SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

* 8.8 magnitude quake hits near city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky * Tsunami of 3-5 metres recorded in Kamchatka Peninsula * Warnings for Japan, Hawaii, US West Coast and other Pacific nations * Largest quake in region since 1952, Russian science academy says July 30 (Reuters) - A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula triggered tsunami waves of...

BRUSSELS, July 30 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google will sign the European Union's code of practice which aims to help companies comply with the bloc's landmark artificial intelligence rules, its global affairs president said in a blog post on Wednesday, though he voiced some concerns. The voluntary code of practice, drawn up by 13 independent experts, aims to provide legal certainty...

* Fearing job loss, Europe's voice actors call for EU regulation * Studios explore using artificial intelligence to dub, with mixed results * AI firms say humans key for quality, tech brings efficiency By Elizabeth Pineau, Miranda Murray and Dawn Chmielewski PARIS/BERLIN, July 30 (Reuters) - Boris Rehlinger may not turn heads on the streets of Paris, but his voice...