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Opinion: AI chatbots want to be friends – or more – with your kid
A report last year from Common Sense Media found that about 72% of teens have used an AI companion, akin to an automated version of an imaginary friend. Teens are conversing with chatbots to seek their advice, flirt and to find overall companionship.
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Technology
Amazon launches Europe-based cloud service to address data-sovereignty concerns
FRANKFURT, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Amazon's cloud unit AWS on Thursday launched a service hosted entirely in Europe, aiming to reassure customers worried about data security under U.S.-based providers by offering what it calls an independent European alternative.
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AI
The AI boom needs electricity, but Western grids are strained. Is power China’s power?
China's energy buildout means cheap, green and reliable electricity fuels its manufacturing and tech industries, giving it an edge over rivals.
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AI
DeepSeek stays mum on next AI model release as technical papers show frontier innovation
Hangzhou-based start-up's technical papers bode well for potential advances in its next major AI models.
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Technology
Microsoft in record deal for soil carbon credits as data centres surge
LONDON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Microsoft has agreed with Indigo Carbon to buy a record 2.85 million soil carbon credits linked to regenerative agriculture in the United States, as the tech giant aims to become "carbon negative" by 2030 despite surging emissions linked to AI.
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Cybersecurity
China warns of covert mapping by foreign forces to steal sensitive geodata
Counter-espionage agency says 'anti-China' actors are gathering information on natural resources, energy facilities and terrain in key areas.
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AI
Musk's Grok barred from undressing images after global backlash
Elon Musk's platform X on Jan 14 announced measures to prevent its AI chatbot Grok from undressing images of real people, following global backlash over its generation of sexualised photos of women and children.
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Internet
China teen makes fraudulent returns on cosmetics platform, profiting US$570,000 from resale
17-year-old makes 11,900 deceptive refund applications after discovering loophole; splurges ill-gotten gains on new mobile phones, friends.
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AI
Google Gemini can proactively analyse users’ Gmail, photos, searches
Alphabet Inc's Google said its Gemini artificial intelligence assistant can now proactively tap into users' data across Gmail, Search, Photos and YouTube, an attempt to make its consumer-facing AI product more personalised.
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Technology
US Senate Banking delays crypto bill after Coinbase CEO opposition
Jan 14 (Reuters) - The United States Senate Banking Committee said on Wednesday it postponed a discussion of draft legislation that would create a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies, hours after Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong voiced his opposition to the bill.
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Technology
Google says US transmission system is biggest challenge for connecting data centers
Jan 14 (Reuters) - Connecting to the U.S. electrical transmission system has become the biggest problem for powering up Google data centers on the grid, as the wait times to connect surge to more than a decade in some parts of the country, an energy executive with Google said on Wednesday.
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Technology
TSMC smashes forecasts with record profit, flags more US factories
TAIPEI, Jan 15 (Reuters) - TSMC, the world's main producer of advanced AI chips, on Thursday posted a forecast-smashing 35% jump in fourth-quarter profit to a record high, predicted robust annual growth and flagged more U.S. manufacturing capacity was in the works.
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Technology
Exclusive-SK Hynix speeds up new chip fab opening to meet memory demand, executive says
SEOUL/SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 15 (Reuters) - SK Hynix plans to accelerate the opening of a new factory by three months and will also begin operating another new plant in February, a senior executive said, as surging memory demand pressures global supply.
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Technology
Interactive Brokers says betting on US midterm elections should juice growth of its platform
NEW YORK, Jan 14 (Reuters) - As Americans bet on U.S. midterm elections in November, Interactive Brokers founder and Chairman Thomas Peterffy said he expects growth to accelerate this year for the prediction markets platform his company launched in 2024.
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Technology
Trump imposes 25% tariff on imports of some advanced computing chips
Jan 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday imposed a 25% tariff on certain advanced computing chips, such as the Nvidia H200 AI processor and a similar semiconductor from AMD called the MI325X, according to a fact sheet released by the White House.
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Technology
OpenAI signs $10 billion computing deal with Nvidia challenger Cerebras
Jan 14 (Reuters) - OpenAI will purchase up to 750 megawatts of computing power over three years from chipmaker Cerebras as the ChatGPT maker looks to pull ahead in the AI race and meet the growing demand, the two companies said on Wednesday.
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Technology
California to investigate xAI over deepfake content, officials say
WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - California officials said they were demanding answers from Elon Musk's xAI amid the spread of non-consensual sexual images on the platform that has prompted global scrutiny.
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Technology
European telcos may get unlimited radio spectrum rights, EU document shows
BRUSSELS, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Europe's telecoms providers may be given the use of lucrative radio spectrum without a time limit under the European Commission's proposed revamp of telecoms rules aimed at boosting investment, according to a document seen by Reuters.
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Technology
Visa crypto chief bets on stablecoin settlement, sees volumes growing
PARIS, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Visa is working to integrate stablecoins into existing payment systems, seeing an opportunity to maintain its market leadership as these tokens gain traction, Visa's head of crypto, Cuy Sheffield, told Reuters.
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Technology
Verizon resolves network outage issue that affected hundreds of thousands
WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Verizon Communications said late on Wednesday it had restored mobile phone service and planned to offer affected consumers credits for a 10-hour outage that disrupted calls, texting and internet usage for hundreds of thousands of customers.
