An android robot, EveR 6, took the conductor’s podium in Seoul on Friday evening to lead a performance by South Korea’s national orchestra, marking the first such attempt in the country.
Vietnam has told cross-border social platforms to use artificial intelligence (AI) models that can detect and remove “toxic” content automatically, the latest requirement in its stringent regime for social media firms, state media reported on Friday.
Internet company Yandex on Friday said it was making changes to its financial team in preparation for a potential corporate restructuring that should see it divest ownership and control of core, Russia-based businesses.
Brazil’s Finance Ministry announced on Friday an exemption from federal taxes on e-commerce purchases up to $50 for companies participating in a new compliance program by the tax revenue service.
The Securities and Exchange Commission said a recent wave of applications filed by asset managers to launch spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds were not sufficiently clear and comprehensive, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
Apple Inc’s market capitalization on Friday breached the $3 trillion mark for the first time since January last year, as investors bet on the iPhone maker’s ability to grow revenue even as it explores new markets such as virtual reality.
Foxconn is set to invest about $250 million in two new projects in Vietnam, including for the production of components for electric vehicles (EVs), the world’s largest contract electronics assembler and local authorities said on Friday.
Electric-car maker Xpeng Inc priced its latest G6 sport utility vehicle about 20% lower than Tesla’s Model Y in China, sending its U.S.-listed shares up 7.6% in premarket trading on Friday.
The Dutch government on Friday announced new restrictions on exports of some semiconductor equipment, boosting a U.S.-led drive to curb supplies of high-tech components to China but drawing an angry response from Beijing.
Britain’s competition regulator on Friday said Photoshop owner Adobe Inc’s $20 billion buyout of cloud-based designer platform Figma may be referred to a deeper investigation as it could “reduce innovation”.
