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Smartphones
Coming soon: Control your smartphone with facial expressions
Google has announced that the code for Project Gameface, its hands-free cursor management solution, where you control what happens on screen using facial expressions, is now available to Android developers. This will enable the project to move up a gear and soon see its first practical uses.
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Technology
Crypto lender Genesis to return $3 billion to customers in bankruptcy wind-down
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crypto lender Genesis Global received court approval on Friday to return about $3 billion in cash and cryptocurrency to its customers in a bankruptcy liquidation, leaving its owner, Digital Currency Group, with no recovery from the bankruptcy.
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Technology
US, TikTok seek fast-track schedule, ruling by Dec. 6 on potential ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department and TikTok on Friday asked a U.S. appeals court to set a fast-track schedule to consider the legal challenges to a new law requiring Chinese-based ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. assets by Jan. 19 or face a ban.
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Technology
DXC Technology tumbles as investors fret over latest restructuring plan
(Reuters) - Shares of DXC Technology slumped 18% on Friday, after the IT services provider unveiled a new revamp and forecast fiscal 2025 revenue and profit below estimates.
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Technology
Microsoft to release next 'Call of Duty' game on subscription service, source says
(Reuters) -Microsoft plans to release the coming installment of the "Call of Duty" videogame to its subscription service, in a departure from its longtime practice of only selling the title independently, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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Technology
US labor board will suspend case against SpaceX pending company's legal challenge
(Reuters) -The U.S. National Labor Relations Board told a federal judge in Texas that it will suspend an administrative case accusing SpaceX of illegally firing engineers critical of CEO Elon Musk while the rocket maker pursues a lawsuit challenging the agency's structure.
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Technology
Nigeria court rules Binance executive can face trial on behalf of crypto exchange
ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian court on Friday ruled that Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan can stand trial on behalf of the cryptocurrency exchange in an ongoing tax evasion case.
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Technology
BlackRock in talks with governments about investments to power AI
ROME (Reuters) - BlackRock is in talks with various governments over ways to fund critical investments to support artificial intelligence (AI), including increasing the power supply, the CEO of the world's largest asset manager said on Friday.
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Technology
Factbox-Who is new Prosus and Naspers CEO Fabricio Bloisi?
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Dutch technology investor Prosus and its South African parent group Naspers on Friday named the head of their iFood business, Fabricio Bloisi, as their new CEO, replacing long-time boss Bob van Dijk who stepped down last September.
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Technology
GameStop tumbles on capital raise plans after meme-stocks frenzy this week
(Reuters) - Retail darling GameStop slumped 26% on Friday after the struggling videogame retailer said it would sell up to 45 million shares, taking advantage of the meme-stocks frenzy this week.
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Technology
UK's CMA rejects probe into Microsoft-Mistral AI tie-up
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's competition watchdog said on Friday it would not investigate the partnership between Microsoft and Mistral AI, weeks after it invited views on the tie-up.
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Technology
TV companies flaunt ad tech and AI to persuade advertisers to spend
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Television "upfront" advertiser presentations this week in New York City were hardly about TV at all.
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Technology
EU demands clarity from Microsoft on AI risks in Bing
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission could fine Microsoft if it doesn't provide adequate information on risks stemming from generative AI features in search engine Bing by May 27.
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Technology
Reddit stock jumps after OpenAI partnership
(Reuters) -Shares of Reddit rose 13% on Friday, following a partnership with artificial intelligence firm OpenAI that is expected to boost advertising income for the social media platform.
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Internet
Consumer groups accuse Temu of manipulating online shoppers
European consumer groups on May 16 accused Chinese shopping app Temu of using "manipulative techniques" to force users to spend more and other violations of a landmark EU tech law.
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AI
Elon Musk deepfake crypto scam highlights risks to Hong Kong as AI-related fraud rises
The Securities and Futures Commission has warned of a fraudulent crypto trading platform called Quantum AI, a long-time scam that uses deepfakes of Elon Musk. Hong Kong has proven particularly susceptible to AI-related scams, with fintech industry fraud growing 3.8% in the first quarter.
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Cybersecurity
North Koreans posed as US tech workers to fund weapons, US says
Posing as Americans, North Korean technology workers secured remote work contracts with hundreds of US companies as part of a scheme to help fund Pyongyang’s illicit nuclear weapons and missile programmes, the US government said on May 16.
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Internet
Yoodo to discontinue digital telco brand on Aug 29
Yoodo, a Malaysian mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), has announced that it will be discontinued on August 29 this year as part of a commitment made to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) for the merger between Celcom and Digi.
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e-Hailing
Uber passengers in Hong Kong dupe drivers into stopping next to police in effort to report illegal ride services
Footage and photos posted to Facebook and LIHKG show passengers filming journeys and telling drivers to stop near police patrols. Police deny going undercover and say incident involved seven vehicles, adding no related arrests made or fines issued so far.
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Drones
Report: China building world’s first ‘dedicated’ drone carrier, satellite images suggest
Report on ‘mystery ship’ comes as China also builds giant 076 amphibious assault warship that will serve as both a helicopter and drone carrier. Specs indicate ‘an aircraft carrier of some sort’, while low flight deck would ‘make sense’ in a drone carrier, Naval News says.