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TikTok, Snapchat and Meta's Facebook, Instagram and Threads are set to deactivate accounts registered by users under 16 to comply with an Australian law on social media platforms, sources say
Foreign outflows in Korean and Taiwanese stocks seen as largely driven by weakness in leading AI-related companies, analyst says
Talks at the COP30 summit in Brazil highlight the growing need for finance to help countries build resilience to storms, flood and fires, at a time when Southeast Asia has been rocked by consecutive typhoons
CEO Masayoshi Son has bet big on OpenAI – over $30 billion – while selling his company's shares in Nvidia last month; those moves have paid worthy returns so far, but will the 'AI bubble' pop?
Delhi wants a mandatory declaration of where products are made so people can easily determine if they are domestic goods and will boost the government's self-reliance initiative
Tech giant made billions while failing to stop a flood of ads that exposed Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users to investment and e-commerce scams, fake ads and banned products, Reuters says
Chen Deli believed AI could be a great aid to humans as it improved over the short term, but feared it could become a "massive challenge" in the future
Officials in three countries are investigating electric buses, after news that suppliers have remote access for software updates and control system diagnostics, amid fear they could be 'exploited' while vehicles are in transit.
Google has done a deal with Australia's defence department for a data centre on its remote Indian Ocean frontier as part of a subsea cable link between Australia and Asia
Customs data released on Friday showed that Chinese exports fell by more than expected in October despite the trade truce agreed to by the two countries. Imports were also down.
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With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors
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Oil & GasIndia Is Likely Exporting Refined Russian Oil to the WestIndia’s fast-rising Russian oil imports are being matched by its rising oil exports suggesting it may be reselling Russia’s oil to the West.
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MarketsApple Asks Suppliers in Taiwan to Meet China Label StandardsUS tech giant Apple told its Taiwan suppliers that products moving to China must be labelled to state that the island is a part of China and not an independent nation
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MarketsIndian-Owned Tech Firms See Sharp Growth in UKDespite a moribund British economy and heavy corporate tax, Indian-owned tech firms are growing in the UK.
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MarketsChina Becomes World’s Second-Biggest Bitcoin Mining HubThe Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.
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