SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Meta Platforms unveiled details on Wednesday about the next generation of the company’s in-house artificial intelligence accelerator chip. WHY IT IS IMPORTANT Reuters reported earlier this year that Meta planned to deploy a new version of a custom data center chip to address the swelling amount …

(Reuters) – Tyson Fury said he respected Oleksandr Usyk ahead of their unified world heavyweight title bout but questioned whether his opponent could contend with a much bigger fighter after making the step up to the heavyweight class. The long-awaited fight between the two undefeated boxers was originally scheduled for …

(Reuters) – AC Milan take on fellow Italian club AS Roma in the Europa League quarter-finals, but know they face a changed team under the guidance Daniele De Rossi, manager Stefano Pioli said on Wednesday. Milan defeated Roma twice in Serie A this season, but both wins came against sides …

(Reuters) – Although Juergen Klopp received a big boost this week with the return of four key players to training, the Liverpool manager is uncertain whether they will feature in Thursday’s Europa League quarter-final first leg against Atalanta. Trent Alexander-Arnold, Diogo Jota, Alisson and Stefan Bajcetic are all close to …

BERLIN (Reuters) – Athletics has become the first sport to offer prize money to Olympic champions, announcing on Wednesday that the 48 gold medallists in Paris this year will earn $50,000 each. Here is the path from amateurism to professionalism at the Olympic Games. 1896 – First modern Olympic Games …

SYDNEY: Australia’s consumer confidence declined in April as persistent inflation and interest rates at a 12-year high continued to squeeze households, leaving them gloomy about the economic outlook. Sentiment dropped 2.4% to 82.4 points, indicating pessimists heavily outweigh optimists as a reading of 100 is the dividing line, a Westpac …

PETALING JAYA: Universiti Malaya (UM) is the country’s most represented institution in the latest edition of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by subject. Malaysia’s premier institution saw 38 of its subjects ranked, with 21 of them appearing in the top 100 globally. This includes its highest-ranked subject entry, …

TORONTO: The sudden exit of Royal Bank of Canada’s chief financial officer (CFO) comes at a “critical juncture” for the lender as it tries to absorb the biggest acquisition in its history, a leading Wall Street analyst says. Canada’s largest bank fired CFO Nadine Ahn last Friday and said she’d …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European lawmakers are holding a vote on Wednesday on a revamp of the bloc’s migration system that the pro-EU political centre casts as a proof of its viability against the far right ahead of the bloc’s parliamentary election in June. It promises to cut the times for …

LAKE SUVIANA, Italy (Reuters) – Hopes of finding survivors of an accident at a power plant in northern Italy are dwindling, firefighters said on Wednesday, as rescuers searched for four people missing in an area of the plant where water was rising rapidly. At least three people were killed on …