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Technology
Poland's EMP teams up with Foxconn to build EV manufacturing hub
WARSAW, May 7 (Reuters) - ElectroMobility Poland will partner with Taiwan's Foxconn to develop an electric vehicle production and research hub in southern Poland, the state-backed company said on Thursday, advancing plans to create an EV champion as European demand picks up.
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AI
EU agrees to ban AI tools for non-consensual sexualised deepfakes
EU member states and European Parliament negotiators have agreed to ban artificial intelligence applications used to create non-consensual sexualised deepfakes, the Cypriot EU Council presidency said early on Thursday.
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MCMC
MCMC: TV and radio broadcasters to improve service reliability, complaint handling under revised MsQoS
Content Applications Service Providers (CASPs) will be required to adhere to the revised Mandatory Standards for Quality of Service (MsQoS) issued by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), aimed at improving service reliability and the handling of consumer complaints.
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AI
Worries about AI's risks to humanity loom over the trial pitting Musk against OpenAI's leaders
At the heart of the trial pitting Elon Musk against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is a moment when they found common cause on an ever more pressing question: how to protect humanity from the risks of artificial intelligence.
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AI
Opinion: A tech writer puts Google’s AI to the test as a trip planner
Gemini is a digital Swiss Army knife for planning flights, activities and routes, but it isn't perfect. Why did it forget to put underwear on the packing list?
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Technology
Sunlight blemishes on your pics? The simple trick to avoid lens flare
Always take photos with the sun behind you: This might be one of the oldest commandments of photography, but some of the most dramatic shots come from breaking it.
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Smartphones
Realme unveils C100 Series; devices feature a 6.8in display and start at RM599
Realme has launched a pair of devices in its C series of budget-oriented smartphones, both featuring a 6.8in display.
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AI
Anthropic is making its Claude chatbot more appealing to consumers
Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic PBC, which originally aimed its Claude chatbot at businesses, is looking to capitalise on recent inroads with consumers by making the software more appealing to everyday people.
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AI
Harmful AI datacentres appear to be creating their own microclimates
As global temperatures rise, datacentres for artificial intelligence are creating "heat islands" that could have significant impacts on communities and their surrounding environments in the years to come, a March 2026 study shows, raising alarm among international researchers.
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Robotics
Hyundai robot performs handstand, complex gymnastics moves
Hyundai Motor Co's robotics unit released a video showing its production-ready Atlas humanoid robot performing complex gymnastics, marking a first-of-its-kind live demonstration that could signal the machine is nearing commercialisation.
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Technology
EU countries, lawmakers clinch provisional deal on watered-down AI rules
BRUSSELS, May 7 (Reuters) - EU countries and European Parliament lawmakers on Thursday agreed to watered-down landmark artificial intelligence rules, including delaying their implementation, in a move critics say shows Europe caving in to Big Tech.
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Technology
Apple set to pay off iPhone owners US$250mil over delayed AI Siri
Back in June 2024, Apple drove fans wild with promises of an AI-powered personalised Siri assistant, even running big-budget ads for it with the launch of its iPhone 16.
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AI
The rapid embrace of AI in China, its biggest testing ground, may shape how AI is used globally
On a recent weekday, around 50 people gathered outside the headquarters of a Chinese mobile internet company, waiting to get help with installing an artificial intelligence assistant.
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AI
French scholars seek to resurrect Moliere with AI play
A team of French scholars, researchers and artists have joined forces to tap into the power of artificial intelligence to create a play they say Moliere himself might have written.
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Technology
SpaceX to give Anthropic access to its massive AI supercomputer
May 6 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX said on Wednesday it has signed a deal to give Anthropic access to Colossus 1, a massive AI supercomputer, bringing together two of the most prominent players in the artificial intelligence race.
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Technology
Hut 8 signs about $10 billion AI data center lease in Texas, shares jump
May 6 (Reuters) - Hut 8 said on Wednesday it had signed a 15-year lease worth $9.8 billion for its Beacon Point data center campus in Texas, as demand rises for infrastructure to train and serve AI models.
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Technology
Betting giant Flutter overhauls management at US FanDuel unit
DUBLIN, May 6 (Reuters) - Betting giant Flutter made major management changes at its U.S. FanDuel brand on Wednesday, saying FanDuel CEO Amy Howe had left the company and that Flutter veteran Dan Taylor would oversee the U.S. business in a new, beefed-up role.
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Technology
Google offers changes to spam policy to avert EU antitrust fine
BRUSSELS,, May 6 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google has offered to change its spam policy criticised by publishers, according to a European Commission document seen by Reuters, in a move that may help it stave off an EU antitrust fine.
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Technology
Meta asks California judge to throw out landmark social media addiction verdict
May 6 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms has asked a Los Angeles judge to throw out a jury's verdict finding the company liable for a woman's depression in a landmark trial over whether the company has harmed young users by designing its platforms to be addictive.
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Technology
In OpenAI trial, former technology chief says Altman sowed 'chaos,' distrust among top executives
SAN FRANCISCO, May 6 (Reuters) - A former OpenAI technology chief testified on Wednesday in Elon Musk's lawsuit that CEO Sam Altman sowed distrust among top executives as the company forged ahead with developing and broadly deploying its powerful artificial intelligence software.
