Global smartphone market shows signs of recovery
The global smartphone market displayed a glimmer of hope with a slight decline of 1 per cent during the third quarter 2023, according to a recent report by industry analysts Canalys.
The ...
Battery maker LG Energy Solution warns of slowing EV demand, shares tumble
South Korean battery firm LG Energy Solution (LGES) (373220.KS) warned last week of slowing revenue growth in 2024 due to global economic uncertainties affecting the outlook for electric vehicle sales, sending ...
Amazon Web Services to launch European sovereign cloud
Amazon (AMZN.O) Web Services (AWS) said last week that it will launch a sovereign cloud in Europe for government and customers in highly regulated industries.
The sovereign cloud will ...
Google-parent Alphabet’s cloud division misses revenue estimates, as Microsoft’s cloud booms
Google-parent Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) cloud business crawled to its slowest in at least 11 quarters, sending the company’s stock down 5.7 per cent after hours, even as sales at rival ...
Microsoft sales beat estimates as customers prepare for AI rollout
Microsoft (MSFT.O) this week beat Wall Street estimates for fiscal first-quarter results in all segments, with its cloud computing and PC businesses growing as customers anticipate using its artificial-intelligence ...
Qualcomm unveils new PC laptop chip with AI features for 2024
Qualcomm this week gave details about a chip for Microsoft (MSFT.O) Windows-based laptops that it claims will be faster at some tasks than Apple’s (AAPL.O) chips for ...
How to split any videos within minutes
Videos have emerged as a universal language. They tell stories, convey emotions, and encapsulate memories. However, there are moments when we need to trim the edges, slice out the unnecessary, ...
Police warn against being duped by deepfakes
Police on Friday warned the public that deepfake scams were becoming more common and to be aware.
According to the definition, deepfakes are images or videos “that have been digitally ...
Apple backs Biden’s push for right-to-repair law
Apple (AAPL.O), the world’s largest tech company, said on Tuesday that it will back a US right-to-repair bill, following years of complaints from consumer advocates that its sleek ...
Nvidia to make Arm-based PC chips in major new challenge to Intel
Nvidia (NVDA.O) dominates the market for artificial intelligence computing chips. Now it is coming after Intel’s longtime stronghold of personal computers.
Nvidia has quietly begun designing central processing ...
The battery test race to work out what used EVs are really worth
A race is on to certify battery health and performance in used electric vehicles, with a clutch of startups scrambling to help buyers figure out how much a secondhand EV ...
Toyota lobbies India to cut hybrid-car taxes as much as 21 per cent
Japan’s Toyota Motor (7203.T) is lobbying the Indian government to cut taxes on hybrid vehicles by as much as one-fifth, arguing they are far less polluting than petrol cars ...
The green shoots of urban agriculture
City farming and food sharing are blossoming in Europe with the help of local traditions and EU research.
By Anthony King
Picture the following scene in the Netherlands: kids roll ...
Britain aims for global leadership role with AI safety summit
Britain will host the world’s first global artificial intelligence (AI) safety summit next month, aiming to carve out a role following Brexit as an arbiter between the United States, ...
EU data watchdog urges more privacy safeguards for digital euro
The European Union’s data protection watchdog this week called for stronger privacy safeguards in EU draft legislation to underpin a digital euro.
The European Central Bank (ECB) is due ...
Major cyber attack could cost the world $3.5 trillion
A major cyber attack on a financial services payments system could lead to global losses of $3.5 trillion, with much of it not covered by insurance, commercial insurance market Lloyd’s ...
Foxconn and Nvidia team up to build ‘AI factories’
Taiwan’s Foxconn (2317.TW), the world’s largest contract electronics maker, will build a new kind of data centre using Nvidia (NVDA.O) chips and software for a range of ...
Microsoft in talks to sign on Amazon as customer in $1 bln cloud tools deal
Microsoft (MSFT.O) is preparing to bring Amazon.com (AMZN.O) as a customer for its 365 cloud productivity tools in a deal worth over $1 billion, news site Insider reported on ...
Infineon signs semiconductor supply deal with automakers Hyundai, Kia
German chip manufacturer Infineon (IFXGn.DE) said earlier this week that it has signed a multi-year agreement with Hyundai and Kia to supply power semiconductors for the production of electric ...
As Google pushes deeper into AI, publishers see fresh challenges
You may never have to read another news story in your life, if you have artificial intelligence that can digest all the web’s information and serve up a summary ...
Nokia to cut up to 14,000 jobs as US demand shrinks
Finnish telecom gear group Nokia (NOKIA.HE) will cut up to 14,000 jobs to reduce costs, it said on Thursday, after weaker demand for next-generation 5G equipment lowered third-quarter sales by ...
Tesla urges US to adopt much tougher fuel efficiency rules
Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla on Tuesday urged the Biden administration to finalize much tougher fuel economy standards through 2032 than US regulators have proposed.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) ...
Cyprus government focused on digital transformation and innovation, officials say
The priorities of the government are intertwined with the commitment to incorporate technology and digitisation into its policies, stated Undersecretary to the President, Irene Piki, on Tuesday, a sentiment echoed ...
Adobe unveils new image generation tools in AI push
Adobe (ADBE.O) last week said it is rolling out new image-generation technology that can draw inspiration from an uploaded image and match its style, in its latest push to ...