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Lawyers of detained South Korean president say he will reject questioning by investigators
Lawyers of detained South Korean president say he will reject questioning by investigators
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Leaked images reveal significant design updates for Apple's iPhone SE 4, including a larger screen and advanced features
Ukraine's special drone unit isn't seeing widespread use of these systems just yet, but they'd "fundamentally change drone warfare," it said.
The development could clear months of uncertainty over Apple's AI strategy for China, where it has been losing market share to domestic rivals, including a resurgent Huawei whose smartphones have included AI tools since last year. Apple stock rose 1.5% in early trading, while U.S.-listed shares of Alibaba gained 2.6%. Apple had selected Baidu as its main partner last year, but the Chinese company's progress in developing models for Apple Intelligence fell short of its standards, the report said.
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ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership with Apple for its generative AI offering, Apple Intelligence, the release of GPT-4o with voice capabilities, and the highly-anticipated launch of its text-to-video model Sora.
China's Alibaba Group Holding has entered a partnership with US consumer electronics giant Apple to develop AI features for iPhones in China in a sign of the growing recognition of Alibaba's capabilities on the fast-moving AI front, sources familiar with the matter said. According to people close to the deal, Apple has decided to work with Alibaba as it sees the strength of the Chinese company's Qwen AI model and its "cutting edge" capabilities. The news was first reported by US tech industry pu
Apple is developing smart home robotics, prioritizing AI-driven interaction over humanoid design, with a potential launch years away
Apple sales have been struggling in China—iPhone revenue slumped 25% there in the fourth quarter—as the trade wars between the two biggest economies heated up.
Ex-Meta employees have said they weren’t low performers, yet were laid off anyway.
Elon Musk has never done things conventionally, whether it's revolutionizing space travel, running Tesla, or, apparently, dating. His ex-wife, Talulah Riley, revisited the early days of their whirlwind romance, revealing in a BBC documentary that their courtship involved a lot more physics than flirtation. According to Riley, Musk's idea of a romantic invitation was asking her back to his hotel room – not for the usual reasons but to watch "rocket videos." She initially assumed it was code for s
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King Abdullah II of Jordan flattered and surprised President Donald Trump on Tuesday in a dance to deflect from the president’s Gaza takeover bid, which the monarch has publicly said he opposes. Abdullah said he would, however, facilitate a move to take 2,000 children in Gaza “that are either cancer children or in a very ill state to Jordan as quickly as possible.” Trump expressed astonishment and gratitude—and hope that the fig leaf would lead to broader Arab support for his controversial plan
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is proposing an exchange of seized territory with Russia as part of any potential negotiations to end the war. Ukraine holds control of a small pocket of Russian territory, parts of Kursk Oblast, captured during a surprise incursion in August. Zelensky, in an interview with The Guardian, said he planned to…
One social media user noted that Trump also took credit when the stock market was up under Biden, and asked, “How does anyone take this guy seriously?”
Xi Jinping built the smart city of Xiongan as a showcase for China’s technological prowess. But WSJ’s Jonathan Cheng finds it remains largely empty, raising questions about the limits of Xi’s rule.
Two years after losing her husband, Sabrina Chae decided to eat the last meal he ever made, still stored in the freezer, in an emotional TikTok