BRUSSELS, Feb 9 (Reuters) - EU competition regulators on Monday charged Meta Platforms with breaching antitrust rules by blocking artificial intelligence rivals from its messaging service WhatsApp and threatened to impose interim measures against the U.S. tech giant.
The move by the European Commission came after Meta implemented its policy on January 15 allowing only its AI assistant Meta AI on WhatsApp.
The EU executive, which acts... (continue reading...)
TAIPEI, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Taiwan's exports rose much more than expected in January, hitting the fastest monthly clip in 16 years amid continued demand for the island's chips and technology that are powering AI applications.
Exports showed a 69.9% increase year-on-year to $65.77 billion, versus 51.9% in a Reuters poll and 43.4% in December, reaching a monthly record high by value, the finance ministry said on Monday. The export performance continued a... (continue reading...)
LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the younger brother of King Charles, shared official British trade documents with Jeffrey Epstein in 2010, leaking information to the late sex offender from his role as a government envoy, emails appear to show.
The former prince, 65, has faced years of scrutiny over his friendship with Epstein, a relationship that has cost him his role in the royal family, titles and home. Andrew has always... (continue reading...)
MOSCOW, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Russia remains open for cooperation with the United States but is not hopeful about economic ties despite Washington's ongoing efforts to end the Ukraine war, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Monday.
Speaking to Russia-based media outlet TV BRICS, Lavrov cited what he called the United States' declared aim of "economic dominance".
"We also don't see any bright future in... (continue reading...)
VILNIUS, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is equally likely to raise or cut interest rates but it is hard to know when any such move will take place given the prevailing uncertainty about trade and geopolitics, ECB policymaker Gediminas Šimkus said on Monday.
"The probabilities that the next rate decision would be a hike or a lowering are the same - it's 50/50," the Lithuanian governor told reporters. "But no-one knows when that... (continue reading...)
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