Technology News

By Jonathan Stempel Nov 5 (Reuters) - Google, Meta Platforms and TikTok sued California to block enforcement of a new state law intended to limit the risk of addicting children under age 16 to online platforms. The law, known as Assembly ​Bill 1709, pr...

Nov 5 (Reuters) - Democratic victories in key data-center states such as Texas and Georgia have fueled expectations of tighter AI oversight, while investors also worry that a potential extension of Texas' data-center permit freeze could delay projects,...

Nov 5 (Reuters) - Apple is seeking about $7 billion from a US-dollar bond offering, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with ​the matter. The iPhone maker is the latest ‌major tech company to tap debt markets as the sector raise...

Nov 5 (Reuters) - Content management firm Box expanded its partnership with Nvidia on Thursday, unveiling ​a search engine that ‌helps AI tools find more accurate answers in company files and a tool that lets teams build AI-driven workflows. Here are ‌...

By Ronan Corcoran Nov 5 (Reuters) - French startup Alta Ares won 6 out of 16 lots under ​a NATO framework contract for ‌counter-drone systems, its largest contract to date, the manufacturer of AI-powered air defence systems said on Thursday. Founded in...

Nov 5 (Reuters) - Zipline has raised $1.5 billion in its latest funding round, valuing the US drone delivery startup at $21.5 billion ​post-money - nearly tripling in about 10 ‌months. The funding comes as competition in drone delivery intensifies, wit...

Nov 5 (Reuters) - IBM, AMD and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) on Thursday launched a joint platform aimed at solving ​quantum computing machines' tendency to make ‌errors. Quantum computers harness the behavior of subatomic particles to solve pro...

By Mathieu Rosemain, Elizabeth Howcroft and Mateusz Rabiega PARIS, Nov 5 (Reuters) - French lender Credit Mutuel Arkea said on Thursday hackers had stolen around €100 million ($112.61 million) in a cyber heist and it was working to try to recover the m...

(Corrects name of science park in paragraph 10. Fixes formatting.) By Dimitri Rhodes Nov 5 (Reuters) - The artificial intelligence boom is helping drive demand for European chemical and industrial gas ​companies, as semiconductor manufacturers expand ...

Nov 5 (Reuters) - About 600,000 of Nvidia's advanced artificial intelligence chips are stored in Hong Kong awaiting shipment to mainland China, two people familiar with the matter said, as Beijing withholds approval for large-scale imports despite dema...

By Niket Nishant Nov 5 (Reuters) - The Nasdaq 100 index was set to lose a whopping $1.8 trillion in stock value on Thursday as investors feared that the sweeping midterm victory of Democrats could stall the pace of AI ​infrastructure expansion. Shares...

Nov 5 (Reuters) - Binance and Deribit said on Thursday they have removed all ​API keys linked to SignalPlus ‌after the digital asset options and derivatives trading infrastructure platform reported a potential security issue. Binance said ‌its ​own sys...

By Agnieszka Gosciak and Jesus Calero Nov 5 (Reuters) - Swedish builder Skanska is becoming more selective about which artificial-intelligence data-centre projects it takes on, favouring established technology clients ​while taking a cautious approach ...

By Stephen Gandel and Nupur Anand NEW YORK, Nov 5 (Reuters) - US regulators contacted banks to check whether their systems had any vulnerabilities after last week's $6.3 billion hack of Binance, alert to the risks that a hack in crypto ​markets could a...

Nov 5 (Reuters) - Qualcomm shares dropped over 9% in early trading on Thursday after the company's smartphone chip sales missed Wall Street estimates, raising concerns that ​weakness in its core handset business could offset ‌gains from newer growth in...

By Munsif Vengattil and Ashwin Manikandan BENGALURU/MUMBAI, Nov 5 (Reuters) - India's cybersecurity agency named the hacking group behind a wave of AI-driven attacks on financial firms and identified its tools, at least two of them linked to China, add...

MILAN, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Italian digital bank and broker Fineco said on Thursday it had added a record 25,800 new clients in October, ​up more than a third year-on-year, after ‌net profit rose 15.6% in the third quarter, on higher than expected revenu...

SEOUL, Nov 5 (Reuters) - South Korea plans to introduce taxes on digital assets in 2029, two years ​later than previously envisaged, the ‌finance ministry said on Thursday. • The government will consult parliament on postponing taxes on digital assets ...

By Sam Nussey TOKYO, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Sony on Thursday reported a 45% rise in second-quarter operating profit, beating market estimates, while Nintendo reported an earnings slide that missed market expectations. The divergent fortunes of the two compa...

By Mathias de Rozario and Etienne Breban Nov 5 (Reuters) - France's Legrand raised its 2026 sales growth forecast for the second time this year on Thursday, as robust data ​centre demand drove revenue above market expectations for the first ‌nine month...