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Exclusive-Chinese entities turn to Amazon cloud and its rivals to access high-end US chips, AI
By Eduardo Baptista, Fanny Potkin and Karen Freifeld BEIJING/SINGAPORE/NEW YORK (Reuters) - State-linked Chinese entities are using cloud services provided by Amazon or its rivals to access advanced U...
Aug 23, 2024
Factbox-List of Chinese entities who have turned to the cloud for access to restricted US tech
(Reuters) - State-linked Chinese entities are using cloud services provided by Amazon or its rivals to access advanced U.S. chips and artificial intelligence capabilities that they cannot acquire othe...
Aug 23, 2024
Google appoints former Character.AI founder as co-lead of its AI models
By Kenrick Cai SAN FRANCISCO - Google has appointed Noam Shazeer, the former head of startup Character.AI and before that a long-time Google researcher, to co-lead its main AI project. Shazeer will se...
Aug 23, 2024
India's Zomato shuts inter-city food-delivery service
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's Zomato is shutting down its inter-city food-delivery service, CEO Deepinder Goyal said in a social media post on Thursday. The service, launched in 2022 and named Interci...
Aug 22, 2024
Nepal lifts TikTok ban after app addresses cyber crime concerns
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal lifted a ban on Chinese-owned TikTok on Thursday, more than nine months after outlawing the popular video sharing app for disturbing "social harmony and goodwill." The deci...
Aug 22, 2024
Intel director Lip-Bu Tan is leaving chipmaker's board, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) - Intel's director Lip-Bu Tan, a semiconductor industry veteran brought in 2022 to help with the chipmaker's comeback effort, is stepping down from its board, Bloomberg News reported on Thur...
Aug 22, 2024
Infineon agrees to pay $837 million to settle Qimonda dispute
(Reuters) - German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG said on Thursday it has reached a settlement with Qimonda AG's insolvency administrator by agreeing to pay 753.5 million euros ($837.21 million), ...
Aug 22, 2024
Perplexity AI to launch ads on search platform by fourth quarter
(Reuters) - Nvidia and Jeff Bezos-backed Perplexity AI said on Thursday that it plans to introduce advertising on its artificial intelligence-powered search platform by the fourth quarter. Last month,...
Aug 22, 2024
Why Ford's three-row electric 'personal bullet train' SUV went off the rails
By Nora Eckert DETROIT (Reuters) - At a packed investor day in Dearborn, Michigan, last year, Ford Motor executives lauded their forthcoming three-row electric SUV, which they said would be rolling of...
Aug 22, 2024
GM's Cruise to deploy its autonomous vehicles on Uber platform
(Reuters) -Uber and General Motors-backed Cruise said on Thursday Cruise will deploy its autonomous vehicles on the ride-hailing company's platform as part of a multi-year deal. The partnership, which...
Aug 22, 2024
