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BYD recalls 97,000 best-selling electric cars due to steering failure
BYD has informed China’s regulator of a recall of nearly 97,000 electric vehicles (EVs) due to a manufacturing defect related to a steering control unit
DNeX and Google Cloud sign a multi-year agreement to provide cloud services in Malaysia
Dagang NeXchange Berhad and Google Cloud on Monday announced a multi-year agreement to provide sovereign cloud services in the country. The announcement comes as the
Epic Games accuses Samsung and Google of cheating to block rival apps
On Monday, ‘Fortnite’ video game maker Epic Games accused Google of Alphabet and Samsung, the world’s largest maker of Android phones, of colluding to protect
EU to vote on 4 October on final approval of tariffs on Chinese-made electric cars
The European Union plans to vote on imposing duties of up to 45% on imported electric cars made in China on 4 October, Bloomberg News
OpenAI offers one investor a sweetener that no one else has
Thrive Capital is investing more than $1 billion of OpenAI’s current $6.5 billion fundraising round, and it has an advantage no other investor has: the
Tata’s iPhone component manufacturing plant hit by fire, 10 people medically treated
At least 10 people were treated, two of them hospitalised, after a major fire on Saturday disrupted production at a key Tata Electronics plant in
Google restricts creation of new accounts in Russia
Google has restricted the creation of new accounts for Russian users, Russia’s Digital Ministry said. Google has been under pressure in Russia for several years,
Musk’s SpaceX plans to invest $1.5bn in Starlink
Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to invest $1.5 billion in Vietnam in the near future, the communist country’s government said Thursday, a move that could help
OpenAI will remove control of non-profits and provide equity to Sam Altman
Three top technical executives at Microsoft-backed OpenAI stepped down Wednesday, the latest in a string of executive departures this year, coming at a time of
Meta will not immediately join the EU AI Pact until a new law is passed
A Meta Platforms spokesperson said Tuesday that the company will not join the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Pact immediately. The agreement is a temporary measure