Qualcomm to supply Apple with 5G chips until 2026 under new deal

Qualcomm to supply Apple with 5G chips until 2026 under new deal

Qualcomm logo is seen in this illustration taken, May 8, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Sept 11 (Reuters) – Qualcomm (QCOM.O) said on Monday it had signed a deal with Apple (AAPL.O) to supply 5G chips until at least 2026, at a time when the iPhone maker faces increased challenges in China … Read more

Exclusive: Sweden’s Embracer weighs options for Borderlands maker Gearbox Entertainment –sources

Exclusive: Sweden’s Embracer weighs options for Borderlands maker Gearbox Entertainment –sources

LONDON, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Embracer (EMBRACb.ST) is considering options for its U.S. game developer Gearbox Entertainment including a sale as Europe’s largest gaming company looks to shore up its finances, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The maker of a new Tomb Raider video game, whose shares are traded in Stockholm, is … Read more

Rolling Stones launch new album ‘Hackney Diamonds’

Rolling Stones launch new album ‘Hackney Diamonds’

LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) – The Rolling Stones announced “Hackney Diamonds”, their first album of original music for 18 years and first since the death of drummer Charlie Watts, who played on two of the tracks, at the Hackney Empire on Wednesday. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood – the surviving core of the … Read more

Big Tech’s core businesses face overhaul under EU tech rules

Big Tech’s core businesses face overhaul under EU tech rules

European Union flags fly outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Sept 6 (Reuters) – The European Union has picked out 22 so-called “gatekeeper” services, run by six of the biggest tech companies in the world, to face new rules as part of its latest … Read more

Burning Man festival road reopens, allowing thousands to escape muddy trap

Burning Man festival road reopens, allowing thousands to escape muddy trap

BLACK ROCK CITY, Nevada, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Burning Man organizers reopened the road leading out of the remote Nevada desert festival on Monday, allowing tens of thousands of attendees to escape after they had been trapped for days by mud. But many of the 64,000 people who remained on site as of Monday may … Read more

French ban of abaya robes in schools draws applause, criticism

French ban of abaya robes in schools draws applause, criticism

[1/3]A Saudi model displays latest collection of abayas (Arabic female dresses) by Saudi Princess Safia Hussain, during a fashion show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 23, 2021. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Secularism is sensitive topic in France In 2004, France banned headscarves in schools Education minister announced ban on abaya on Sunday Move … Read more

William Shatner, Star Trek’s Captain Kirk, takes on an AI chatbot

William Shatner, Star Trek’s Captain Kirk, takes on an AI chatbot

LOS ANGELES, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Legendary “Star Trek” actor William Shatner has been spending time exploring the new frontier of artificial intelligence. The actor best known for playing Captain Kirk on “Star Trek” talked with ProtoBot, a device that combines holographic visuals with conversational AI, and grappled with philosophical and ethical questions about the … Read more

Microsoft, Activision to sell streaming rights to secure biggest video gaming deal

Microsoft, Activision to sell streaming rights to secure biggest video gaming deal

UK’s CMA says original $69 bln Microsoft purchase blocked Activision to divest streaming rights to Ubisoft Deal designed to enable Microsoft takeover to proceed LONDON, Aug 22 (Reuters) – “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard (ATVI.O) will sell its streaming rights to Ubisoft Entertainment (UBIP.PA) in a fresh attempt to win approval from Britain’s anti-trust … Read more

Trump to skip Republican debate, interview with ex-Fox host Carlson -NYT

Trump to skip Republican debate, interview with ex-Fox host Carlson -NYT

WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump plans to skip the first Republican primary debate next week and instead sit for an online interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, the New York Times reported, citing people briefed on the matter. Trump has for months suggested that he would likely pass … Read more

From Mad Men to machines? Big advertisers shift to AI

From Mad Men to machines? Big advertisers shift to AI

LONDON, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Some of the world’s biggest advertisers, from food giant Nestle (NESN.S) to consumer goods multinational Unilever (ULVR.L), are experimenting with using generative AI software like ChatGPT and DALL-E to cut costs and increase productivity, executives say. But many companies remain wary of security and copyright risks as well as the … Read more