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Meta rejects allegations it sought to hook children as landmark trial begins
By Diana Novak Jones and Jonathan Stempel Aug 18 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms rejected accusations by U.S. states that it intentionally sought to addict children to its Facebook and Instagram platforms ...
Thomson Reuters Aug 18, 2026
Xiaomi sees smartphone cost pressures easing, looks to EVs for growth
By Ju-min Park BEIJING, Aug 18 (Reuters) - China's Xiaomi Corp said the worst period of pressure on its smartphone business had passed as the pace of memory price increases looked set to slow in the s...
Thomson Reuters Aug 18, 2026
Baidu CEO vows to return Ernie to AI frontier as revenue miss sinks shares
Aug 18 (Reuters) - Baidu CEO Robin Li vowed on Tuesday to bring the company's Ernie large language model back to the frontier of AI, after the Chinese tech company posted quarterly revenue that missed...
Thomson Reuters Aug 18, 2026
China's Pony.ai plans to deploy more than 4,000 robotaxis abroad
BEIJING, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Chinese autonomous driving company Pony.ai has a pipeline of planned and potential overseas robotaxi deployments of more than 4,000 vehicles, it said on Tuesday, as it seek...
Thomson Reuters Aug 18, 2026
China's Lumos eyes fresh funding, potential listing as factory robot sales grow
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Chinese startup Lumos Robotics is weighing a further fundraising round in the run-up to a possible stock-market listing next year, its founder said, bet...
Thomson Reuters Aug 18, 2026
Google to buy Spirit Airlines business data for $10 million
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google is acquiring internal business data from bankrupt Spirit Airlines for $10 million, saying it plans to use the data for product develop...
Thomson Reuters Aug 17, 2026
Tesla prepares for Cybercab launch in August starting with rides to employees, the Information reports
Aug 17 (Reuters) - Tesla has told employees it is gearing up for a public launch of Cybercab, starting with a rollout in Austin, Texas, as soon as this month, the Information reported on Monday, citin...
Thomson Reuters Aug 17, 2026
Pentagon pressure to move AI faster drives Smack's new funding round, CEO says
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Smack Technologies, a defense-technology startup building artificial intelligence decision-making tools for the military, is raising funding to speed produ...
Thomson Reuters Aug 17, 2026
ByteDance signs AI copyright pact with Hollywood trade group
Aug 17 (Reuters) - ByteDance and the Motion Picture Association on Monday signed an agreement to strengthen copyright safeguards on the Chinese company's AI video and image-generation models, months a...
Thomson Reuters Aug 17, 2026
Wispr Flow valued at $2 billion on investor demand for AI voice-to-text startups
By Pragyan Kalita Aug 17 (Reuters) - AI startup Wispr Flow has nearly tripled its valuation to $2 billion in nine months, underscoring investor enthusiasm for voice tools that let users work and write...
Thomson Reuters Aug 17, 2026
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