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Big tech firms turn to nuclear energy to run power-intensive AI data centres
SAN FRANCISCO: Silicon Valley is putting big money into nuclear energy projects to power ambitious plans surrounding artificial intelligence, pitching…
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Commentary: Big Tech’s shift on Trump
SAN DIEGO, California: When Donald Trump was first elected to the White House in 2016, Silicon Valley recoiled in horror.…
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Analysis: Big Tech fires first salvo against Malaysia’s licensing regime, but faces tricky next steps
Civil society groups in Malaysia have also previously criticised the licensing regime as one that could stifle free speech and…
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‘Our laws are bigger’: Malaysian minister warns tech firms for resisting licensing regime in ‘strange’ open letter
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil on Tuesday (Aug 27) warned tech firms to comply with the government’s licensing…
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Commentary: Arrest of Telegram founder could change the course of big tech
But these complications can obscure the ways platforms can operate directly as deliberate influencers of public opinion and even publishers…
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Analysis: The Anwar government’s growing push against Big Tech raises questions of its true intentions
GE15 saw a large swing of the Malay vote towards the opposition Perikatan Nasional (PN), in what analysts have described…
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Social media empowers disinfo operations. What can the EU do about it?
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial…
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OpenAI staff threaten exodus to join ex-CEO Altman at Microsoft
OpenAI has appointed Emmett Shear, a former chief executive of Amazon’s streaming platform Twitch, as its new CEO despite pressure…
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China’s internet addiction regulation for minors could hit Big Tech over time
Gaming and short video service operators – including Tencent Holdings, TikTok owner ByteDance and NetEase – must also provide a…
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Commentary: Elon Musk’s Twitter rebrand to ‘X’ misses the spot in several ways
The X.com domain name, for a considerable time Sunday, was just displaying a holding page for domain name registrar GoDaddy…
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