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Technology
U.S. fintech could gain as Trump pushes affordability agenda, Citi says
Jan 22 (Reuters) - U.S. fintech stocks could gain an edge as Washington leans into a more populist, affordability-driven agenda ahead of the November 2026 midterm elections, analysts at Citigroup said in a note.
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Technology
UK court gives go-ahead to challenge to large data centre
LONDON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Britain's approval for a hyperscale data centre just outside London will come under scrutiny, after campaigners were on Thursday granted permission to bring a first of its kind legal challenge over the project.
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Technology
Spotify launches AI-driven 'prompted playlist' for premium users in US, Canada
Jan 22 (Reuters) - Spotify on Thursday rolled out "prompted playlist", an artificial intelligence-powered feature in the United States and Canada that allows premium users tailor playlists using their listening habits and commands.
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Technology
Coupang investors seek US probe over South Korea's handling of data leak
SAN FRANCSICO/SEOUL, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Two major U.S. investors in Coupang Inc said on Thursday they have petitioned the U.S. government to investigate the South Korean government and potentially impose trade remedies over what they describe as discriminatory treatment of the e-commerce company.
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Technology
Apple asks Indian court to stop antitrust body from seeking its financials
NEW DELHI, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Apple has asked an Indian court to stop the country's antitrust watchdog from seeking its global financial records as part of an investigation into its app store policies, while it challenges the underlying law's validity, court papers show.
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Technology
Taiwan's Compal warns rising memory prices to impact industry into 2027
(Corrects chairman's first name to Ray, not Rey, in paragraph 8)
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Technology
Ubisoft shares tumble after 'Assassin's Creed' creator unveils restructuring, cancels games
Jan 22 (Reuters) - Ubisoft, the French video game publisher behind the "Assassin's Creed" series, on Wednesday announced a sweeping reorganisation and said it would cancel six games, sending its shares to their lowest level in more than a decade on Thursday.
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Video games
Ubisoft unveils details of big restructuring bet
Ubisoft on Jan 21 ended a months-long wait for details of a restructuring the French games giant hopes will power it up to face a competitive market – at the price of a string of cancelled games and a new round of belt-tightening.
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Technology
Hyundai Motor's Korean union warns of humanoid robot plan, sees threat to jobs
SEOUL, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor's labour union in South Korea warned the automaker on Thursday against deploying humanoid robots without union approval, saying the robots would bring "employment shocks".
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Smartphones
These college students ditched their phones for a week. Could you?
A student-organised "tech fast" at St. John's College led to a mass unplugging by curious undergrads. Some found clarity; others were just trying to find their friends.
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Social media
UK upper house approves social media ban for under-16s
Britain's upper house of parliament voted Wednesday in favour of banning under-16s from using social media, raising pressure on the government to match a similar ban passed in Australia.
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Technology
Telenor sells its stake in Thailand's True Corporation for $3.9 billion
OSLO, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Norway's Telenor said on Thursday it had agreed to sell its 30.3% stake in Thailand's True Corporation for 39 billion Norwegian crowns ($3.92 billion), the company's second divestment from Asian markets in recent months.
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AI
Apple to revamp Siri as a built-in iPhone, Mac chatbot to fend off OpenAI
Apple Inc plans to revamp Siri later this year by turning the digital assistant into the company's first artificial intelligence chatbot, thrusting the iPhone maker into a generative AI race dominated by OpenAI and Google.
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Social media
Ryanair CEO dismisses Elon Musk's idea of buying the airline as verbal feud escalates
O'Leary, who's known for trolling critics, thanked Musk for "additional publicity." The airline has taken advantage of the spat to launch a seat sale with promotional material featuring a caricature of Musk.
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Technology
Crypto firm BitGo raises $212.8 million in US IPO
Jan 21 (Reuters) - Crypto custody firm BitGo priced its U.S. initial public offering above its indicated range on Wednesday, raising $212.8 million and paving the way for the first stock market debut by a digital asset company in 2026.
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Video games
The secretive VIP programmes that keep gamers spending
Lucrative players of games like FarmVille and Words With Friends get personal account managers and entries to exclusive sweepstakes.
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AI
YouTube to match OpenAI with AI likeness feature
YouTube announced plans on Jan 21 to allow its users this year to create AI versions of themselves for video sharing, matching a feature from Sora, the video-creation app from ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.
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Technology
Surging memory chip prices dim outlook for consumer electronics makers
Jan 22 (Reuters) - Global demand for smartphones, personal computers and gaming consoles is expected to shrink this year as companies from Britain's Raspberry Pi to HP Inc raise sticker prices to offset surging memory chip costs.
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Technology
EU to weigh Netflix, Paramount bids for Warner Bros at same time, Bloomberg News reports
Jan 21 (Reuters) - The European Union's antitrust regulators are expected to scrutinize rival bids by Netflix and Paramount Skydance for Warner Bros. Discovery at the same time, setting up an unusual head-to-head competition review, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.
