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Biden slowed the transition to EVs to appease automakers
Sources first told The New York Times that the administration’s shift on tackling climate change was intended to placate automakers and unions. New legislation The Biden administration is reportedly working on legislation to give automakers breathing room by requiring them to rapidly ramp up product…
Graphcore sells assets and seeks to raise $500 million
Graphcore, the “British NVIDIA,” faced a 46% revenue drop in 2023, seeking outside investors like OpenAI and SoftBank to offset losses.
YouTube Shorts has added music video mixing
YouTube’s new feature allowing creators to remix music videos responds to TikTok’s licensing issues, giving it an advantage.
Apple faces a fine of $539 million over Spotify’s antitrust claims
$539 million may sound like a lot, but by the time the EU updated its objections last year, a much larger fine approaching $40 billion (or 10 percent of Apple’s annual global turnover) was already on the table. Root of the problem A report in the Financial Times early Sunday said the regulator fined…
You need to know Google Gemini, the AI generation platform
Google is trying to make waves with Gemini, a flagship suite of generative AI models, applications and services.But while Gemini is in some ways looks promising, but as our informal review reveals, it performed poorly in other ways.So what is a Gemini? How do you use it? How does it stack up against…
Apple broke iPhone web apps in EU for anticompetition
Apple stops EU PWAs, citing Digital Markets Act, revenue concerns, and security risks, despite prior efforts and threats to App Store.
How Yes Securities is managing its IT workloads
Yes Securities, like a traditional brokerage firm, always operates in an on-premise model, with a complete infrastructure in a managed data center. A complete DevOps environment is required Aneesha Pant, CTO of Yes Securities, said: “Since the capital expenditure has already been incurred, there is …
OpenAI can now convert text to video
Microsoft-backed OpenAI is developing software that can generate minute-long videos based on text prompts, the company said on Thursday. Current progress The software, called Sora, is currently available for Red Team, which helps identify flaws in artificial intelligence systems, and for visual arti…
Mozilla’s new service will wipe your data off the web
Mozilla launches Mozilla Monitor Plus, a paid service monitoring data on 190+ sites, aiming to enhance privacy protection.
Apple’s AI era is coming
Apple, long silent on AI, now gears up to rival Microsoft and Meta, aiming to integrate AI features into its iOS platform via Xcode.
Reddit signs content licensing deal with AI company
Reddit’s potential $60 million data deal with a major AI firm signifies AI’s quest for lawful data sources amid Reddit’s IPO plans.
By 2026, India’s multicloud applications will surge
According to Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index, multicloud adoption in India is expected to increase significantly over the next three years. What is multicloud? Multicloud refers to the combination of private infrastructure with multiple public clouds.Nutanix reports that hybrid multi-cloud adoption i…
Zeus, the leader of the IcedID malware faces 40 years in prison
A Ukrainian cybercrime kingpin is facing 40 years in prison after spending nearly a decade on the FBI’s most wanted online list.Vyacheslaw Igorevich Panchukov, 37, pleaded guilty this week in the United States to two charges related to his leadership role in the Zeus and IcedID malware operations, i…
Microsoft to train 2 million people in AI skills in India
Microsoft CEO Nadella urges India to invest in AI for economic growth, emphasising training 2 million individuals in AI skills.
The Cocoa Press can now print edible 3D chocolate
Give it a shot Sean Hollister, a senior editor of The Verge, received a $3,995 prefab printer – you can make your own for $1,750 or less – and 30 perfectly fitted chocolates to meet his gourmet goals.In the video, Sean Hollister connects to the printer’s screen, finishes setting it up, inserts a dar…
ChatGPT to Google Bard: AI is rewriting the Internet
With Microsoft’s Copilot, Google’s Bard, and OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4, big companies are making AI chatbot technology previously limited to test LABS more accessible to the public. Input and output These large language model (LLM) how the program works? OpenAI’s GPT-3 tells us that AI learns languages usi…
Nvidia is getting into ‘custom chip services’
Nvidia forms a new division for custom chip design, seeking to maintain AI chip leadership amid heightened industry competition.
