Sony’s new AI beats humans in Gran Turismo racing game
Sony (6758.T) said on Wednesday it has created an artificial intelligence agent called Gran Turismo Sophy (GT Sophy) that was able to beat world’s best drivers of the PlayStation ...
Meta’s Facebook to pay $90 million to settle privacy lawsuit over user tracking
Facebook agreed to pay $90 million to settle a decade-old privacy lawsuit accusing it of tracking users’ internet activity even after they logged out of the social media website.
A proposed ...
Intel expands in specialty chipmaking with $5.4 billion deal for Israel’s Tower
Intel Corp is buying Israeli chipmaker Tower Semiconductor (TSEM.TA) for $5.4 billion, the companies said on Tuesday, giving it access to more specialised production as it positions to take advantage ...
AMD closes record chip industry deal with about $50-bln purchase of Xilinx
Semiconductor designer Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)(AMD.O) said on Monday it has finalized the purchase of Xilinx Inc (XLNX.O) in a record chip industry deal valued at ...
Cyprus students to send micro-satellite into space
A team of students will attempt to break the world record by sending a micro-satellite into space to capture images and videos from an altitude of 147,648 feet.
This will take ...
How chemists are building molecular assembly lines
By Caleb Davies
Four huge robot arms surround the gleaming metal shell of what will soon be a top-of-the-range automobile. They jerk into life, attaching the bonnet, the wing mirrors, ...
Embio and Asbis partnership showcases Cyprus’ potential
TechIsland says government needs to ensure startups get investment
TechIsland, an NGO representing 137 Cyprus-based technology companies, announced on Thursday that its member company Embio Diagnostics has entered an agreement with ...
Intel launches blockchain chip to tap crypto boom
Intel Corp on Friday launched a new chip for blockchain applications such as Bitcoin mining and minting NFTs to cash in on the rising usage of cryptocurrencies.
The chip will ...
Tesla recalls over 500,000 vehicles in US
Electric car maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) is recalling 578,607 vehicles in the United States because pedestrians may not be able to hear a required warning sound of an approaching car ...
German researchers to breed pigs for human heart transplants this year
German scientists plan to clone and then breed this year genetically modified pigs to serve as heart donors for humans, based on a simpler version of a U.S.-engineered ...
Solar storm knocks out 40 newly launched SpaceX satellites
A geomagnetic storm triggered by a large burst of radiation from the sun has disabled least 40 of the 49 satellites newly launched by SpaceX as part of its Starlink internet communications ...
Farmers test microbes to nourish crops as climate pressure grows, costs rise
Tech companies are raising hundreds of millions of dollars, including backing from agriculture heavyweights like Bayer AG, in developing farm products that use living things like microbes and seaweed to ...
EU eases state aid rules in multi-billion euro boost for chip sector
The European Commission will ease funding rules for innovative semiconductor plants under plans announced on Tuesday as the European Union looks to boost its chip industry and cut its dependence ...
Relief and challenges for chipmakers as Nvidia-Arm megadeal collapses
The chip industry is breathing a sigh of relief over the aborted purchase of ARM Ltd by US chipmaker Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O) but the firms and their shareholders are ...
Mark Zuckerberg’s startup project bets the company
Mark Zuckerberg is acting like a startup founder again. Facebook owner Meta Platforms (FB.O) is spending like a newbie company on nascent virtual- and augmented-reality worlds. It has already ...
Facebook owner Meta adds tool to guard against harassment in metaverse
Facebook’s parent Meta Platforms said on Friday it is launching a tool for people using its virtual reality social platforms to maintain personal space boundaries, as concerns have mounted ...
The possible reasons for Sony’s multibillion dollar acquisition of Bungie
Sony announced on Monday that it had completed its acquisition of game developer Bungie, the studio behind multiplayer first-person shooter Destiny, as well as the original creators of Halo, a ...
Outfit7: ‘Game development starts with putting the user first’
American painter James Whistler believed that artists aren’t paid for their labour, but rather for their vision.
When creative possibilities are endless, a creator’s perspective, sense of aesthetics ...
Meta’s miss creates Big Tech divide: who’s got the data
Uh oh. Big Tech was cut in two on Wednesday, divided between companies that have great data and those that don’t, after Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) ...
Taiwan battery maker ProLogium signs investment deal with Mercedes-Benz
Taiwanese battery maker ProLogium Technology Co on Thursday said it has signed a cooperation agreement with Daimler AG’s (DAIGn.DE) Mercedes-Benz to build test vehicles equipped with co-developed solid-state ...
Cypriot fintech to take part in PwC startup programme
Cypriot fintech company WiRE, which mainly operates in the real estate market, announced on Wednesday that it has been accepted to participate in PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) UK’s Scale programme.
PwC’...
Researchers achieve milestone on path toward nuclear fusion energy
US government scientists said on Wednesday they have taken an important step in the long trek toward making nuclear fusion – the very process that powers stars – a viable energy source ...
Pfizer submits data for US authorisation of Covid shots for kids under 5
Pfizer Inc has begun submitting data to federal regulators as part of the process to win U.S. emergency use authorization (EUA) of its COVID-19 vaccine for children under age 5, ...
Israeli police admits spyware use raises legal questions
Israel’s police force, accused by rights groups of improperly using powerful hacking spyware, said on Tuesday it had found “anomalies” in its electronic surveillance that meant the legality of ...