The EU will not force the world’s biggest tech companies to pay for the overhaul of Europe’s telecoms infrastructure despite pleas from the industry, Brussels announced on Wednesday.
As tech companies spend billions on artificial intelligence data centers and computer chips, fears of an AI bubble held privately by Wall Street traders and some Big Tech titans are beginning to pop into public view.
(A quick aside on what I was doing there: I sat on a panel called “Creativity and Identity in the Age of Memes and Deepfakes,” led by Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson; it featured the artist Emi Kusano, who works with AI, and Duncan…
Scrolling through deals can feel like a waste of time when everything claims to be “on sale.” You click, compare, second-guess — and half the time, the price isn’t actually any better than it was last week. That’s especially true when you’re…
OpenAI first announced plans to introduce an automated age-prediction system for ChatGPT in September last year, aimed at helping the AI chatbot distinguish between teens and adults. After testing it in select countries over the past few…
Like something out of the Addams Family, scientists have created a detachable robotic hand that can crawl and grab objects. The design enables tasks such as retrieving objects beyond normal reach and performing multi-object handling, offering…
Scientists have shown that twisting a crystal at the nanoscale can turn it into a tiny, reversible diode, hinting at a new era of shape-engineered electronics. Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, working with…
Investor confidence in Chinese AI startups is riding high, but obstacles to their long-term success range from US export controls to the puzzle of how to become profitable.
The US Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday it was appealing a court ruling that dismissed its antitrust case against Meta, insisting the tech giant illegally monopolized social media.
Berlin’s energy transition sector got a defining boost today as Cloover, a climate fintech based in Berlin, announced it has secured more than $1.2 billion in total capital commitments, combining Series A equity and…
