Technology

Analysis-Nvidia to set tone for booming AI leveraged ETF market

(Reuters) -AI hype that has helped push U.S. stocks to fresh records this year has driven an explosion in leveraged single stock exchange-traded funds, a universe of speculative products that is likely to be tested by Nvidia's Wednesday earnings.   

Technology

Amazon to extend corporate pay structure, benefits to Whole Foods employees

(Reuters) -Amazon.com will extend its corporate staff programs, including pay structure and benefits, to U.S. corporate employees at its Whole Foods chain of supermarkets, aiming to integrate its grocery businesses more closely.

Technology

Apple teams up with TuneIn to boost radio features amid streaming competition

(Reuters) -Apple will distribute its curated radio stations on a global network of devices, including speakers, headphones and cars, through a partnership with TuneIn, the digital radio platform said on Wednesday.

Technology

Moscow court fines Pinterest, Twitch for failing to abide by Russian law

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Russian court has fined social networking sites Pinterest and Twitch in separate cases for violating local internet regulations, the court said on Wednesday on its Telegram channel.

Technology

US not eyeing stake in Nvidia, Treasury Secretary Bessent says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. stake in chipmaker Nvidia is "not on the table" Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday.

Technology

Indonesia urges TikTok, Meta to act against harmful online content

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia has summoned representatives of Meta Platforms Inc, ByteDance's TikTok and other social media platforms, ordering them to boost content moderation as disinformation has spread online, a government official said on Wednesday.

Technology

Blackstone plans $5 billion expansion of Spanish data centre project

MADRID (Reuters) -U.S. asset manager Blackstone is looking to expand its planned project to build data centres in Spain's Aragon, with an additional investment of 4.3 billion euros ($5.03 billion) in the region striving to become a major cloud computing hub.

Technology

Analysis-Investors worry Trump's Intel deal kicks off era of US industrial policy

(Reuters) -The U.S. government's new stake in Intel is making some investors nervous that President Donald Trump's deal heralds an era of government meddling in private industry, particularly as the arrangement followed Trump's call for the resignation of the computer chip maker's CEO.

Technology

Anthropic thwarts hacker attempts to misuse Claude AI for cybercrime

(Reuters) -Anthropic said on Wednesday it had detected and blocked hackers attempting to misuse its Claude AI system to write phishing emails, create malicious code and circumvent safety filters.

Technology

Dominant AI trade confronts test as bellwether Nvidia reports earnings

NEW YORK (Reuters) -The artificial intelligence theme that has propelled markets over the past couple years faces a crucial moment on Wednesday, when bellwether Nvidia Corp reports its second-quarter results.

Robotics

Rented robots get the worst jobs and help factories keep the humans

Robots-for-rent is one way some small US factories gain access to automation, reducing turnover and ensuring workers aren't injured.

Technology

Amazon aiming to deploy Kuiper satellite services in Vietnam

HANOI (Reuters) -Amazon is aiming to deploy its Kuiper satellite services in Vietnam, Vietnam's Ministry of Science and Technology said in a statement.

Smartphones

'Old things work': Argentines giving new life to e-waste

Need a new gaming console? Just make one yourself with an old ventilator. Got an old payment terminal? Turn it into a camera.

Wearables

London asks commuters, ‘Please put your headphones in, thank you’

The campaign for silence on the public transit system, which appeals to consideration for fellow passengers, stops short of strictly enforcing fines.

Technology

Musk's lawyers try to stop OpenAI obtaining bid documents from Meta, filing shows

(Reuters) -Lawyers for Elon Musk have asked a U.S. judge to block ChatGPT-owner OpenAI from obtaining documents from Meta Platforms related to a previous $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI's assets, a court filing showed.

AI

Ex-MiniMax co-founder’s Vast aims to challenge Tencent, Google in 3D AI models

Chinese start-up claims its latest 3D AI model Tripo 3.0 is its 'most accurate, detail-rich geometry yet'.

AI

OpenAI plans to update ChatGPT after parents sue over teen’s suicide

OpenAI is making changes to its popular chatbot following a lawsuit alleging that a teenager who died by suicide this spring relied on ChatGPT as a coach.

AI

Study says AI chatbots need to fix suicide response, as family sues over ChatGPT role in boy's death

A study of how three popular artificial intelligence chatbots respond to queries about suicide found that they generally avoid answering questions that pose the highest risk to the user, such as for specific how-to guidance. But they are inconsistent in their replies to less extreme prompts that could still harm people.

Robotics

Cyborg roaches for disaster relief? Singapore team’s 68-second feat says yes

Fast automated system shows the way to mass-produce remote-controlled cyborg roaches for future disaster search missions.

AI

Restaurant in US pits AI against human sommeliers at September wine event

A fine-dining restaurant is using AI to help with wine inventory and wine education.