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Google unveils new 10-shade skin tone scale to test AI for bias

A Google employee speaks at the company’s annual I/O developer conference at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California, US, May 11, 2022. Google/Jana Asenbrennerova/Handout via REUTERS Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register OAKLAND, Calif., May 11 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Wednesday unveiled a palette of 10 skin tones […]

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Explainer: China’s Xiaomi battles probes in key India market

A man walks past a logo of Xiaomi, a Chinese manufacturer of consumer electronics, outside a shop in Mumbai, India, May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register NEW DELHI, May 12 (Reuters) – Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi Corp (1810.HK) faces legal headaches in India as a federal financial […]

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Toyota to make EV parts in India for domestic, export markets

The Toyota logo is seen on the bonnet of a newly launched Camry Hybrid electric vehicle at a hotel in New Delhi, India, January 18, 2019. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Move is part of Toyota’s 2050 carbon-neutrality goals NEW DELHI, May 11 (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) […]

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‘Taking the pistachio’ – Tesco rapped by watchdog over mobile phone ads

A general view of Tesco Extra store, in Warrington, Britain, January 13, 2022. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register LONDON, May 11 (Reuters) – Britain’s advertising regulator has banned five adverts for Tesco’s (TSCO.L) mobile phone business, saying its use of the words “shiitake” and “pistachio” alluded to expletives and […]