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Spotify to raise monthly subscription price to $12.99 in US and other markets
Jan 15 (Reuters) - Spotify will increase the price of its monthly premium subscription plan by $1 to $12.99 in the United States, Estonia and Latvia markets, the Swedish streaming platform said on Thursday.
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Technology
Analysis-US stocks leadership showing signs of broadening beyond tech
NEW YORK, Jan 15 (Reuters) - After years of watching technology stocks drive the U.S. bull market, investors are betting the rally will broaden to industrial, healthcare and small-cap companies, with a chance they can catch up and assert market leadership.
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Technology
Philippines seeks to block access to Grok on child safety concerns
MANILA, Jan 15 (Reuters) - The Philippines is moving to block Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok amid concerns about its ability to generate sexualised images, including content that could pose child safety risks, the secretary of information and communications technology said on Thursday.
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Technology
ASML tops $500 billion market cap as TSMC plans to spend more
AMSTERDAM, Jan 15 (Reuters) - ASML, the world's biggest maker of equipment used to manufacture computer chips, crossed $500 billion in market value for the first time on Thursday, after top customer TSMC announced larger than expected capital spending plans to keep up with booming demand for artificial intelligence chips.
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Technology
UK presses on with Grok deepfake probe despite Musk's climbdown
LONDON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Britain welcomed a U-turn by xAI to stop its Grok AI chatbot making non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes, but said its investigation into how Elon Musk's company ever allowed it to happen would continue.
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Cybersecurity
Microsoft disrupts cybercrime service linked to AI-enabled fraud
Microsoft on Jan 14 said it has taken coordinated legal action in the United States and Britain to disrupt a low-cost subscription service called RedVDS that helps cybercriminals carry out lucrative scams.
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Technology
Wikipedia owner signs on Microsoft, Meta in AI content training deals
Jan 15 (Reuters) - Wikipedia on Thursday unveiled partnerships with several Big Tech companies including Microsoft, Meta and Amazon, marking a major step up in the non-profit's ability to monetize tech firms' reliance on its content.
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Technology
Swiss competition authority opens probe into Microsoft licensing fees
Jan 15 (Reuters) - Switzerland's competition commission said on Thursday it launched a preliminary investigation into Microsoft's licensing fees in the country.
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AI
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.
