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Smartphones
Apple still leads high-end smartphone sales in China, but Huawei and Honor are catching up
Apple in the first quarter shipped nearly 4 million fewer iPhones than a year ago in China, putting it behind Honor and Huawei, according to IDC. Apple is still No 1 in China’s premium segment, which consists of handsets priced over US$600, but it is losing market share to Honor and Huawei.
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Social media
Brave China ‘cancer warrior’ dies two days after 25th birthday, final wish to find brother a girlfriend left unfulfilled, leaves netizens devastated
Graduate completes film and TV college, has big plans, diagnosed with colon cancer. Manages bucket list trip to China’s ‘paradise’, watches sunrise, rides in sports car.
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Technology
Meta shares plunge 16% in Frankfurt after AI spending, revenue forecast
LONDON (Reuters) - Meta Platforms shares plunged 16% early in Frankfurt on Thursday after forecasts of higher expenses and lighter revenue than expected disappointed investors.
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Mobile apps
What next for TikTok in the US?
TikTok on April 24 said it will fight a new US law that orders the popular video sharing app to break away from its Chinese owners or face an outright ban in the United States.
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Technology
Atos says it will need more cash than expected
(Reuters) - Struggling French IT consulting firm Atos on Thursday said a review of its 2024-2027 business plan would lead to an increased need for cash and potentially additional debt reduction, forcing it to update the parameters of its refinancing plan in the coming days.
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Mobile apps
TikTok to fight US ban law in courts
TikTok’s CEO vowed April 24 to fight in the courts to overturn a newly signed US law that could see the popular app banned due to allegations it is controlled by the Chinese government.
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Technology
STMicro cuts FY revenue outlook as slowing car market bites
(Reuters) -European chipmaker STMicroelectronics on Thursday lowered its full-year sales guidance, the latest semiconductor company to struggle with weakening demand from carmakers and a further decline in orders from laptop and phone companies.
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Driverless vehicle
Tesla driver in Seattle-area crash that killed motorcyclist told police he was using Autopilot
A Tesla that may have been operating on the company's Autopilot driving system hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle, raising questions about whether a recent recall went far enough to ensure Tesla drivers using Autopilot pay attention to the road.
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AI
Spurred by teen girls, US states move to ban deepfake nudes
States are on the front lines of a rapidly spreading new form of peer sexual exploitation and harassment in schools. Boys across the United States have used widely available “nudification” apps to surreptitiously concoct sexually explicit images of their female classmates and then circulated the simulated nudes via group chats on apps like Snapchat and Instagram.
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Smartphones
DR Congo accuses Apple of using ‘blood minerals’ from war-torn east
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is accusing Apple of using “illegally exploited” minerals extracted from the country’s embattled east in its products, lawyers representing the African country said April 25.
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Internet
German police swoop on Nigerian dating scammers
German police said April 24 they had arrested 11 suspected members of a Nigerian mafia group behind a large-scale dating scam.
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Internet
74-year-old US woman charged in armed robbery of credit union was scam victim, family says
A 74-year-old woman charged in the armed robbery of an Ohio credit union last week is a victim of an online scam who may have been trying to solve her financial problems, according to her relatives.
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Smartphones
In which country do people spend the most time on screens?
From smartphones and televisions to computers, tablets and smartwatches, these days, it can feel impossible to escape from screens. Globally, screen time is a cause for concern, but it continues to increase.
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eSports
How streaming is boosting esports
Whether on specialist platforms like Twitch or on other popular social networks such as TikTok, video games are enthralling audiences.
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Technology
LG Energy Solution to minimise capex this year due to slow EV demand
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution (LGES) said on Thursday it plans to minimise capital expenditure this year due to slowing global electric vehicle (EV) demand, after reporting a 75% plunge in first-quarter profit.
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Technology
SK Hynix expects full chip recovery after Q1 earnings surprise on AI boom
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's SK Hynix Inc said it expected a full recovery in memory chips on AI demand, posting its highest profit in nearly two years on sales of advanced DRAM chips with high bandwidth memory (HBM) for use in generative AI chipsets.
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Technology
Cisco says hackers subverted its security devices to spy on governments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Technology firm Cisco Systems said that hackers have subverted some of its digital security devices to break in to government networks globally.
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Technology
Disappointing Meta forecast pulls down tech peers in extended trade
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Disappointing forecasts from Facebook parent Meta Platforms has proven contagious, sparking a sell-off in tech and tech-related stocks in after-hours trading.
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Technology
IBM to buy HashiCorp in $6.4 billion deal to expand in cloud
(Reuters) -International Business Machines will buy HashiCorp in a deal valued at $6.4 billion, the company said on Wednesday, expanding its cloud-based software products to tap into an AI-powered boom in demand.
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Technology
Meta shares sink on higher AI spending, light revenue forecast
(Reuters) -Meta Platforms disappointed investors on Wednesday with forecasts of higher expenses and lighter-than-expected revenue, knocking nearly $200 billion off its stock market value and raising fears the surging cost of AI is outpacing its benefits.