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Sony Introduces Its Brightest and Best Sounding New BRAVIA TVs
New TV models boast greatly improved picture quality with high brightness, colour volume, clear shadow details in dark scenes, and sound coming directly from the screen to display cinema creatorsā€™ intent faithfully.

Samsung Unveils Latest Screen Lineup
2024 products offer next-level home entertainment experience with advanced processors and powerful, AI-driven features.

Can AI help solve Japan’s labour shortages?
Japan is seeing if artificial intelligence can tackle its increasing shortfall of workers.

Analysis-Ample oil supplies limit impact of MidEast flare-up on prices

Startups Weekly: Is the wind going out of the AI sails?

Tiny Texas City Repels Russia-Tied Hackers Eyeing Water System

Escalating Middle East tensions a fresh jolt to world markets

Langdock raises $3M with General Catalyst to help companies avoid vendor lock-in with LLMs

Schneider in Talks to Buy $17 Billion Software Maker Bentley

Redstone’s Deal Dilemma: Give Paramount Investors a Vote or Not?

Morning Bid: Markets unsettled by Israel-Iran tit-for-tat

Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads from China app store after Beijing order

UK regulator says Google's ad-privacy changes fall short, WSJ reports

Bidding War Spurs Taiyo to Consider Higher Bid for Roland DG

OpenAI Makes First India Hire in Bid to Shape Regulation Early

Google Consolidates Teams With Aim to Create AI Products Faster

Netflix to stop reporting key subscriber numbers
The streaming giant also said it added 9.3 million subscribers in the first three months of the year.

Why a deluge of Chinese-made drugs is hard to curb
Thousands of Chinese companies are making synthetic opioids and shipping them around the world.

Google fires 28 workers in aftermath of protests over big tech deal with Israeli government

Meta adds its AI chatbot, powered by Llama 3, to the search bar across its apps

Meta releases early versions of its Llama 3 AI model

Infosys Sales Forecast Falls Short as Clients Stay Cautious

Uber, Nvidia-backed Serve Robotics hits public markets with $40M splash

Seeking edge over rivals, Intel first to assemble ASML's next-gen chip tool

TechCrunch Minute: NASA needs your help to bring rocks back from Mars

Meta Debuts Llama 3, Latest AI Model for Powering Chatbots

23andMe's CEO Wants to Save the Company by Taking It Private

Morning Bid: Recoiling oil and dollar sow calm as tech earnings loom

One Tech Tip: What to do if your personal info has been exposed in a data breach

Sony Introduces Brand-New Range of BRAVIA Theatre Home Audio Products
An array of soundbars, a home theatre system and a neckband speaker offer multiple options to enjoy immersive cinematic sound.

Cricut Unveils Joy Xtra in New Zealand
These smart cutting machines are just right for side hustlers, teachers, and aspiring DIY makers.

Oil settles slightly higher as Iran plays down reported Israeli attack

Netflix Joins Apple, Meta in Withholding Key Data From Investors

Influential women's tech network shuts down unexpectedly
Women Who Code, which had hundreds of thousands of members globally, has dissolved after a board vote.

Tata in Talks to Buy Pegatron’s iPhone Operations as Soon as May

Tesla's EV success made it 'Magnificent.' It could also be its downfall.

Tesla recalls Cybertrucks over accelerator crash risk
The electric car company, run by Elon Musk, is recalling thousands of what is its latest vehicle.

Almost a quarter of kids aged 5-7 have smartphones
The regulator calls the data a "wake up call", and says parents and industry need to do more.

Can TikTok's owner afford to lose its killer app?
Sell or be banned - TikTok's US operations, by some estimates, could fetch up to $100bn.

Cape dials up $61M from a16z and more for mobile service that doesn't use personal data

Quicken Simplifi subscriptions are half off through April 21

CHIPS Act money is starting to move, but it’ll take years to see results

Netflix Adds 9.33 Million Customers, Says Gains Will Slow

It was worse than you thought
Old mainframe computing was terrible.

UK Is Falling Behind US in the Race for AI, BOE’s Haskel Says

Exclusive-Elliott weighs Citgo bid as creditor group eyes Conoco for own offer

WHO’s New AI-Powered Chatbot Is Giving Wrong Medical Answers

Deliveroo Returns to Growth on Strong International Demand

Brazil's plans to drill for oil in the Amazon hit stiff Indigenous resistance