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Taiwan to ban China's Xiaohongshu app for one year on fraud concerns
TAIPEI, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Taiwan's interior ministry said on Thursday it would suspend access to Instagram-like Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu for one year, citing security risks and its al...
Dec 04, 2025
Palantir teams with Nvidia, CenterPoint Energy for software to speed up AI data center construction
By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Palantir Technologies, Nvidia and U.S. utility CenterPoint Energy on Thursday said they are developing a new software platform to accelerate the buil...
Dec 04, 2025
Meta set to face EU antitrust investigation into AI use in Whatsapp -source
BRUSSELS, Dec 4 (Reuters) - U.S. tech giant Meta is set to face a European Union antitrust investigation into use of artificial intelligence in its chat platform Whatsapp, a source told Reuters. The i...
Dec 04, 2025
BT launches sovereign data platform for business and public sector
LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Britain's BT launched a sovereign data platform for its public-sector and business customers on Thursday to store and process their data in the country, responding to increas...
Dec 04, 2025
Russia imposes restrictions on Apple's FaceTime app, agencies say
MOSCOW, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Russia has introduced restrictions against Apple's video-calling app FaceTime, widely used in the country after the government restricted WhatsApp and Telegram call services,...
Dec 04, 2025
Britain fines porn website $1.3 million over age checks failure
LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Britain fined a porn website company 1 million pounds ($1.33 million) on Thursday for not having robust age checks in place to protect children, the biggest penalty to be imp...
Dec 04, 2025
EU to launch antitrust probe into Meta over use of AI in WhatsApp, FT reports
Dec 4 (Reuters) - Brussels is planning a new antitrust investigation into Meta Platforms over the rollout of artificial intelligence features within WhatsApp, the Financial Times reported on Thursday....
Dec 04, 2025
Australia says the world will follow social media ban as Meta starts blocking teens
By Byron Kaye and James Redmayne SYDNEY, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Australia's internet regulator said a teen social media ban would be the first domino to fall in a global push to rein in Big Tech, as Meta's...
Dec 03, 2025
OpenAI agrees to acquire AI startup Neptune to boost model training capabilities
Dec 3 (Reuters) - OpenAI has agreed to acquire Neptune, a startup that provides tools that help companies track their AI model training, the ChatGPT maker said on Wednesday. While OpenAI did not discl...
Dec 03, 2025
Wikipedia seeks more AI licensing deals similar to Google tie-up, co-founder Wales says
Dec 3 (Reuters) - Wikipedia is working with Big Tech on deals similar to its arrangement with Google, the online encyclopedia's co-founder, Jimmy Wales, said on Wednesday, in a bid to help the firm mo...
Dec 03, 2025
