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Amazon is inviting selected customers in India to test a Hindi-language version of Alexa+, its generative AI-powered conversational assistant. The company sent emails asking invited users to complete a Hindi-language…

Reflection AI has agreed to pay SpaceX $150 million per month for access to Nvidia’s latest AI chips at the Colossus 2 data centre near Memphis, Tennessee. The agreement begins…

Lucid Motors is cutting approximately 18% of its US workforce and ending the second production shift at its Arizona factory as newly appointed CEO Silvio Napoli restructures the electric vehicle…

Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story 5 earned $312 million worldwide during its opening weekend, setting a new debut record for the animated franchise and giving Pixar one of its strongest…

Hydration-monitoring devices are attracting more attention as rising temperatures and public health campaigns encourage people to monitor their fluid intake. Products now range from sweat-sensing wearables and smart water bottles…

Autonomous delivery robots are expanding across cities in the United States, Europe, and Asia, but residents, local officials, and worker groups are calling for tighter controls over how the machines…

A £3 billion collective lawsuit accusing Apple of overcharging UK consumers for iCloud storage is set to proceed toward trial after receiving approval from the Competition Appeal Tribunal. Consumer group…

CRED founder Kunal Shah will take over as head of WhatsApp after Will Cathcart announced his departure from the role following nearly seven years leading the messaging platform. Cathcart will…

Dettol has apologised and removed an advertisement in China after its attempt to criticise sexist attitudes drew widespread condemnation for objectifying women and reinforcing the stereotypes it was meant to…

Japan will raise its visa issuance fees fivefold from July 1, marking the first increase since 1978. The government said the revised charges reflect decades of inflation and changes in…

Alan Greenspan, who led the US Federal Reserve for nearly two decades and became one of the world’s most influential economic policymakers, has died at the age of 100. His…

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a special crash investigation into a Tesla Model 3 that left a road and struck a home in Katy, Texas, killing…

Half of London businesses say their existing workforce lacks some of the skills and capacity needed to meet current organisational requirements, as artificial intelligence changes roles across the capital. A…

Oracle reduced its global workforce by approximately 21,000 employees during its latest financial year as the company reorganised its operations and increased spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure. Oracle employed about…

Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the lead developer behind VLC Media Player, has raised $5 million for Kyber, a Paris-based startup developing real-time infrastructure for remotely controlling robots, drones, and other connected machines.…

Japanese taxi-hailing company Go plans to use proceeds from its ¥88.6 billion, or approximately $553 million, initial public offering to expand its robotaxi operations and pursue strategic acquisitions. The company…

Reliance Industries has announced a group of AI services designed for phone calls, mobile account management, connected homes, healthcare, education, agriculture, and small businesses. The company plans to distribute them…

The public company formerly known as Allbirds has completed the sale of its footwear business, changed its name to Smartbird, and appointed former AWS executive Nadia Carlsten to build a…

ASML has denied claims that one of its extreme ultraviolet lithography systems, or any component specifically designed for those machines, was shipped to China. The response followed reports that US…

Elastic has reportedly agreed to acquire Deductive AI, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to identify and resolve software failures, for as much as $85 million. The proposed transaction would…