China officially agreed to the AMD Xilinx acquisition
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China’s regulatory authority approval is official

China’s regulatory authority has given AMD the green light for a $35 billion acquisition. USA, Korea, Taiwan, and the European Union already gave their blessing for the transaction earlier.

Alexa tells child to electrocute herself for a challenge
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It may sound shocking but who hasn't wanted to do that?

Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant recommended to a 10 year-old that she electrocute herself as part of a “challenge”.

Apple poaches Facebook’s AR spinner
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Feed up with drinking from one poisoned chalice picks another

Apple has poached Facebook’s communications and public relations lead Andrea Schubert for its augmented reality (AR) products.

Big meat moves to automation
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Replace workers with robots 

Tyson Foods plans to spend more than $1.3 billion to increase automation in meat plants over the next three years due to labour shortages caused by Covid.

Dancing cactus sings about cocaine and depression
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Just the thing for a toddler's Christmas present

An Ontario grandmother who bought an educational toy for her 15-month-old granddaughter was shocked when the dancing cactus started swearing and singing about doing cocaine in Polish.