, after local media reported some hospitals were offering free services to compete for patients in Hubei province.
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Nation
Two words reinstated in Act
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has reinstated the words "offensive" and "annoy" in Section 233(1)(a) of the Communications and Multimedia Act (CMA) 1998, ruling that the terms are not unconstitutional.
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Nation
‘Pengerang TB cluster originated from elderly woman’
JOHOR BARU: The tuberculosis (TB) cluster in Johor, where 33 people tested positive, originated from a female senior citizen, says state health and environment committee chairman Ling Tian Soon (pic).
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Sabah & Sarawak
Teen claims he doesn’t know seriousness of sexual offences
KOTA KINABALU: A teenager has claimed trial to charges of sodomising and molesting his 11-year-old step-sister, saying he did not know the seriousness of the offences.
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Nation
Perak official urges public caution as dry spell drags on
IPOH: The people need to be mindful of starting an open fire during the current hot weather, says Datuk Sayani Saidon.
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Nation
A long-term fix for organ transplants
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia, which has among the world's lowest organ donations, is now pushing for an improvement – but deeper challenges remain.
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Nation
DVS allows pork imports from Thailand and Brazil
PUTRAJAYA: The Veterinary Services Department (DVS) has approved the import of pork from Thailand and Brazil to meet domestic demand during the Chinese New Year celebration this year.
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Nation
Malaysia faces twin shortage of organs and transplant surgeons
PETALING JAYA: More than 10,000 Malaysians are on the waiting list for kidney transplants, but organs are scarce.
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Nation
New targeted financing schemes for MSMEs lauded
PETALING JAYA: Business groups have welcomed the Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Ministry's introduction of two new targeted financing schemes aimed at supporting micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
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Focus
Maimed by someone else’s war
IN the dense hill forests along Bangladesh's border with war-torn Myanmar, villagers are losing limbs to landmines, casualties of a conflict not of their making.
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India
Cops probe death of three sisters
POLICE said an investigation has been launched into the death of three young sisters over concerns that they were heavily "influenced" by games and movies online that they were later denied access to.
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Focus
A giant beneath the steppe
MORE than 3.2km beneath the wind-swept steppe of western Kazakhstan, porous rock formed from the skeletons of ancient coral and marine life holds one of the world's most prolific oil deposits.
