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Morocco’s automotive industry shifts gears to prep for electric vehicle era

Morocco has grown its automotive industry from virtually non-existent to Africa’s largest in less than two decades

Morocco’s automotive industry shifts gears to prep for electric vehicle era
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Amazon Web Services plans $8.4 billion cloud investment in Germany

Amazon Web Services (AWS) said on Wednesday it plans to invest 7.8 billion euros ($8.44 billion) in Germany through 2040 as it builds a cloud computing infrastructure

Amazon Web Services plans $8.4 billion cloud investment in Germany
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Malaysia outraged at Meta takedown of media's Facebook posts on PM's Hamas meeting

Malaysia's communications minister expressed outrage at Meta Platforms on Tuesday, demanding it explain why it had taken down Facebook posts by local media

Malaysia outraged at Meta takedown of media's Facebook posts on PM's Hamas meeting
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AI's use in finance may need new rules, ECB says

The use of artificial intelligence in finance is still in its infancy but it needs to be monitored and possibly regulated to prevent harm to consumers and ensure the proper

AI's use in finance may need new rules, ECB says
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Siemens to sell drive division to KPS for $3 billion, sources

Germany's Siemens will sell its Innomotics large motors and drives division to financial investor KPS Capital Partners for 3 billion euros ($3.25 billion),

Siemens to sell drive division to KPS for $3 billion, sources
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Chinese EV maker Aiways to go public in US via deal with Hudson Acquisition SPAC

Chinese electric vehicle maker Aiways will go public via a merger with U.S. special purpose acquisition company Hudson Acquistion Corp in a deal that should value the

Chinese EV maker Aiways to go public in US via deal with Hudson Acquisition SPAC
Economy|Political|Technology

Senators urge $32 billion in emergency spending on AI after finishing yearlong review

A bipartisan group of four senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is recommending that Congress spend at least $32 billion over the next three years to develop artificial intelligence and put safeguards around it

Senators urge $32 billion in emergency spending on AI after finishing yearlong review
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Boeing, Airbus need to do more to reduce new jet delays, Qatar Airways CEO says

Planemakers Airbus and Boeing need to put more pressure on their suppliers to reduce the delivery delays of new aircraft that are hindering airlines' ability to meet travel demand,

Boeing, Airbus need to do more to reduce new jet delays, Qatar Airways CEO says
Health|Science|Technology

Musk's Neuralink has faced issues with its tiny wires for years, sources say

Neuralink's disclosure last week that tiny wires inside the brain of its first patient had pulled out of position is an issue the Elon Musk company has known about for

Musk's Neuralink has faced issues with its tiny wires for years, sources say
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Voice-cloning technology bringing a key Supreme Court moment to 'life'

The use of a voice-cloning technology marrying old audio clips to an actor's narration is bringing an historic U.S. Supreme Court decision to life

Voice-cloning technology bringing a key Supreme Court moment to 'life'
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Edmunds: The five things you need to know before buying your first used Tesla

Used Teslas aren’t as expensive as you might think, especially with the company’s recent price cuts on its new models

Edmunds: The five things you need to know before buying your first used Tesla
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Billionaire Frank McCourt's Project Liberty forms consortium to bid for TikTok's US operations

Entrepreneur and former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt said on Wednesday his organization, Project Liberty, is forming a consortium to buy social media platform TikTok in the

Billionaire Frank McCourt's Project Liberty forms consortium to bid for TikTok's US operations
Political|Technology

Politicians and election officials offered cyber protection ahead of UK election

Politicians, election officials and other high risk individuals in Britain are to be offered support to help protect them from hacks by foreign spies ahead of an election expected

Politicians and election officials offered cyber protection ahead of UK election
Technology

Black holes are mysterious, yet also deceptively simple − a new space mission may help physicists answer hairy questions about these astronomical objects

Studying theoretical, fast-spinning black holes is helping physicists understand more about the elusive black holes out in the universe.

Black holes are mysterious, yet also deceptively simple − a new space mission may help physicists answer hairy questions about these astronomical objects
Technology

Viruses are doing mysterious things everywhere – AI can help researchers understand what they’re up to in the oceans and in your gut

Scientists are discovering viral genetic sequences in the wild faster than they can analyze them. A kind of ChatGPT for proteins can help make sense of all that data.

Viruses are doing mysterious things everywhere – AI can help researchers understand what they’re up to in the oceans and in your gut
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Veon teams up with partners to bridge online 'AI language gap'

Telecom company Veon, mobile operator Beeline Kazakhstan, the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and the GSMA lobby group said on Wednesday they would work together to bridge an "AI language

Veon teams up with partners to bridge online 'AI language gap'
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Billionaire Frank McCourt says he's putting together a consortium to buy TikTok

Billionaire businessman and real estate mogul Frank McCourt says he’s putting together a consortium to purchase TikTok’s U.S. business

Billionaire Frank McCourt says he's putting together a consortium to buy TikTok
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Lawsuit claiming Uber hid Dutch tax haven is dismissed by US judge

A U.S. judge has dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit accusing Uber Technologies of defrauding shareholders by concealing its use of its Netherlands subsidiary as

Lawsuit claiming Uber hid Dutch tax haven is dismissed by US judge
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Uber unveils US shuttle service, expands Costco tie-up to woo price-conscious users

Uber Technologies is introducing a shuttle service in the U.S. and widening a delivery tie-up with membership-only retailer Costco as part of a series of

Uber unveils US shuttle service, expands Costco tie-up to woo price-conscious users
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Anthropic taps Instagram co-founder as product chief

Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic has appointed Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger as its chief product officer, the company said on Wednesday, it looks to spruce up its AI

Anthropic taps Instagram co-founder as product chief
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Video game maker Ubisoft swings to full-year operating profit on record bookings

French video games group Ubisoft swung to an operating profit for its full-year to end-March, it said on Wednesday, as record bookings helped it reverse a year earlier

Video game maker Ubisoft swings to full-year operating profit on record bookings
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Changes from Visa mean Americans will carry fewer physical credit, debit cards in their wallets

Visa has announced major changes to how its credit and debit cards will operate in the U.S. Features in the works will lead to Americans to carry fewer physical cards in their wallets and make the 16-digit credit or debit card number printed on every physical card increasingly irrelevant

Changes from Visa mean Americans will carry fewer physical credit, debit cards in their wallets
Education|News|Technology

US charges two brothers with novel $25 million cryptocurrency heist

Two brothers who studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were arrested on Wednesday on U.S. charges that they carried out a cutting-edge scheme to

US charges two brothers with novel $25 million cryptocurrency heist
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Netflix hits 40 million users for ad-supported plan

Netflix said on Wednesday its ad-supported tier has reached 40 million global monthly active users, from 5 million a year earlier, a sign that its push to attract new users with the cheaper

Netflix hits 40 million users for ad-supported plan
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Cisco forecasts fourth-quarter revenue above estimates on enterprise demand

Cisco Systems forecast fourth-quarter revenue above analysts' low expectations on Wednesday as the network equipment maker benefits from a pick up in enterprise spending and easing supply

Cisco forecasts fourth-quarter revenue above estimates on enterprise demand

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