Reuters-Alphabet, Microsoft earnings show hefty AI bets are driving growth
By Aditya Soni (Reuters) -Alphabet and Microsoft ignited a rally in technology stocks on Friday with earnings that showed big AI investments were driving growth, allaying doubts that their costly bets
Reuters-U.S. chip bans not meant to hobble China's growth, Blinken says
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - U.S. export controls on sending advanced computing chips to China are not meant to hold back China's economy or technological development, Secretary of State Antony
Reuters-X tells Brazil court 'operational faults' allowed blocked users to remain active
By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) - Lawyers representing X in Brazil told the Supreme Court on Friday that "operational faults" have allowed users who were ordered blocked to stay active on the
Reuters-US Homeland Security names AI safety, security advisory board
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Homeland Security Department (DHS) on Friday announced a blue-ribbon board that includes the CEOs of OpenAI, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet and
Reuters-Google plans $3 billion data center investment in Indiana, Virginia
(Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google said on Friday it would invest $3 billion to set up a data center campus in Indiana and expand sites in Virginia. A boom in artificial intelligence applications has
Reuters-Google asks court to throw out US advertising case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Alphabet Inc's Google on Friday asked a federal court in Virginia to reject a U.S. government lawsuit accusing the advertising and search giant of anticompetitive practices in
Reuters-Apple renews talks with OpenAI for iPhone generative AI features, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -Apple Inc has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using the startup's generative AI technology to power some new features being introduced in the iPhone later this year, Bloomberg News
Reuters-TikTok general counsel to move to new role focused on fighting US sale
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Erich Andersen, general counsel for TikTok and Chinese parent company ByteDance, will step down from that role in June to focus on fighting efforts to force a
Reuters-Explainer-What is so special about TikTok's technology
By Josh Ye HONG KONG (Reuters) - The content recommendation algorithm that powers the online short video platform TikTok has once again come under the spotlight after the U.S. ordered its Chinese
