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Technology
Shanghai holds compliance guidance meeting with automakers including Tesla, BYD
BEIJING, July 22 (Reuters) - Shanghai authorities said on Wednesday it convened major automakers, dealer groups and internet platforms to reinforce compliance requirements as part of a campaign to regulate online information dissemination in the automotive sector.
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Technology
AT&T tops targets for new wireless subscribers as bundle offers spur demand
July 22 (Reuters) - AT&T topped quarterly estimates for wireless subscriber additions on Wednesday as cheaper unlimited plans paired with bundled mobile-broadband offerings drew in value-conscious customers, sending its shares up 4%.
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Technology
Intel results to test if AI-fueled rally has room to run
July 22 (Reuters) - Intel's results on Thursday will show whether the American chip icon has the numbers to back a Wall Street rally that has sent its shares nearly three times higher this year, as its turnaround push wins over investors and the AI buildout powers demand.
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Technology
Exclusive-Marco Rubio tells diplomats to play down talk of American tech 'kill switch'
WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has asked diplomats to push back against talk of a "kill switch" in American technology products following the White House's short-lived decision to keep foreigners from America's most advanced AI models, according to a recent cable reviewed by Reuters.
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Technology
Analysis-Meta employees' lawsuit shows that if AI fires you, proving it is the hard part
July 22 (Reuters) - A novel lawsuit claiming that Meta Platforms relied on discriminatory AI tools to select employees for layoffs highlights the problems workers face in suing employers over the new technology, including proving how it was actually used.
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Technology
Kalshi debuts US midterms hub for election forecasts and polling data
July 22 (Reuters) - Prediction market operator Kalshi said it had launched a new hub for tracking the U.S. midterm elections, offering users real-time election forecasts alongside polling, fundraising and historical election data.
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Technology
US to spend $5 billion on health, construction research powered by AI
WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. will spend $5 billion to tackle long-standing scientific problems across multiple fields using AI, the Trump administration said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Technology
South Korea says Coupang dispute not holding up US trade and security agenda
SEOUL, July 22 (Reuters) - A top South Korean presidential official said on Wednesday that a dispute with U.S.-listed e-commerce firm Coupang was not delaying discussions with Washington on trade, investment or security, despite concerns the case had become a source of tension in the alliance.
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Technology
EU regulators to issue formal warning to JD.com over Ceconomy deal, sources say
BRUSSELS, July 22 (Reuters) - EU regulators will issue formal charges against Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com over its $2.5 billion bid for German electronics retailer Ceconomy, underlining their concerns of unfair subsidies, people familiar with the matter said.
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Smartphones
Phone snatching is on the rise – is your iPhone safe if it is stolen?
As street phone-snatching surges in major tourist hubs across Europe and North America, police and tech giants are pushing to make stolen devices useless to international theft rings.
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Technology
South Korea's Lee to visit South America and Germany, attend AI summit in US
SEOUL, July 22 (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will visit San Francisco, Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Germany from July 24 to August 3, the presidential office said on Wednesday.
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AI
Google releases three new AI models
The models include one that is the company's most powerful and another that is fine-tuned for cybersecurity, as Google competes with rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic.
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Technology
UK's Bloomsbury among beneficiaries of $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright lawsuit settlement
(Corrects day to Wednesday from Tuesday in paragraph 1)
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Social media
JPDP probes unauthorised disclosure of telco customer's account details
The investigation is being carried out under the Principles of Personal Data Protection and Section 130 of the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (Act 709) in relation to the unlawful collection or disclosure of personal data.
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Video games
Nintendo’s latest hit sells cosy gameplay in an anxious world
Six years after Nintendo Co's Animal Crossing: New Horizons became a lockdown phenomenon, the company is scoring another major hit worldwide from gamers seeking an escape from rising anxiety and isolation.
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AI
AI playing a growing role in child sexual abuse, German report warns
German authorities warned on July 21 of the "growing influence" of AI and digital technology on the sexual abuse of children, saying in a report that criminal abusers are increasingly using those tools.
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AI
Samsung debuts AI-powered health assistant, joining packed market
Samsung Electronics Co is rolling out a new AI-powered assistant that acts as a virtual health companion, joining a growing number of tech companies using chatbots to deliver personalised wellness insights to their users.
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Technology
Analysis-AI investment boom puts Big Tech's free cash flow under pressure
July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. hyperscalers are starting to show returns on their artificial intelligence investments, but the rising cost of the buildout is taking a bite out of their free cash flow, and investors are noticing.
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Mobile apps
India's domestic workers go online as instant services boom
Racing against a stopwatch, a group of women folds bedsheets as they train to join an Indian startup that offers instant home services, transforming a traditionally word-of-mouth sector and promising better pay.
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Cybersecurity
OpenAI says its AI models went rogue and attacked a digital library
The incident, which targeted the computer systems of another company called Hugging Face, happened while OpenAI was testing the systems.
