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China’s Sensetime to withdraw $767 million Hong Kong IPO – sources
By Kane Wu and Scott Murdoch (Reuters) - Chinese artificial intelligence start-up SenseTime Group will withdraw its $767 million Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) on Monday after it was placed o...
Dec 12, 2021
Horse racing idols app injects new life into Japan mobile gaming market
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - When an ageing racehorse, Makahiki, broke records by winning his first race in five years in Kyoto in early October, Japanese social media was flooded with comments fro...
Dec 12, 2021
South Korea to test AI-powered facial recognition to track COVID-19 cases
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will soon roll out a pilot project to use artificial intelligence, facial recognition and thousands of CCTV cameras to track the movement of people infected...
Dec 12, 2021
German cybersecurity watchdog issues red alert warning on software
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's federal cybersecurity watchdog, the BSI, on Saturday issued a red alert warning, its highest, on a flawed piece of widely-used software, saying it posed an "extremely c...
Dec 12, 2021
Vietnam car company Vingroup starts work on $174 million EV battery plant
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's biggest conglomerate Vingroup said on Sunday it had started building a $174 million battery cell plant for its VinFast electric vehicles business so the company can own its...
Dec 12, 2021
Intel shows research for packing more computing power into chips beyond 2025
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Research teams at Intel Corp on Saturday unveiled work that the company believes will help it keep speeding up and shrinking computing chips over the next ten years, with...
Dec 11, 2021
Volkswagen, Bosch to cooperate on automotive software – Handelsblatt
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen's software unit Cariad and automotive supplier Bosch are nearing an agreement to cooperate on automotive software, Handelsblatt reported, citing company sources. Volks...
Dec 11, 2021
Daughter of pioneering astronaut Alan Shepard set for Blue Origin spaceflight
By Joe Skipper and Steve Gorman VAN HORN, Texas (Reuters) - The eldest daughter of pioneering U.S. astronaut Alan Shepard is set for a ride to the edge of space aboard Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin commerci...
Dec 10, 2021
U.S. FAA finds no Blue Origin safety issues after review
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it had found no safety issues after investigating allegations made against Blue Origin's human spaceflight program. The F...
Dec 10, 2021
Global tech show CES attracts 15,000 sign-ups since Omicron
NEW YORK (Reuters) - About 15,000 people have registered to attend global tech show CES in person in the past 10 days, the organizer said on Friday, in a sign of momentum for in-person events despite ...
Dec 10, 2021
