Mobile apps

Tired of swiping, this US woman turned to billboards to find a husband. Then came the hate

Many of the more than 2,200 "potential suitors" around the world who've reached out to her are online bullies more interested in ridiculing her – or worse.

Video games

Game review: 'Lego Voyagers' is not your typical Lego game

Players will encounter all sorts of obstacles that prevent them from progressing, including increasingly complex jumping sequences and chasms that must be bridged by building structures.

Technology

Opinion: Want the next breakthrough? Don’t starve the science that makes it possible

If you're scrolling through this story on a smartphone, you're holding a product that harnesses one of the boldest investments the United States ever made into science.

Technology

Fourteen years after his death, Steve Jobs’ most enduring idea isn’t the iPhone

None of it would have been nearly as successful without this brilliant idea.

Technology

US senator seeks telecom firms' data on lawmakers from probe of Jan 6 capitol riots

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn wants the CEOs of AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile to disclose whether they received or objected to subpoenas for phone data from eight U.S. senators related to a probe of the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot, according to letters seen by Reuters on Friday.

Technology

Bitcoin down 5.5% at $114,505

(Reuters) -Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency by market value, was down by around 5.5% at $114,505 at 1658 ET (2058 GMT) on Friday.

Technology

Travel tech firm Navan eyes $6.45 billion valuation in US IPO

(Reuters) -Corporate travel and expense company Navan said on Friday it is targeting a valuation of up to $6.45 billion in its U.S. initial public offering.

Technology

Brazil to begin construction on TikTok data center in six months, minister says

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Construction on a TikTok data center in Brazil will begin in six months, an official said on Friday, with the project expected to bring in some 50 billion reais ($9.11 billion) in investment.

Technology

Apple sued over use of copyrighted books to train Apple Intelligence

(Reuters) -Apple was hit with a lawsuit in California federal court by a pair of neuroscientists who say that the tech company misused thousands of copyrighted books to train its Apple Intelligence artificial intelligence model.

Technology

Samsung hit with $445.5 million US jury verdict over wireless communications patents

(Reuters) -A federal jury in Marshall, Texas found on Friday that Samsung Electronics owes patent owner Collision Communications nearly $445.5 million in damages for infringing on patents related to 4G, 5G and Wi-Fi communications standards.

Technology

Major US online retailers remove listings for millions of prohibited Chinese electronics

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The chair of the Federal Communications Commission said on Friday that major U.S. online retail websites have removed millions of listings for prohibited Chinese electronics as part of a crackdown by the agency.

Technology

OpenAI, Sur Energy weigh $25 billion Argentina data center project

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -OpenAI and Sur Energy have signed a letter of intent for a data center project in Argentina requiring an investment of up to $25 billion, the South American nation's government said on Friday.

Technology

Major banks explore issuing stablecoin pegged to G7 currencies

PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) -Ten major banks including Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and UBS are jointly exploring issuing a stablecoin, the latest sign of traditional finance seeking to get to grips with the growth of digital assets.

Technology

Poland says cyberattacks on critical infrastructure rising, blames Russia

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland's critical infrastructure has been subject to a growing number of cyberattacks by Russia, whose military intelligence, has trebled its resources for such action against Poland this year, the country's digital affairs minister told Reuters.

AI

Anwar: RM5.9bil cross-ministry allocation to keep M'sia at forefront of AI development

Malaysia will continue to lead in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and strengthen research, development, commercialisation and innovation (RDCI) activities with a cross-ministerial allocation of nearly RM5.9bil, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Technology

European Commission reviews child safety on Snapchat, YouTube, app stores

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission is scrutinising safeguards for minors on Snapchat, YouTube, the Apple App Store and Google Play under its Digital Services Act (DSA), it said on Friday.

Technology

Trump’s crackdown on EVs hits home in the Battery Belt

STANTON, Tenn (Reuters) -Stanton, Tennessee - population 450 - welcomed a massive new neighbor a few years ago: a Ford electric-truck and joint venture battery plant slated to employ 6,000 workers.

Technology

Digital euro could drain up to 700 billion euros of deposits in bank run, ECB says

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -A digital euro could drain up to 700 billion euros ($810.88 billion) in deposits during a run on commercial banks, pushing around a dozen euro zone lenders into a liquidity squeeze, a European Central Bank simulation showed on Friday.

Technology

Google faces stricter regulation in UK over search dominance

LONDON (Reuters) -Google could be forced to change its search operations in the UK after it became the first company subject to new powers from Britain's competition regulator to tackle the dominance of Big Tech.

Smartphones

'Time runs away': Japan's city with a two-hour cap on phone use

Police won't be rounding up people glued to phones in Japan's Toyoake, but the mayor believes his two-hour limit can help residents find a healthier relationship with their screens.