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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

1 killed, 4 injured in UAE gas facility incident

DUBAI, April 3 (Xinhua) -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities confirmed on Friday that two fires broke out at the Habshan gas facilities in Abu Dhabi after debris fell from a successful air defense interception.

Over 45 pct of Russia's transport firms adopt AI: official

ST. PETERSBURG, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Over 45 percent of companies in Russia's transport sector have adopted artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, a senior official said Friday.