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US, Taiwan reach trade deal focused on semiconductors, Commerce Department says
Jan 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. and Taiwan have a reached a trade deal that the U.S. Commerce Department said on Thursday would drive a "massive reshoring of America's semiconductor sector." Under the dea...
Jan 15, 2026
Publishers seek to join lawsuit against Google over AI training
By Blake Brittain Jan 15 (Reuters) - Publishers Hachette Book Group and Cengage Group asked a California federal court on Thursday for permission to intervene in a proposed class action lawsuit agains...
Jan 15, 2026
Netflix inks global deal to stream Sony Pictures' films after theatrical window
Jan 15 (Reuters) - Netflix and Sony Pictures Entertainment have reached a new agreement that would bring films such as "Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse" to the streaming giant's customers worldwid...
Jan 15, 2026
Rio Tinto to supply copper to Amazon for AI data centers
Jan 15 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto said on Thursday it would supply copper that it leaches from an Arizona mine to Amazon.com for use in the tech giant's artificial intelligence data centers. The move under...
Jan 15, 2026
Analysis-Musk dealt blow over Grok deepfakes, but regulatory fight far from over
By Supantha Mukherjee and Paul Sandle STOCKHOLM/LONDON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's Grok chatbot is testing Europe's ability to clamp down on deepfakes and digital undressing of images online, even...
Jan 15, 2026
Italy's privacy watchdog, scourge of US big tech, hit by corruption probe
ROME, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Italian finance police searched the headquarters of the country's data protection agency on Thursday as part of an investigation into possible corruption and embezzlement, a j...
Jan 15, 2026
Canada privacy watchdog expands probe into X, cites Grok deepfakes
Jan 15 (Reuters) - Canada's privacy watchdog said on Thursday it was expanding an existing probe into X following reports that the social media platform's Grok AI chatbot was making non-consensual sex...
Jan 15, 2026
Verizon offers $20 credit to customers affected by massive wireless outage
By David Shepardson Jan 15 (Reuters) - Verizon Communications said on Thursday it is offering a $20 credit to hundreds of thousands of customers impacted by its 10-hour outage on Wednesday that the U....
Jan 15, 2026
SiFive to adopt Nvidia technology for speedy links between chips
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 15 Reuters) - SiFive, which makes blueprints for parts of complex chips, said on Thursday it will become the first maker of RISC-V chip designs to integrate Nvidia technology that c...
Jan 15, 2026
German AI startup Parloa triples valuation to $3 billion in latest fundraise
Jan 15 (Reuters) - German startup Parloa has raised $350 million in a late-stage round that tripled the valuation of the artificial intelligence-driven customer service platform to $3 billion in less ...
Jan 15, 2026
