SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google on Thursday renamed its Bard chatbot after the new artificial intelligence that is powering it, called Gemini, and said consumers can pay for better reasoning capabilities as it vies with Microsoft to win subscriptions. U.S. customers can subscribe for $19.99 a month to access Gemini …

BERLIN (Reuters) – Unbeaten Bayer Leverkusen’s meticulous pre-season planning has paid dividends, sporting managing director Simon Rolfes said, with the Bundesliga leaders in the mix for three trophies. Leverkusen, who parted with over a dozen players and brought in several new signings this season, have taken the Bundesliga by storm …

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Meta’s oversight board said on Friday it will examine two cases on how the social media giant handled potentially misleading posts that were shared ahead of the Australian referendum on Indigenous recognition in October last year. The board, which is funded by Meta but run independently, said …

(Reuters) – Wales go to London’s Twickenham stadium for their Six Nations clash against England on Saturday holding no fear after their second half display against Scotland and boosted by the return of the experienced George North at centre, coach Warren Gatland said. Wales trailed the Scots 27-0 early in …

KUALA LUMPUR: Graphjet Technology Sdn Bhd, a green graphite producer, is eyeing a Nasdaq debut with a US$1.49 billion (RM7.10 billion) pro-forma enterprise value following the greenlighting of its de-Spac transaction by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Graphjet said this development is a milestone in its journey towards …

PETALING JAYA: The Cooperative Institute of Malaysia (CIM) has been asked to step up its efforts to train cooperative members, especially in management, says Datuk R. Ramanan. The Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Deputy Minister said the rapid growth of the cooperative movement demanded more competent and organised management and governance. …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators investigating Big Tech’s merger deals or their market power will now also take their digital ecosystems and the impact of their free products or services into account, EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager said on Thursday. Vestager made the comment as she announced an update …

LONDON (Reuters) – England have named an unchanged team for the first time since the 2019 World Cup final as they prepare to face Wales in the Six Nations at Twickenham on Saturday, with Ellis Genge the only change on the bench from the side who beat Italy last week. …

PETALING JAYA: The two sons of former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad have called for “patience and understanding” from all parties after they confirmed they had yet to submit their asset declarations to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). In a joint statement on Thursday (Feb 8), Tan Sri Mohkzani …

(Reuters) – In 2017, Epic Games was among a handful of companies selected to participate in Walt Disney’s Accelerator incubator program, where the game company’s founder held ambitions of incorporating the entertainment giant’s well-known characters into his digital playground. Now, Disney is making a much bigger bet that will make …