Europe’s battery charge to power a green economy
As it moves away from fossil fuels and towards climate-neutrality, the EU is placing strategic importance on the market for batteries and stepping up research in the field.
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EU nears first legal framework on artificial intelligence
By Stefanos Sofroniou
The first ever legal framework on Artificial Intelligence could be agreed upon by the EU legislators as soon as this December. The draft Regulation proposed by the ...
Shopify merchants seek AI boost for key sales decisions
A week after e-commerce giant Amazon(AMZN.O) said it is giving its sellers new generative artificial intelligence advertising tools this holiday season, Shopify (SHOP.TO) has to prove to ...
PC market recovery gathers pace as Intel, AMD tout potential of ‘AI PC’
The earnings of Intel (INTC.O) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) have offered more evidence a recovery is gathering pace in the personal computer market, boding well for an ...
Governments race to regulate AI tools
Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT are complicating governments’ efforts to agree laws governing the use of the technology.
Here are the latest steps ...
The Beatles release AI-powered new song with Lennon’s voice
The last Beatles song featuring the voice of late member John Lennon and developed using artificial intelligence was released on Thursday alongside the band’s first track, record label Universal ...
Aston Martin cuts volume target as new sports car hits production snag
British luxury carmaker Aston Martin (AML.L) posted a bigger than expected quarterly loss on Wednesday and lowered its 2023 volume outlook due to production issues for its new DB12 sports ...
Musk says Tesla aims to make 200,000 Cybertrucks a year
Tesla (TSLA.O) is aiming to make 200,000 units of its electric pickup truck, Cybertruck, per year, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Tuesday.
The company had earlier said that ...
Apple revamps Mac lineup and pricing with new family of chips
Apple (AAPL.O) on Monday introduced new MacBook Pro and iMac computers and three new chips to power them, with the company saying it had redesigned its graphics processing units (...
Toyota aims to put 1,000 km-range Lexus EV on the road by 2026
Toyota unveiled a Lexus concept car with a roughly 1,000-kilometre range on Wednesday that it aims to roll out by 2026, part of the Japanese automaker’s strategic pivot to EVs ...
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, ...