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Microsoft defeats gamers’ bid to block $69 billion Activision deal in US court
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp evaded a potential early legal obstacle in its $69 billion deal to acquire "Call of Duty" videogame maker Activision Blizzard Inc, when a U.S. judge on Fri...
May 22, 2023
Exclusive-Italy watchdog to review other AI systems after ChatGPT brief ban
By Elvira Pollina and Supantha Mukherjee MILAN/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Italy's data protection authority Garante plans to review other artificial intelligence platforms and hire AI experts, a top offici...
May 22, 2023
Israel aims to be ‘AI superpower’, advance autonomous warfare
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 au...
May 22, 2023
China grants approvals to 86 domestic online games
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's gaming regulator on Monday granted publishing licences to 86 domestic online games, including titles belonging to Tencent Holdings Ltd, NetEase Inc and other developers. (R...
May 22, 2023
Micron expects Chinese ban to affect revenue up to high-single digits
(Reuters) - Micron Technology Inc expects China's ban on company's infrastructure chips to impact revenue in the low-single to high-single digit percentage, the company said on Monday at a J.P. Morgan...
May 22, 2023
Analysis-China’s Micron ban highlights chipmakers’ dilemma as Sino-U.S. tensions grow
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - China's ban on the use of U.S.-based Micron Technology's chips in certain sectors, announced on Sunday, is a stark reminder of risks facing the global chip industry as i...
May 22, 2023
EU, U.S. data transfer pact expected by summer, EU Commission says after Meta fine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission expects to finalise a data transfer pact with the United States by summer, a spokesman said on Monday after the Irish privacy regulator gave Meta Platforms...
May 22, 2023
‘Deepfake’ scam in China fans worries over AI-driven fraud
BEIJING (Reuters) - A fraud in northern China that used sophisticated "deepfake" technology to convince a man to transfer money to a supposed friend has sparked concern about the potential of artifici...
May 22, 2023
Cybersecurity firms’ earnings set to benefit from growing threat of hacks
By Samrhitha A and Vansh Agarwal (Reuters) - Top U.S. cybersecurity companies are expected to report another quarter of strong growth as high-profile hacks and a shift in client preference for bigger ...
May 22, 2023
Facebook given record $1.3 billion fine, given 5 months to stop EU-US data flows
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - Meta was hit with a record 1.2 billion euro ($1.3 billion) fine by its lead privacy regulator in the European Union for its handling of user information and given ...
May 22, 2023
