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Foxconn reports 33% rise in fourth-quarter net profit
Foxconn reports 33% rise in fourth-quarter net profit
by  AFP

Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn on Thursday reported a 33 percent jump in net profit during the final three months of 2023, marking the second straight quarter of growth for the Apple supplier. The boost came on the heels of two consecutive quarterly misses -- with January-March seeing a drop of 56 percent and a one percent fall in the following three months.

At Texas arts and tech fest, virtual reality is perfectly human
At Texas arts and tech fest, virtual reality is perfectly human
by  AFP

At South by Southwest -- the gargantuan Texas festival for cinema, music and tech -- artists this year embraced virtual reality as a way to better connect with humanity, not escape it. "Today, we can program anything we want," she said, but "it takes human intelligence to be artistic, to find the right connections."

Boom times for Myanmar opium farmers as coup chaos bites
Boom times for Myanmar opium farmers as coup chaos bites
by  AFP

In a remote corner of Myanmar a line of farmers move through a field of nodding poppies, making small cuts in the greenish-purple pods to release opium resin. "I can only know about my region of poppy fields," he said.

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