OpenAI yet ‘GPT’ can not be registered as a trademark
OpenAI argues in its application, GPT is not a descriptive word, GPT is not a general term, consumers don’t the meaning of “understand” it immediately. Reasons for refusal The US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) rejected OpenAI’s application to register the term GPT, saying the term GPT was too gen…
Air Canada lost lawsuit over its ChatBot offering a false information
Air Canada has argued that its AI-powered customer chatbots are solely responsible for their actions, but that argument won’t hold up in civil court.Now, the airline must refund a customer who was given the wrong ticket compensation information. Inaccurate information The 2022 incident involved an A…
Alphabet is seeking outside investment for GFiber internet business
Alphabet’s GFiber seeks external investment to expand Wi-Fi services, facing competition and seeking technological advancement.
Deus X, Bridgetower join forces in $250M crypto venture in Middle East
A $250M crypto platform, Bridgetower Middle East, is poised to provide services for institutional investors in the Middle East.
Top tech stories today: February 15, 2024
Apple Vision Pros are being returned, and China’s retail giant Alibaba may be brought down to size, among other tech news to know today.
Bitsonic CEO faces 7-year prison term for $7.5M fraud
Bitsonic’s CEO, Shin, along with vice president of technology, Bae, were both given prison terms for their roles in a fraudulent scam.
Are spot bitcoin ETFs really better than gold?
Darin Feinstein, a blockchain company CEO, asserts that physically backed Bitcoin ETFs offer a higher level of safety compared to other ETFs.
Top tech stories today: February 13, 2024
From a deepfake video of a dead dictator in Indonesia, to Tesla’s EV charging win, here’s the technology news you need to know today.
UBS launches Hong Kong’s first tokenised warrant
Union Bank of Switzerland delivered Hong Kong’s first-ever tokenised warrant on Ethereum network, marking a significant leap.
Hitachi and Cisco launch new hybrid cloud hosting services
Hitachi EverFlex and Cisco Powered Hybrid Cloud integrates automation solutions and predictive analytics to provide organizations with a future-proof portfolio. New product Hitachi Vantara, a data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, today announced a new partn…
Sam Altman’s $7 trillion quest for network of AI chip factories
Sam Altman is seeking to raise billions of dollars to establish a global network of AI chip factories to meet the growing demand.
Singapore NTU and Ocean Base to improve database systems
OceanBase has signed an agreement with Nanyang Technological University to support advanced research in database optimization, with a focus on improving the performance of parameterized queries. Sign an agreement The protocol will support advanced research in database optimization, focusing on impro…
AI in music therapy transforms healing
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare is well documented, from MRI analysis to cancer detection and prognosis. But it is also being used in alternative methods of healthcare for example in music therapy, offering personalized treatment through emotion recognition, tailored therapy pl…
Google’s artificial intelligence has a cool name: Gemini
Google is famous for its 1 million kinds of similar products, these products are the name of the confusing, and doesn’t seem to have anything in common.But when it comes to A.I. jobs, there’s only one name that matters in the future: Gemini. Age of Gemini On Thursday, the company announced that it h…
Westcon-Comstor enhanced its cloud by acquiring AWS services
The transaction will enable the WestConst partners to provide customers with a comprehensive suite of AWS solutions, including cloud consulting, migration services, FinOps, AWS Marketplace Excellence, and security-related professional services. Strengthen product capability Westcon-Comstor announced…
Kyndryl extended partnership with Google to deliver top-tier GenAI
Kyndryl data specialized knowledge and the end-to-end service combined with artificial intelligence technology of Google cloud, to promote innovation. New partnership Kyndryl (NYSE: KD), the world’s largest provider of IT infrastructure services, announced the expansion of its partnership with Googl…
India will look into offline plan, promoting CBDC in rural areas
With little or no Internet connection in rural and urban areas, can be offline solution is introduced to promote the popularization of the Internet. Digital rupee Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das has said the central bank will explore offline solutions to facilitate the adoption …
$112.5 million Ripple (XRP) hack may have involved an insider
Blockchain analytics firm Hacken has reported the discovery of a pre-existing XRP wallet connected to the personal wallet of Ripple chairman.
