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Trade war fears roil shares of US auto majors, Big Tech after Trump tariffs
(Reuters) - Shares of automakers and megacap tech stocks bore the brunt of a wider equity pullback on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered sweeping tariffs against Mexico, Canada and China...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2025
Google to ask US appeals court to overturn app store verdict
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) - Lawyers for Alphabet's Google and "Fortnite" maker Epic Games are set to square off before a U.S. appeals court in California on Monday, as Google tries to undo a jury ve...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2025
Taiwan bans government departments from using DeepSeek AI
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan on Monday banned government departments from using Chinese startup DeepSeek's artificial intelligence (AI) service as it was a security risk, toughening language from last we...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2025
The legal challenges faced by Samsung chief Jay Y Lee
(Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Chairman Jay Y. Lee was found not guilty of accounting fraud and stock manipulation by a Seoul appeals court on Monday, in a ruling that could remove long-running legal...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2025
EssilorLuxottica receives FDA clearance for its Nuance audio glasses
ROME (Reuters) - EssilorLuxottica said on Monday it received a green light from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its over-the-counter Nuance audio glasses. Nuance - which pairs hearing ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2025
France's LightOn reports first results post IPO, confirms targets
(Reuters) - French generative AI startup LightOn on Monday reported first results since its November IPO and confirmed its annual target for 2025. The company said its total sales were 1.1 million eur...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2025
DeepSeek gives Europe's tech firms a chance to catch up in global AI race
By Supantha Mukherjee GOTHENBURG (Reuters) - Hemanth Mandapati, boss of German startup Novo AI, was an early adopter of DeepSeek chatbots when he switched to the Chinese AI model from OpenAI's ChatGPT...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2025
SoftBank, OpenAI agree to set up Japan AI joint venture
TOKYO (Reuters) -SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son said on Monday he has agreed with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to set up a joint venture in Japan to offer artificial intelligence services to corporate cust...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2025
Despite Australia's strict social media ban for minors, a YouTube exemption poses risks
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's government carved out an exemption for YouTube when it passed laws banning social media access for children under 16, but some mental health and extremism ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 03, 2025
Difficult yet to predict DeepSeek's potential impact on power demand, Japan's METI says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's industry ministry is aware of a view that expansion of data centres may increase demand for electricity, however, it is difficult yet to predict how demand may change with th...
Thomson Reuters Feb 02, 2025

