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Elon Musk expected to make speech at opening of Shanghai's World AI Conference
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Elon Musk will be among the keynote speakers at the opening ceremony of the World AI Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on Thursday, according to an agenda released in advance of the e...
Jul 03, 2024
China EV makers brace for tariffs as Beijing, EU engage in talks
By Nicoco Chan and Sarah Wu SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - With the clock ticking for the European Commission to impose provisional tariffs on electric vehicles made in China, automakers are bracing for...
Jul 03, 2024
Exclusive-Indian officials visit Foxconn iPhone plant, question executives about hiring
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian labour officials visited a Foxconn factory in the country's south this week and questioned executives about the company's hiring practices, an official sai...
Jul 03, 2024
China designates pilot areas for 'vehicle-road-cloud integration' for smart cars
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's industry ministry has selected 20 localities, including Beijing and Shanghai, as participants in a pilot programme for application of "vehicle-road-cloud integration" for i...
Jul 03, 2024
Indian social media platform Koo to shut down after partnership talks fail
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian social media platform Koo is discontinuing its services, its top boss said in a social media post. "Our partnership talks fell through and we will be discontinuing our ser...
Jul 03, 2024
Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government has finally eliminated the use of floppy disks in all its systems, two decades since their heyday, reaching a long-awaited milestone in a campaign t...
Jul 03, 2024
EU takes aim at China's Temu and Shein with proposed import duty, FT reports
(Reuters) - The European Union is drawing up plans to impose customs duties on cheap goods bought from Chinese online retailers including Temu and Shein, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, cit...
Jul 02, 2024
AI deals lift US venture capital funding to highest level in two years, data shows
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) - U.S. venture capital funding surged to $55.6 billion in the second quarter, marking the highest quarterly total in two years, according to PitchBook data published on Wednesd...
Jul 02, 2024
Japan's first new banknotes in 20 years use holograms to defeat counterfeits
By Irene Wang and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan began circulating its first new banknotes in 20 years on Wednesday, featuring three-dimensional portraits of the founders of financial and fema...
Jul 02, 2024
Apple poised to get OpenAI board observer role as part of AI pact, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) - Apple will get an observer role on OpenAI's board as part of a landmark AI agreement announced last month, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. Phil Schiller, the head of Apple's App Store ...
Jul 02, 2024