China-backed hackers hid inside US critical infrastructure for ‘at least five years’
According to a report released by Microsoft in May 2023, Typhoon Volt has been targeting and damaging critical infrastructure in the U.S. since at least mid-2021. Potential dangers A coalition of US intelligence agencies said on February 7 that Chinese-backed hackers had access to critical US infras…
IDC: Revenue from India PCS will reach $17.8 billion by 2027
Considerable expectation The Indian public cloud services (PCS) market, which includes Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) solutions, and Software as a Service (SaaS), had a total revenue of $3.8 billion in the first half of 2023 (January-June), according to the Internat…
Capacity Middle East 2024 unites key ICT players for future-proofing digital infrastructure
The leading digital infrastructure event, Capacity Middle East 2024, takes place from February 6 to 8, with pre-event activities scheduled on February 5, at the Grand Hyatt Dubai Conference & Exhibition Centre in the UAE. Capacity Middle East, the region’s premier gathering for digital infrastructur…
Top tech stories today: February 8, 2024
No need to sift through the web for crucial stories – we’ve got you covered. Here are the key global technology highlights for February 8, 2024. 1. Microsoft’s next big AI push is here after a year of Bing One year ago today, Microsoft unveiled its ambitious plans for Bing, an AI search engine.But a
Microsoft’s next big AI focus is on BinIT
A year ago today, Microsoft released its ambitious AI Bing search engine program.The launch, the largest in Bing’s history, helped propel the use of AI further into the mainstream and sparked a wave of dreams and panic about what AI might do next. The success of the launch even shocked Google, which…
Was President Biden calling voters? People report calls denouncing the New Hampshire Primary
Have you ever received a phone call from the president of United States? In recent weeks, many people have. Someone claiming to be “President Biden” called people to say the New Hampshire primary was “a bunch of malarkey” and told people to “save your vote for the November election.” If you’re curio…
Top tech stories today: February 7, 2024
Delve further into a myriad of topics, from China’s strides in generative video AI to the recent Solana network outage.
The generative video race is heating up in China
Some of China’s biggest tech companies have been quietly ramping up efforts to gain a foothold in the text-and-image-to-video space. On February 5, Chinese Internet giant Tencent, best known for its video game empire and chat app wechat, released a new version of its open source video generation mod…
News: Apple Vision Pro replaces Face ID with Optic ID
Optic ID on Vision Pro offers secure iris recognition, yet faces usability hurdles compared to fingerprint and facial recognition.
News: Government hackers targeted iPhones owners with zero-days
Google’s report reveals government hackers exploiting iPhone vulnerabilities and Variston’s spyware for targeted surveillance.
News: Sony’s latest PS5 beta improves DualSense
The latest PS5 Beta update, launched on February 6th, enhances DualSense controller features and introduces screen sharing interactivity.
News: YouTube is experimenting with red, blue, and green video feeds
YouTube’s experimental feature lets users filter homepage videos by colour, potentially for aesthetic coherence or data collection.
Microsoft and Semafor are pushing for the rational use of AI in news
A wise collaboration Microsoft is working with media platform Semafor and other news organizations to help journalists use generative artificial intelligence in content production, the company said Monday. Through these collaborations, Microsoft will help these organizations identify and refine proc…
Ignore Uncle Sam’s cybersecurity goals? Careful about getting hurt!
Critical cybersecurity performance goal If you are responsible for infosec at a US hospital or other healthcare organization, and you treat the government’s new “voluntary” cybersecurity performance goals (CPGs) as, well, voluntary, you’re ignoring the writing on the wall. “The benefit of the CPG is…
Finance platform Airwallex transforms team McLaren’s supply chain payments
McLaren team and Airwallex forge a strategic partnership to revolutionise financial operations, aiming to enhance its supply chain payments