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TSMC plans $17 billion investment in 3-nanometre chip production in Japan, Yomiuri reports
2+ hour, 5+ min ago (173+ words) Thursday, 05 Feb 2026 TOKYO, Feb 5 (Reuters) - "TSMC plans to mass produce "advanced 3-nanometre chips in Kumamoto in "southern Japan with investment totalling $17 billion, Japanese newspaper Yomiuri reported on Thursday. Japan's government, which has subsidised "Taiwan's leading chipmaker to build "out capacity…...
Musk's mega-merger of SpaceX and xAI bets on sci-fi future of data centers in space
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (746+ words) Feb 4 (Reuters) - Seventy-five years ago, the idea of "harnessing the power of the skies was little more than fantasy spun by futurists like Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov. Elon Musk's mega-merger of his companies xAI and SpaceX this week "brings…...
NFL-Super Bowl prepares for potential AI cybersecurity threat
4+ hour, 20+ min ago (498+ words) Thursday, 05 Feb 2026 Feb 3, 2026; San Francisco, CA, USA; Banners at the Super Bowl LX media center at the Moscone Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images SANTA CLARA, California, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Before the "New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks face off at…...
Insurer makes it easy to leaf through knowledge on native trees
5+ hour, 35+ min ago (481+ words) Thursday, 05 Feb 2026 (From left) Sam, Wan Mohd Shukri, Mohammad Aidil, Mohammad Nizar, Ismail and Prasheem posing with the book "100 Native Tree Species in Malaysia. A life insurer has launched a landmark publication titled 100 Native Tree Species in Malaysia. Developed in…...
Indonesia eyes cooperation with Malaysia in next-generation semiconductor development
10+ hour, 35+ min ago (160+ words) Wednesday, 04 Feb 2026 JAKARTA: Indonesia is seeking cooperation with Malaysia in developing the next generation of the semiconductor industry as part of broader efforts involving several strategic partners to strengthen capabilities in emerging chip technologies. Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga…...
‘Value for money’: AI agent OpenClaw adopts Chinese models for cost edge over US rivals
16+ hour, 35+ min ago (502+ words) Wednesday, 04 Feb 2026 OpenClaw adds Moonshot AI's Kimi and MiniMax as Chinese open-source AI models gain global appeal for cost and performance. " SCMP Chinese open-source artificial intelligence models are being adopted by OpenClaw, the global hit AI agent, for their favourable…...
Exclusive-Despite new curbs, Elon Musk’s Grok at times produces sexualized images - even when told subjects didn’t consent
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (937+ words) Tuesday, 03 Feb 2026 NEW YORK, NY, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues "to generate sexualized images of people even when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent, Reuters has found. After Musk's social media company…...
ChatGPT back up after a brief outage, Downdetector shows
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (149+ words) Wednesday, 04 Feb 2026 A response by ChatGPT, an AI chatbot developed by OpenAI, is seen on its website in this illustration picture taken February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration Feb 3 (Reuters) - "ChatGPT was back online "after a brief outage "for thousands of…...
Dependency a vital factor in designing transport systems
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (128+ words) FROM ASSOC PROF DR YONG ADILAH SHAMSUL HARUMAIN Faculty of Built Environment Universiti Malaya Read full story Dependency a vital factor in designing transport systems Wednesday, 04 Feb 2026 FOR decades, transport planning has been guided by the idea that if a…...
Exclusive-OpenAI is unsatisfied with some Nvidia chips and looking for alternatives, sources say
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (947+ words) SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 2 (Reuters) - OpenAI is unsatisfied "with some of Nvidia's latest artificial intelligence chips, and it has sought alternatives since last year, eight sources familiar with the matter said, potentially complicating the relationship between the two highest-profile players in…...