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Judge hands Microsoft a big victory, declines to stop its $69 billion takeover of video gamemaker Activision Blizzard

Judge hands Microsoft a big victory, declines to stop its $69 billion takeover of video gamemaker Activision BlizzardSAN FRANCISCO -- Judge hands Microsoft a...

Japan defends neutrality of IAEA report on Fukushima water release plan as minister visits plant

TOKYO -- Japan's industry minister visited the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on Monday to see equipment that is to be used to release...

UN tech agency rolls out human-looking robots for questions at a Geneva news conference

A U.N. technology agency assembled a group of robots that physically resembled humans at a news conferenceBERLIN -- A United Nations technology agency assembled...

Twitter threatens legal action against Meta over its new rival app Threads

NEW YORK -- Twitter has threatened legal action against Meta over its new text-based app called Threads, which has drawn tens of millions of...

Glitches in Japan’s unpopular MyNumber digital ID cards draw a flood of complaints

TOKYO -- The minister charged with an overhaul of Japan's digitized system to assign a number to everyone living in the country has apologized,...

Rights group reports allegations of dozens of abuses in critical minerals supply chains

HANOI, Vietnam -- A human rights advocacy group says it found allegations of dozens of labor and environmental abuses by Chinese-invested companies involved in...