Beijing jabs in US-China tech fight with chip material export curbs
By Amy Lv and Brenda Goh BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Companies caught out by China’s decision to restrict exports of two metals widely used in semiconductors and electric vehicles were racing…
US government agencies hit in global hacking spree
By Raphael Satter, Kanishka Singh, Zeba Siddiqui, Shivani Tanna and Chandi Shah (Reuters) – The U.S. government has been hit in a global hacking campaign that exploited a vulnerability in…
UK to remove Chinese-made surveillance equipment from sensitive govt sites
By Muvija M and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has committed to the removal of Chinese-made surveillance equipment from sensitive government sites as part of its latest plans to…
Analysis-Boeing, Northrop face obstacles in commercializing flagship US rocket
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA‘s plans to turn over its flagship rocket to contractors Boeing and Northrop Grumman to find more buyers and bring down costs faces steep…
NASA UFO panel in first public meeting says better data needed
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Members of an independent NASA panel studying UFOs, or what the U.S. government now terms UAP for “unidentified anomalous phenomena,” said…
Microsoft chief says deep fakes are biggest AI concern
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Microsoft President Brad Smith said Thursday that his biggest concern around artificial intelligence was deep fakes, realistic looking but false content. In a speech…
Micron expects revenue impact following China ban
By Joyce Lee and Brenda Goh SEOUL/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – U.S.-based Micron Technology Inc on Monday forecast a hit to revenue in the low-single to high-single digit percentage after a ban…
Israel aims to be ‘AI superpower’, advance autonomous warfare
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel aims to parlay its technological prowess to become an artificial intelligence “superpower”, the Defence Ministry director-general said on Monday, predicting advances in autonomous…
OpenAI chief concerned about AI being used to compromise elections
By Diane Bartz, Zeba Siddiqui and Jeffrey Dastin WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The CEO of OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT, told a Senate panel on Tuesday the use of artificial intelligence…
U.S. charges Apple ex-employee for trying to steal technology, fleeing to China
By Sarah N. Lynch, David Shepardson and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday announced charges in five cases involving alleged efforts to steal technology to benefit…