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AFP/APP San Francisco: Google's use of artificial intelligence to sum up answers to search queries has publishers wondering if traffic to their websites will wither. The internet titan announced Tuesday it is introducing AI-generated…

AFP/APP Singapore: Amazon said Tuesday it would invest $9 billion in Singapore over the next four years to expand its cloud computing capabilities in the city. The tech giant said the figure doubles its investment in the city-state…

AFP/APP Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened lower Thursday after US shares dropped, with a jump in the yen sparking speculation that the Japanese government had intervened in the market for the second time this week. The benchmark Nikkei 225…

AFP/APP Copenhagen: Danish shipping giant Maersk posted a huge drop in net profit for the first quarter on Thursday as Yemeni rebel attacks force it to avoid the vital Red Sea route. Maersk reported a net profit of $177 million in the…

AFP/APP San Francisco: E-commerce titan Amazon on Tuesday said profit in the first three months of 2024 tripled as its cloud, ads, and retail businesses thrived. Amazon shares were up more than 3 percent in after-market trades that…

AFP/APP Vienna: A Vienna-based privacy campaign group said Monday it would file a complaint against ChatGPT in Austria, claiming the "hallucinating" flagship AI tool has invented wrong answers that creator OpenAI cannot correct. NOYB…

AFP/APP Seoul: Samsung Electronics said Tuesday that its first-quarter operating profits had risen nearly tenfold year-on-year amid recovering chip prices and growing demand, notably for generative AI. The firm is the flagship…

AFP/APP Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Tuesday after gains on Wall Street, with a focus on the yen amid speculation of Japanese government intervention to prop up the currency. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 0.96…

AFP/APP Los Angeles: A curious cat that sneaked into an open box was shipped across the United States to an Amazon warehouse after its unknowing owners sealed it inside. Carrie Clark's pet, Galena, vanished from her Utah home on April…

AFP/APP London: US stocks rebounded Friday on the back of buoyant big tech earnings while London hit another record peak as investors tracked a series of takeover bids for UK companies. Wall Street opened higher as traders shrugged…