Technology

Italy's Meloni 'disgusted' by websites targeting women amid outcry over online abuse

MILAN (Reuters) -Italy's Giorgia Meloni expressed outrage on Friday over an adult website that published unauthorised pictures of women, including of the prime minister, amid a national outcry over online misogyny and abuse.

Technology

AI-enhanced, immersive 'Wizard of Oz' debuts in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) -Swirling winds, drone-operated monkeys and artificial intelligence brought new life to "The Wizard of Oz" on Thursday at the premiere of an immersive version of the Hollywood classic in Las Vegas.

Technology

Huawei's first-half profit declined 32% amid heavy spending on R&D

BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese tech giant Huawei reported a 32% drop in first-half net profit on Friday as it spent heavily on research and development to defy U.S. sanctions.

Technology

Ambani's Reliance Jio aims for IPO by first half of 2026

(Reuters) -Telecom and digital giant Reliance Jio Platforms is aiming to file for an initial public offering (IPO) by the first half of 2026, setting the stage for one of India's highly anticipated stock market debuts.

Technology

TSMC to market system to manage trade secrets, its lawyer says

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan's TSMC manufactures the world's most advanced chips. It now wants to teach its suppliers and partners how to better manage their trade secrets to foster innovation. 

AI

China warns against ‘disorderly competition’ in booming AI race

China said it will prevent excess competition in the red-hot artificial intelligence sector, a signal that Beijing wants to avoid wasteful investment even as it seeks to turn the technology into a key pillar of the economy.

Technology

Marvell sinks as weak data center outlook stokes AI chip worries

(Reuters) -Shares of Marvell Technology slumped 11.3% in premarket trading on Friday as the chipmaker's data center demand outlook fell short of lofty expectations after investors bet big on custom chips that power AI workloads for cloud giants such as Microsoft and Amazon.

Streaming

France to take streaming platform Kick to court over user's death

Over a week after the on-camera death of a popular video game streamer, the French government on Tuesday said it would take the platform Kick to court.

AI

AI is already cutting jobs – but only one age group is paying the price, Stanford study finds

A new, first-of-its-kind Stanford University study offers some of the strongest evidence yet that artificial intelligence is reshaping the US job market – and it's hitting Generation Z the hardest.

Technology

Binance resumes futures trading after brief pause

(Reuters) -Crypto exchange Binance said on Friday that it resumed all futures trading on the platform after an issue prompted a brief suspension of the service earlier.

Social media

Russian influencers are thriving on Telegram

Karina Kasparyants began her career as an influencer in her teens, making YouTube videos of beauty tips, shopping hauls and glimpses into her everyday life as a student in Moscow in the mid-2010s.

Technology

Microsoft software engineer dies on Silicon Valley campus at 35

A 35-year-old Microsoft Corp software engineer has died at the company's Silicon Valley campus.

Internet

Online age checks are proliferating, but so are concerns they curtail Internet freedom

Online age checks are on the rise in the US and elsewhere, asking people for IDs or face scans to prove they are over 18 or 21 or even 13.

Technology

Musk seeks dismissal of SEC lawsuit on his 2022 Twitter stake

(Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk filed a motion on Thursday to dismiss the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) civil lawsuit that accused him of waiting too long in 2022 to reveal his large stake in social media platform Twitter, later renamed as X.

Internet

Website forced to close as Italian women fight back against unauthorised online image sharing

An Internet site which showed photos of thousands of Italian women without their consent and attracted obscene and explicit comments was forced to shut down on Aug 28 after a backlash.

Technology

South Korea to boost budget spending in bid to spur AI-led growth

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's government plans to raise budget spending for next year by the steepest pace in four years as the country's new president seeks to spur economic growth through a policy of boosting investment in artificial intelligence.

Console

Asus prepares Xbox Ally gadget to rival Nintendo’s Switch

The Switch 2 is about to get another competitor in the increasingly crowded handheld gaming market.

Technology

YouTube reaches agreement with Fox to prevent disruption

(Reuters) -Alphabet-owned YouTube and Fox said on Thursday they have reached an agreement that will keep Fox News, Fox Sports and other Fox channels available to YouTube TV subscribers.

Technology

SentinelOne raises annual revenue forecast on strong cybersecurity demand

(Reuters) -SentinelOne raised annual revenue forecast on Thursday, a sign of growing demand for the company's cybersecurity tools, sending its shares surging around 9% in extended trading.

Technology

Chipmaker Marvell's weak data center forecast prompts AI investors to dump its stock

(Reuters) -Chipmaker Marvell Technology forecast quarterly revenue below market estimates on Thursday, disappointing investors who are accustomed to strong results from artificial intelligence-facing firms and sending its shares down 12% after hours.