Digital replicas of patients can help them get healthy
Simulations of the human body and advanced data promise more personalised medical treatment for a range of illnesses.
By Jack McGovan
In a laboratory in the Italian capital Rome, Marco ...
Disney answers activists with gaming investment, ESPN streaming plans
Walt Disney (DIS.N) CEO Bob Iger hit back at activist investors on Wednesday with a slew of announcements, including a splashy investment in “Fortnite” maker Epic Games and plans ...
Alphabet is seeking outside investment for its GFiber internet business
Alphabet (GOOGL.O) plans to seek external investment for GFiber, its business selling Wi-Fi and internet connectivity in parts of the United States, the company told Reuters on Monday, as ...
How to optimize your website for multiple countries: A guide to international SEO
Expanding online presence beyond domestic borders presents an exciting frontier for businesses. International search engine optimization (SEO) stands as the cornerstone of this global outreach, enabling brands to effectively engage ...
Las Vegas Sphere is newest Super Bowl star
Las Vegas’ newest star attraction, the $2.3 billion Sphere, is wowing football fans with a variety of Super Bowl-themed content as Sunday’s showpiece game between the San Francisco 49ers and ...
After months of negotiation, a rare Russian compromise as Yandex changes hands
Before Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine two years ago, Russia’s Nasdaq-listed search engine giant Yandex (YNDX.O) was briefly worth $30 billion. This week, a consortium of domestic investors agreed ...
Nintendo hikes Switch forecast as hardware launch expectations rise
Nintendo (7974.T) on Tuesday raised its full-year Switch sales forecast to 15.5 million units from 15 million units previously, as the company squeezed sales out of the aging console over the year-end ...
Microsoft says will help 2 million Indians in small cities learn AI skills
Microsoft will provide 2 million people in India with AI skilling opportunities by 2025, CEO Satya Nadella said on Wednesday, adding that it is imperative for India and the United States to ...
Google rebrands Bard chatbot as Gemini, rolls out paid subscription
Google (GOOGL.O) on Thursday renamed its Bard chatbot after the new artificial intelligence that is powering it, called Gemini, and said consumers can pay for better reasoning capabilities as ...
Russia’s Yandex management to be largest shareholder after planned $5.2 billion deal
An entity formed of senior Yandex managers will become the Russian internet company’s largest shareholder with a 35 per cent stake should a $5.2 billion cash and share deal go through, ...
Britain invests 100 million pounds in AI research and regulation
Britain on Tuesday said it would spend more than 100 million pounds ($125 million) to launch nine new research hubs in artificial intelligence (AI) and train regulators about the technology.
“AI is ...
Honda recalls 750,000 vehicles over air bag defect
Honda Motor Co (7267.T) said on Tuesday it was recalling 750,000 vehicles in the United States over a defect involving air bags which could deploy unintentionally during a crash.
The front ...
Toyota hikes annual profit forecast after Q3 beats expectations
Japan’s Toyota Motor (7203.T) raised its full-year operating profit forecast by nearly 9 per cent on Tuesday, after its third-quarter earnings raced past analysts’ estimates thanks to a weaker yen ...
Off the roof: the quest to harness energy from facades
Researchers are going beyond conventional solar panels in a bid to generate heat and electricity from the other external surfaces of buildings.
By Jack McGovan
In social housing on the ...
Microsoft set for AI-powered revenue surge as stock pulls ahead
Microsoft (MSFT.O) is expected to report a 15.8 per cent jump in quarterly revenue, its best growth in nearly two years, as rising adoption of its products infused with generative ...
Stellantis’ Peugeot cars to use ChatGPT to talk to drivers
Stellantis’ (STLAM.MI) Peugeot brand plans to use ChatGPT to improve the voice assistant in its cars and vans, the French brand said on Tuesday, joining rivals such as Volkswagen ...
Spotify says Apple’s plan to comply with EU regulation ‘farce’
Spotify (SPOT.N) said on Friday that Apple’s (AAPL.O) new plan to comply with the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) is “a complete and total farce.”
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Carmakers gear up for EV market growth
The global electric vehicle (EV) market is set to witness a substantial growth of 29 per cent, reaching 13.7 million units in 2023, according to the latest research from technology market analysts Canalys.
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Alphabet, Meta ad sales in Q4 unlikely to reflect gen AI investments
Despite the buzz over generative artificial intelligence last year, the technology’s impact on the advertising business of Alphabet (GOOGL.O) and Meta Platforms (META.O) is likely to be ...
Logistics, delivery heft could help Amazon margins, profitability
Whether Amazon.com (AMZN.O) can cash in on its delivery heft by boosting fee revenue from its “Buy With Prime” service after a 2022 overhaul of its logistics network will ...
OpenAI’s ChatGPT breaches privacy rules, says Italian watchdog
Italy’s data protection authority has told OpenAI that its artificial intelligence chatbot application ChatGPT breaches data protection rules, the watchdog said on Monday, as it presses ahead with an ...
Japan to offer $300 mln for optical chip tech development
Japan’s industry ministry said on Tuesday it will offer around 45.2 billion yen ($307 million) in subsidies in an initiative to develop optical technology for use in chips to help boost ...
Elon Musk bashed by heavy metal drummer who cost him $56 billion
Elon Musk suffered one of the biggest legal losses in US history this week when the Tesla CEO was stripped of his $56 billion pay package in a case brought by ...
Stay secure and surf freely: How to use VPN for public Wifi networks
Introduction
In today’s fast-paced digital age, public wifi networks have become an integral part of our daily lives. Whether it’s at a coffee shop, airport, or hotel, accessing ...