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Ukraine picks US-linked investors to develop Dobra lithium deposit
Jan 12 (Reuters) - A U.S.-linked investor group won the rights to develop Ukraine's Dobra lithium deposit, Kyiv said on Monday, a test case for drawing Western capital into a frontline economy while t...
Jan 12, 2026
Brazil's antitrust body opens investigation into WhatsApp business tool
SAO PAULO, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Brazilian antitrust body CADE said on Monday it had opened an investigation into the new terms of Meta's WhatsApp Business tool, adding it would also suspend the tool's n...
Jan 12, 2026
Meta plans to cut around 10% of employees in Reality Labs division, NYT reports
Jan 12 (Reuters) - Meta plans to cut around 10% of the employees in its Reality Labs division who work on products including the metaverse, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing three people w...
Jan 12, 2026
FCC revises Verizon phone unlocking rules after significant fraud issues
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission revised a long-standing rule that required Verizon Communications to unlock its mobile phones 60 days after act...
Jan 12, 2026
Iranians tap Musk's Starlink to skirt internet blackout, sources say
By Supantha Mukherjee, Cassell Bryan-Low and Parisa Hafezi Jan 12 (Reuters) - Some Iranians are still using Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service despite a nationwide communications blackout...
Jan 12, 2026
Meta to build gigawatt-scale computing capacity under Meta Compute effort
Jan 12 (Reuters) - Meta will establish Meta Compute to construct tens of gigawatts of computing infrastructure this decade and hundreds of gigawatts more in the future, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Mon...
Jan 12, 2026
Google and Apple enter into multi-year AI deal for Gemini models
Jan 12 (Reuters) - Alphabet has entered into a multi-year deal with Apple where the next generation of the iPhone maker's AI models will be based on Google's Gemini models, Alphabet said on Monday. (R...
Jan 12, 2026
Alphabet hits $4 trillion valuation as AI refocus lifts sentiment
Jan 12 (Reuters) - Alphabet hit a $4 trillion market valuation on Monday, as the Google parent's sharpened artificial intelligence focus allayed doubts about its strategy and thrust it back to the for...
Jan 12, 2026
Meta to exclude Italy from rival chatbot ban on WhatsApp
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms will exclude Italy from its ban on rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp following an order from the country's antitrust authority, according to a n...
Jan 12, 2026
Morocco targets $10 billion AI contribution to GDP by 2030
By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Morocco is targeting a 100 billion dirhams ($10 billion) boost to its gross domestic product from artificial intelligence by 2030, the minister in charge ...
Jan 12, 2026
