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Nissan to overhaul electric powertrains for EVs, hybrids in search of cost cuts

YOKOHAMA. - Nissan Motor Co Ltd (7201.T) on Thursday said it will overhaul its approach to powertrains for all-electric and hybrid petrol-electric vehicles as it aims to bring hybrid prices in line with those of petrol-powered cars by 2026.

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Dutch to restrict semiconductor tech exports to China, joining US effort

AAMSTERDAM / WASHINGTON. - The Netherlands' government on Wednesday said it plans new restrictions on exports of semiconductor technology to protect national security, joining the U.S. effort to curb chip exports to China.

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U.S. Chamber of Commerce calls for AI regulation

WASHINGTON. - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday called for regulation of artificial intelligence technology to ensure it does not hurt growth or become a national security risk, a departure from the business lobbying group's typical anti-regulatory stance.

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For tech giants, AI like Bing and Bard poses billion-dollar search problem

TORONTO. - As Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) looks past a chatbot flub that helped erase $100 billion from its market value, another challenge is emerging from its efforts to add generative artificial intelligence to its popular Google Search: the cost.

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Democratic senator urges Apple, Google to kick TikTok out of app stores.

Article courtesy of Diane Bartz, Reuters TORONTO. - TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, should be removed from app stores run by Apple Inc and Alphabet's Google because the short video social media app poses a risk to national security, Senator Michael Bennet, a Democrat on the intelligence committee, said in a letter dated Thursday.

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Ransomware attack on data firm ION could take days to fix

Article courtesy of James Pearson and Danilo Masoni, Reuters TORONTO. - A ransomware attack that hit ION Trading UK could take days to fix, leaving scores of brokers unable to process derivatives trades, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

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Google tees up venue clash over U.S. advertising antitrust lawsuit

Article courtesy of Mike Scarcella, Reuters TORONTO. - Lawyers for Alphabet Inc's Google LLC on Wednesday said they will ask a federal judge in Virginia to move the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit to Manhattan federal court, where the company is already fighting claims that it has abused its market power for online advertising technology.

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TekSavvy urges Minister Champagne to block the Rogers-Shaw merger and deny Vidéotron bid for Freedom Mobile

Article courtesy of Renaud Larue-Langlois, IT world Canada TORONTO. - Fearing that, after the Cabinet decision on wholesale rates, the federal government’s approval of the Rogers-Shaw merger would result in further “rate-fixing and price hikes by Canada’s telecom oligopoly”, independent internet service provider (ISP) TekSavvy, of Chatham, Ontario, today called on Canada’s Minister of Industry, Science and Technology, François-Philippe Champagne, to block the proposed $26 billion merger by refusing the transfer of Shaw’s wireless spectrum licenses, as well as forbidding the acquisition of Freedom Mobile by Vidéotron.

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