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Foxconn first-quarter revenue jumps, company cautions on geopolitics
TAIPEI, April 5 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, reported a 29.7% on-year rise in first-quarter revenue on strong demand for artificial intelligence products, though it cautioned about "volatile" global politics.
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Technology
Britain woos Anthropic expansion after US defence clash, FT says
April 5 (Reuters) - Britain is trying to tempt Anthropic to expand its presence in the country, as it seeks to capitalise on a fight between the maker of artificial intelligence app Claude and the U.S. Defense Department, the Financial Times said on Sunday.
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Internet
Online abuse: What to know and how to protect yourself and others
Cyberstalking, doxing, deepfakes: Online abuse is real abuse. It takes many forms and often has serious real-world consequences. What steps are important to take, and where can you find support and help?
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Video games
Review: With ‘Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection,’ an RPG finally grows up
It was time for Monster Hunter Stories to grow up. Capcom's spinoff of its popular action role-playing game started as a Pokémon-like adventure, one in which players rode monsters instead of slaying them.
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AI
Is taste the one thing AI can’t replace?
Anxious tech workers in Silicon Valley are trying to cultivate a quality they say ChatGPT can't provide.
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Video games
Preview: How ‘Pragmata’ changed my mind about its hacking and gunplay
With the Pragmata release date moved up to April 17, Capcom is making one last push to cast its new project in the best light.
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Technology
Telegram's Durov says Russia triggered payment system problem by blocking VPNs
MOSCOW, April 4 (Reuters) - Telegram founder Pavel Durov said on Saturday Russia's attempt to block Virtual Private Networks triggered a problem with a domestic payment system, adding that tens of millions of Russians were now resisting the digital controls.
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Social media
EU chat control deal expires, halting mass child pornography scanning
From Saturday, online platforms in the European Union will no longer be permitted to carry out mass scanning of private communications in the fight against child pornography.
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Internet
Influencers accused of peddling medical misinformation on social apps
Many so-called influencers are allegedly spreading "misleading information" about prescription medicines in "ethically problematic" paid-for promotions that blur the line between personal testimony and marketing.
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Social media
How will Meta and Google's landmark legal defeat change social media?
Two of America's largest tech companies suffered stunning defeats in court, sustaining early jolts in what could prove to be a seismic shift in how social media operates amid a new landscape of legal risk.
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Video games
The anomaly of humanity as AI grows inevitable
Over the decades, the depiction of artificial intelligence has evolved from sci-fi villain to systemic reality.
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Technology
Musk asks SpaceX IPO banks to buy Grok AI subscriptions, NYT reports
April 3 (Reuters) - Elon Musk is requiring banks and other advisers working on SpaceX's planned IPO to buy subscriptions to Grok, his artificial intelligence chatbot, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Technology
SpaceX delays next Starship test launch by a month, Musk says
April 3 (Reuters) - SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Friday that the company's next Starship test flight will take place in May and not April as originally scheduled.
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Technology
Italian court rules Netflix price-hike clauses are void, orders refunds
MILAN, April 3 (Reuters) - A Rome court has ruled as unlawful price increases imposed by Netflix on its Italian subscribers over the last seven years, and has ordered the U.S. media giant to reimburse them, a consumer association said on Friday.
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Technology
Trump administration proposes expanding Chinese tech gear crackdown
WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission on Friday proposed to ban the import of Chinese equipment from a group of manufacturers after previously barring approvals of new models in 2022, the latest move by Washington to crack down on Chinese-made electronic gear.
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Technology
Moscow shoppers and travellers hit by payment system problem
MOSCOW, April 3 (Reuters) - A problem with payment systems sowed chaos on Friday for some Russian shoppers, forcing the turnstiles on the Moscow metro to allow people to enter without payment and even forcing a regional zoo to ask visitors to use cash.
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Internet
Streaming channel for pets launched in China
Cats and dogs can now fill the hours their owners are at work with a dedicated all-day streaming channel for pets launched by Chinese tech giant Tencent.
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Technology
Samsung Elec likely to report stupendous surge in quarterly profit to record level
SEOUL, April 3 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics, benefiting from red-hot chip prices stoked by the AI boom, is expected to book a six-fold jump in operating profit for January-March - a quarterly record and just shy of what it earned for all of the past business year.
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AI
AI-generated 'Fruit Love Island' takes TikTok by storm
Millions of people have been gripped by the juicy twists of an AI-generated TikTok micro-series based on the television hit Love Island – except all the participants are sexy human-like fruit.
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Technology
Kremlin's drive for a state-backed messaging app touches a nerve for some
MOSCOW, April 3 (Reuters) - The Kremlin is pushing Russians to use state-backed messenger service MAX, but some are wary about the service and say they do not want to download it at all.
