Tech & Science

Europe’s auto industry could face fines of 15 billion euros ($17.4 billion) for carbon emissions due to slowing demand for electric vehicles, according to Renault CEO Luca de Meo. Automakers face ...

Apple AAPL.O unveiled updated Watches and AirPods at an event on Monday focused on its AI-enhanced iPhone 16, although Apple’s product showcase risks being overshadowed by Chinese rival Huawei’...

Women in Tech Cyprus and TechIsland are joining forces to host the first-ever Women in STEM Cyprus Forum, set for October 8, 2024, at the Kolla Culture Factory in Limassol.   The event, ...

Artificial intelligence is pushing companies towards flatter hierarchies, allowing them to focus on advanced education and skills, according to Fivos Tsountas, Principal at KPMG Cyprus. “Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are ...

A boom in data centers is expected to produce about 2.5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions globally through the end of the decade, and accelerate investments in decarbonization efforts, ...

Artificial intelligence could hurt oil prices over the next decade by boosting supply by potentially reducing costs via improved logistics and increasing the amount of profitably recoverable resources, according to ...

Nations building artificial intelligence models in their own languages are turning to Nvidia’s (NVDA.O) chips, adding to already booming demand as generative AI takes centre stage for businesses ...

Amazon’s revamped Alexa due for release in October ahead of the US holiday season will be powered primarily by Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence models, rather than its own ...

Intel was one of the first two tech companies to join the Dow Jones Industrial Average during the late-’90s dot-com boom, along with Microsoft. Now, a slump in Intel’...

Snap (SNAP.N) will concentrate on expanding and diversifying its underperforming advertising business with a focus on augmented reality, CEO Evan Spiegel informed employees in a note sent this week. ...

Enterprise cloud firm Salesforce (CRM.N) this week said it has agreed to acquire Tenyx, which develops artificial intelligence-powered voice agents, to advance its AI-driven solutions. The acquisition, for which ...

Social media giant Meta Platforms (META.O) will inform Brazilians how it intends to use their personal data to train generative artificial intelligence (AI), it said this week, following a ...

US facial recognition company Clearview AI has been fined 30.5 million euros ($33.7 million) for building what Dutch data protection watchdog DPA said was an illegal database. DPA also issued an additional ...

Apple (AAPL.O) will use organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays for all iPhone models sold in 2025 and later, moving entirely away from liquid crystal displays (LCDs), Japan’s Nikkei newspaper ...

Cyprus-based internet browser Aloha, which operates on a privacy-first approach, this week sent an open letter to the World Wide Web Consortium, rallying industry leaders to eliminate “annoying cookie banners” ...

The Cyprus Information Technology Enterprises Association (CITEA) announced this week that it has signed a cooperation agreement with the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). This agreement paves the way for ...

Shares of AI heavyweight Nvidia (NVDA.O) tumbled 9.5 per cent on Tuesday in the deepest ever single-day decline in market value for a US company, as investors softened their optimism ...

Darefore, a Paphos-based startup founded by brothers Marios and Panayiotis Kyriakou, has been incorporated into the KV Fund portfolio. According to an official announcement released this week, the company’s ...

The global smart personal audio market, which includes True Wireless Stereo (TWS) devices, wireless earphones, and wireless headphones, experienced a robust recovery in the second quarter of 2024.  According to a ...

The African smartphone market experienced modest growth in the second quarter of 2024, with shipments rising by 6 per cent year-on-year to reach 17.8 million units, according to the latest research from Canalys.  ...

The sudden resignation of a high-profile Intel board member came after differences with CEO Pat Gelsinger and other directors over what the director considered the US company’s bloated workforce, ...

Facebook owner Meta Platforms has struck a deal to buy geothermal power from Sage Geosystems to supply its US data centres, as it races to build out the infrastructure to ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has called for digital sex crimes to be thoroughly investigated after media reported that sexually explicit deepfake images and videos of South Korean women ...

The US Commerce Department has announced that it plans to award $50 million to HP (HPE.N) to support the expansion and modernization of an existing company facility in Oregon that ...