Top AI CEOs, experts raise ‘risk of extinction’ from AI
By Supantha Mukherjee and Martin Coulter STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) - Top artificial intelligence (AI) executives including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday joined experts and professors in raising the "risk of extinction from AI", which they urged policymakers to equate at par
US agency says 8.3 million homes, businesses lack access to high-speed broadband
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 8.3 million U.S. homes and businesses lack access to high-speed broadband internet, the Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday in unveiling its revised national broadband access map. The FCC said it has increased its estimates
Microsoft says UK regulator an ‘outlier’ for blocking Activision deal
By Sam Tobin and Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - Microsoft on Tuesday accused Britain's anti-trust regulator of being a global "outlier" in blocking its $69 billion takeover of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) vetoed the
France inaugurates first of four gigafactories in the north
By Gilles Guillaume BILLY-BERCLAU, France (Reuters) - France will inaugurate on Tuesday a battery-making gigafactory, the first of four such plants European and Asian companies plan to build in the north of the country. The development by Automotive Cells Company, a joint-venture
Toyota’s April global sales rise on stronger demand in Japan, China
The Toyota logo is seen at its booth during a media day for the Auto Shanghai show in Shanghai, China April 19, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp's global sales rose by nearly 5% in April
EU, US to weigh China, AI, trade strains at high-level Sweden talks
European Commission Vice President Margrethe Vestager speaks during a news conference in Brussels, Belgium February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman By Philip Blenkinsop LULEA, Sweden (Reuters) - Top U.S. and European Union officials meet in Sweden on Tuesday to weigh how best to
Binance Australia customers seen selling bitcoin at discount to rival exchanges
Binance logo is seen in this illustration taken March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration By Ankur Banerjee and Lewis Jackson SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Bitcoin prices on the Australian arm of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, were almost A$9,000 lower than prices on
Nvidia to build Israeli supercomputer as AI demand soars
The logo of NVIDIA as seen at its corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California, in May of 2022. Courtesy NVIDIA/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT/File Photo By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Nvidia Corp
Arm rolls out new smartphone tech and MediaTek signs up to use
MediaTek chips are seen on a development board at the MediaTek booth during the 2015 Computex exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, June 3, 2015. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang By Jane Lanhee Lee and Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp owned chip designer Arm