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Netflix shares drop on growth worries
Jul 16, 2026 (AFP)
Netflix shares dropped as much as 8 percent Thursday after results underwhelmed investors already worried about slowing engagement at the streaming giant.
AI demand powers forecast hike, profit gains at tech giant ASML
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
Strong demand for AI systems pushed up sales forecasts and drove a gain in second-quarter profits Wednesday at Dutch tech giant ASML, which manufactures chip-ma...
PayPal shares jump on reported $53 bn Stripe takeover bid
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
Shares in PayPal surged as much as 13 percent on Wall Street Wednesday after reports that payments firm Stripe and private equity group Advent International had...
India approves $13 billion semiconductor plan
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
India approved a new semiconductor programme on Wednesday, offering more than $13 billion in financial assistance to accelerate local chip production, as it see...
Meta employees allege discriminatory AI-driven layoffs
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
Twenty-six Meta employees have filed a lawsuit accusing the tech giant of using artificial intelligence to select workers for mass layoffs, a claim strongly den...
AI demand powers forecast hike, profit gains at tech giant ASML
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
Strong demand for AI systems pushed up sales forecasts and drove a gain in second-quarter profits Wednesday at Dutch tech giant ASML, which manufactures chip-ma...
AI demand powers forecast hike, profit gains at tech giant ASML
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
Strong demand for AI systems pushed up sales forecasts and drove a gain in second-quarter profits Wednesday at Dutch tech giant ASML, which manufactures chip-ma...
Australian PM says to enact laws to govern AI
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
Australia will enact laws to regulate how artificial intelligence data centres use power and water, and to protect creative copyright, Prime Minister Anthony Al...
Dutch tech giant ASML posts gain in second-quarter profits
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
Dutch tech giant ASML, which makes cutting-edge machines to manufacture semiconductor chips, Wednesday posted a gain in second-quarter net profits compared with...
Music industry launches AI-generated content labels
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
Several major music industry organizations on Friday unveiled a labeling system for content created with generative artificial intelligence that they would like...
EU accepts X's plan to fix digital content violations
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
The European Union announced Wednesday it had accepted a plan by Elon Musk's X social media platform to correct digital content violations that led to a 120-mil...
Australian PM says to enact laws to govern AI
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
Australia will enact laws to regulate how artificial intelligence data centres use power and water, and to protect creative copyright, Prime Minister Anthony Al...
Dutch tech giant ASML posts gain in second-quarter profits
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
Dutch tech giant ASML, which makes cutting-edge machines to manufacture semiconductor chips, Wednesday posted a gain in second-quarter net profits compared with...
IBM shares plunge as AI spending boom disrupts business
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Shares in IBM plunged 24 percent on Tuesday after the US tech giant released disappointing preliminary second-quarter results, blaming a shift in spending by cu...
Turn off addictive features on social media for children, say EU lawmakers
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
There should be a "youth mode" for children on social media platforms in which addictive features and targeted advertising are turned off, EU lawmakers demanded...
IBM shares plunge 25% as AI spending boom disrupts business
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
IBM shares plunged 25 percent Tuesday after the US tech giant released disappointing preliminary second-quarter results, blaming a shift in spending by customer...
IBM shares plunge as AI spending boom disrupts business
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Shares in IBM plunged 24 percent on Tuesday after the US tech giant released disappointing preliminary second-quarter results, blaming a shift in spending by cu...
Publishers accuse Google of stealing copyrighted content in new lawsuit
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Multiple book publishers sued Google on Tuesday for allegedly stealing copyrighted content, using it to train artificial intelligence (AI) models and then gener...
Mulling AI investment, Anthropic lobbied Australia on copyright law
Jul 13, 2026 (AFP)
Anthropic's chief executive Dario Amodei has lobbied Australian officials for "copyright reform" as the artificial intelligence giant seeks to make a major inve...
EU to limit children's access to social media - gradually
Jul 13, 2026 (AFP)
Children should have "phased and gradual access" to social media, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said Monday, as experts recommended under 13s only use online pl...
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