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Microsoft hit with $242 million US verdict in Cortana patent lawsuit
(Reuters) - Microsoft must pay patent owner IPA Technologies $242 million, a federal jury in Delaware said on Friday after determining that Microsoft's Cortana virtual-assistant software infringed an IPA patent.
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Technology
After layoffs, Musk says Tesla to spend $500 million on charging network
(Reuters) -Tesla will spend more than $500 million this year to expand its fast-charging network, CEO Elon Musk said on Friday, days after abruptly laying off employees who were running the business.
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Technology
Binance registers with India's financial watchdog as it seeks to resume operations
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has registered with India's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), a senior FIU official said on Friday, as the exchange seeks to resume operations in the country.
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Technology
FBI working towards nabbing Scattered Spider hackers, official says
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. FBI is working towards charging hackers from the aggressive Scattered Spider criminal gang who are largely based in the U.S. and western countries and have breached dozens of American organisations, a senior official said.
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Technology
Crypto group with 440,000 members launches PAC to target House, Senate elections
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A cryptocurrency nonprofit has launched a new political action committee (PAC) to raise money from its 440,000 members for crypto-friendly politicians, and is endorsing a bipartisan slate of candidates running in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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AI
TikTok to start labelling AI-generated content as technology becomes more universal
TikTok will begin labeling content created using artificial intelligence when it's been uploaded from outside its own platform in an attempt to combat misinformation.
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Technology
Hong Kong businesses embrace potential of silver economy with more services, tech for rising number of elderly
New government panel starts work, with experts urging long-term planning for city’s greying population. More ‘gerontech’ equipment being developed and tried out by seniors coping with frailties of ageing.
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Social media
China carer devotes life to solitary elderly man for 12 years, gets five flats worth millions in thanks for efforts, wins plaudits online
Elderly man said he would give caregiver his property when he died. Demolition project results in carer getting five expensive properties.
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AI
Einstein and anime: Hong Kong university tests AI professors
Using virtual reality headsets, students at a Hong Kong university travel to a pavilion above the clouds to watch an AI-generated Albert Einstein explain game theory.
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Technology
Foxconn's Q1 profit to jump from low base, AI to power growth
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, is expected to report on Tuesday that first-quarter profit more than doubled on robust demand for artificial intelligence servers and after coming off a low base a year ago.
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Internet
China tech giant Baidu VP apologises after backlash over tough style
A top PR executive at Chinese internet giant Baidu apologised on May 9 after videos she posted online sparked accusations of toxic and abusive management and sent the firm's shares sliding.
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Smartphones
Boater dies just feet from land when he dives in to find cellphone, US cops say
A man boating along Florida’s Gulf Coast died just feet from land, when he chased after a phone that fell overboard at the dock, according to investigators.
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Social media
Snapchat is focused on making app safe, CEO Evan Spiegel says
Snapchat owner Snap Inc wants to “take responsibility” for users’ experience on its app, including ensuring child safety, co-founder and chief executive officer Evan Spiegel said Thursday at the Bloomberg Technology Summit.
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Internet
PR executive at Chinese tech firm Baidu apologises for comments seen as glorifying overwork
A top public relations executive from Chinese technology firm Baidu apologised on May 9 after she made comments in a series of videos that critics said glorified a culture of overwork.
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Social media
Japan ex-minister says drone video of carrier a serious problem
Close-up footage of Japan’s flagship aircraft carrier taken by a drone in restricted airspace and reportedly circulated online constitutes a “serious security problem”, a former defense minister told reporters.
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Smartphones
Entrepreneur fined RM80,000 for using unauthorised communications equipment
An entrepreneur was fined RM80,000 by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on May 7 for using unauthorised communications equipment known as an ‘SMS Blaster’, which caused serious disruption to network and cellular services.
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Technology
Australian regulator says Musk's X should not set limits of internet law
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Elon Musk's X has policies to take down harmful content when it chooses but should not be allowed to overrule Australian law in deciding what can be viewed there, a lawyer for the cyber regulator told a hearing into video of a bishop being stabbed.
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Internet
Apple apologises for iPad ‘Crush’ ad after backlash
Apple apologised on May 9 after an ad for its latest-edition iPad caused an uproar for showing an industrial press crushing objects linked to human creativity, infuriating artists.
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Internet
Amazon’s new fees on sellers likened to ‘kick in the gut’
Amazon.com Inc merchants have found themselves caught in an economic vice.
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Internet
Baidu executive quits after reviving toxic work culture debate
Baidu Inc’s media relations chief has resigned after posting a string of videos endorsing 24-7 work and making light of staff wellbeing, reigniting a furor over the tech industry’s relentless “996” culture.