Technology

A coalition backed by Google , Stripe and Shopify will spend $1.7 million to buy carbon removal credits from three early stage firms on behalf of the tech giants to help scale up the nascent markets, an executive told Reuters. The world is expected to need to suck between five and 10 billion tons a … Read more

Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday that Meta Platforms would spend hundreds of billions of dollars to build several massive AI data centers for superintelligence, intensifying his pursuit of a technology he has chased with a talent war for top engineers. The social media giant is among the large tech companies that have struck high-profile deals … Read more

YouTube is looking to clamp down on content creators who generate revenue from “inauthentic” videos, including mass-produced and repetitive content.  The Alphabet-owned company has said it will update its YouTube Partner Program (YPP) monetisation policies on July 15, to require creators to upload “original” and “authentic” content. The updated monetisation policies will contain more detailed … Read more

American officials have quietly been grading Chinese artificial intelligence programs on their ability to mold their output to the Chinese Communist Party’s official line, according to a memo reviewed by Reuters. U.S. State and Commerce Department officials are working together on the effort, which operates by feeding the programs standardized lists of questions in Chinese … Read more

Fast food chain McDonald’s recently suffered a security breach, exposing personal data of over 60 million job applicants. The breach occurred on its hiring portal “McHire”, more specifically through the portal’s chatbot Olivia.  The hiring portal uses the Olivia chatbot to gather details of applicants, such as their resumes, along with personal details. After gathering … Read more

The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre, or IN-SPACe for short, granted Starlink the licence to commercially operate in India for the next five years, making it the third company after Eutelsat’s OneWeb and Reliance Jio to get the nod to bring satellite internet to the country. The approval permits Starlink to use its … Read more

In the latest AI talent raid, OpenAI has reportedly hired four experienced software engineers, including a senior executive from Elon Musk-owned Tesla. David Lau, the former vice president of software engineering at Tesla, is all set to join OpenAI’s scaling team led by OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman, according to a report by Wired. Uday Ruddarraju … Read more

EU member states have the right to impose their own measures to strengthen the position of publishers in their dealings with large online platforms as long as these do not undermine freedom of contract, an adviser to the EU’s highest court said on Thursday. The European Union’s Court of Justice (CJEU) is handling a dispute … Read more

A code of practice to help companies comply with the European Union’s landmark AI rules will focus on transparency, copyright, safety and security, highlighting the EU’s push to set global AI standards amid rapid advancements, the European Commission said on Thursday. Signing up to the code is voluntary, but companies that decline to do so … Read more

Sony, on Thursday, July 10, introduced its latest truly wireless active noise cancelling (ANC) earbuds, the WF-C710N. The new pair of earbuds comes with extended battery life and smart AI calling features. The new earbuds, a successor to the earlier WF-C700N, features a dual sensory technology that detects and filters external sounds using two microphones, … Read more