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WASHINGTON, Dec 5 : The chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission denounced the EU’s fine of Elon Musk’s social media company X on Friday for breaching…

Dec 5 : Hollywood unions and theater owners on Friday sounded the alarm over Netflix’s proposed $72 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, warning the deal would cut jobs, concentrate power and reduce theatrical movie releases if the deal…

HANOI: Vietnam’s trade surplus with the United States, its main market, rose to $121.6 billion in the first 11 months of the year, official data showed on Saturday (Dec 6), as exports surged despite US tariffs imposed in August.

The Southeast…

THE AI RACE

Published research, though, does not automatically translate into technological capability. Moreover, the location of research expertise does not always map with successful commercialisation of technology – as a long line of…

Dec 5 : Cloudflare has restored impacted software services after a minor outage on Friday hampered access to crypto trading exchange Coinbase and Anthropic’s artificial intelligence chatbot Claude AI.

The web-infrastructure company’s shares fell…

Dec 5 : Meta has acquired AI-wearables startup Limitless, maker of a pendant-style device that records and transcribes real-world conversations, as the social media giant doubles down on efforts to build AI-enabled consumer hardware.

“Meta…

Dec 5 : Netflix has agreed to buy Warner Bros Discovery’s TV and film studios and streaming division for $72 billion, a deal that would hand control of one of Hollywood’s most prized and oldest assets to the streaming pioneer that has upended the…

WASHINGTON, Dec 5 : Apple and Google have sent a new round of cyber threat notifications to users around the world, the companies said this week, announcing their latest effort to insulate customers against surveillance threats.

Apple and the…

BRUSSELS, Dec 5 : Europe is forging ahead with its crackdown on Big Tech, levying fines on Alphabet’s Google and Elon Musk’s X and opening new investigations, asserting its sovereign right to enforce its laws in defiance of U.S. President Donald…

Dec 5 : Some members of Congress on Friday deemed Netflix’s $72 billion proposed acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery’s studios and streaming unit an antitrust “nightmare” for consumers and creatives, while the company touted the deal as driving…