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OpenAI to buy Python toolmaker Astral to take on Anthropic
March 19 (Reuters) - OpenAI said on Thursday it will acquire Python toolmaker Astral, as the ChatGPT owner looks to strengthen its portfolio against rival Anthropic and gain more share in the artificial intelligence coding tools market.
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Technology
Exclusive-India's proposal to preload national ID app Aadhaar on phones faced pushback
NEW DELHI, March 19 (Reuters) - India's government privately proposed in January that firms like Apple, Samsung and Google consider pre-installing its biometric identification app Aadhaar on phones, a move opposed by a group representing the smartphone giants, industry letters show.
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Apple fends off bid for new Apple Watch import ban at US trade tribunal
WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - A U.S. trade tribunal preliminarily ruled that Apple's current Apple Watches do not infringe patents owned by Masimo, rejecting the medical-monitoring company's bid for a renewed import ban on the tech giant's smartwatches.
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Technology
Accenture beats quarterly revenue estimates on strong AI demand
March 19 (Reuters) - Accenture beat quarterly revenue estimates on Thursday on strong demand for services that help businesses adopt artificial intelligence and move to the cloud, lifting the IT consulting firm's shares more than 3%.
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Technology
UK regulator probes Photoshop maker Adobe over cancellation fee concerns
LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator has launched an investigation into Photoshop maker Adobe to examine whether its early cancellation fees were unfair and misleading, the watchdog said on Thursday.
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Technology
Accenture forecasts quarterly revenue below estimates on cautious enterprise spending
March 19 (Reuters) - Accenture forecast quarterly revenue below estimates on Thursday, as clients remain cautious on spending on large IT transformation projects amid an uncertain economic environment.
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Technology
Samsung Elec to supply HBM4 chips to OpenAI, South Korean paper says
SEOUL, March 19 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics plans to supply its next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) chips to OpenAI for use in the ChatGPT maker's first in-house artificial intelligence processor, the Korean Economic Daily said on Thursday.
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Technology
Hegseth wants Pentagon to dump Anthropic's Claude, but military users say it's not so easy
March 19 - Pentagon staffers, former officials and IT contractors who work closely with the U.S. military say they are reluctant to give up Anthropic's AI tools, which they view as superior to alternatives, despite orders to remove them.
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Technology
Musk says Tesla may 'tape out' next-generation AI6 chips in December
SEOUL, March 19 (Reuters) - Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Thursday that the automaker may be able to "tape out", a stage when a chip design is finalised and sent to a factory for production, its next-generation AI6 chips in December.
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Technology
Micron shares slip as hefty spending plans eclipse strong AI-fueled earnings
March 19 (Reuters) - Micron shares fell about 5% on Thursday as the chipmaker's plan to boost capital outlay unnerved investors, taking the shine off another round of blockbuster quarterly earnings fueled by AI.
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Video games
Nvidia’s DLSS 5 is the (glossy) subject of memes and backlash from gamers
Upgraded graphics in video games sound like they would be popular amongst players and enthusiasts, but Nvidia is finding that the opposite appears to be true with its latest tech.
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Technology
Samsung Life to divest 1.3 trln won worth of Samsung Electronics' shares
SEOUL, March 19 (Reuters) - Samsung Life said in a corporate filing on Thursday that the company will divest 1.3 trillion won ($867.07 million)worth of its stake in Samsung Electronics.
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Technology
Samsung Electronics plans over $73 billion investment to lead in AI chip sector
SEOUL, March 19 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics said on Thursday that it plans to invest more than 110 trillion won ($73.24 billion) this year in order to lead the semiconductor industry in artificial intelligence.
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AI
Apple’s head of home hardware leaves for smart ring maker Oura
Apple originally planned to release the smart display last year but the product has been postponed a number of times, delayed by a beleaguered overhaul of Siri.
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AI
EU moves to ban AI that creates nonconsensual sexual images
Artificial intelligence tools that can be used to create nonconsensual sexual images may be banned in the European Union, following outcry after users used Elon Musk's Grok service to generate thousands of undressed pictures of women and children.
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Technology
Meeting surging demand for AI memory chips has a climate cost
Semiconductor manufacturing emissions will climb by about a third to 247 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2030, the researcher forecasts.
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Technology
MCMC: Telcos to monitor network performance during Hari Raya Aidilfitri
Since early March 2026, MCMC said telcos nationwide have performed 866 temporary network enhancement initiatives to support increased usage during the festive season.
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Social media
Social media addiction trial jury deliberations continue
Jurors will return to court here on Thursday to continue deliberations in a civil trial accusing Meta and YouTube of harmfully hooking young internet users.
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Social media
World Happiness Report says social media makes teens unhappy
Passively consuming algorithmic social media hurts teens' mental health, according to the World Happiness Report for 2026, which joins a long line of critics arguing that such platforms are damaging for young people.
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Video games
Four standout Switch 2 games from the Nintendo Partners Preview
Every Game Developers Conference, Nintendo highlights projects from several independent studios through its Nintendo Partner Preview.
