Category: Technology
online safety: UK opposition calls for better online protections for children
[ad_1] Britain’s opposition Labour Party has called on the government to enact its long-delayed Online Safety Bill, after Reuters revealed how few underage children Snapchat was removing from its platform. Britain, like the European Union and other countries, has been grappling with how to protect social media users, and in particular children, from harmful content ...
google: Microsoft’s new AI battle with Google will cost firms billions
[ad_1] In 217 BC, the Roman dictator Fabius Maximus conceived a novel strategy in the war with Carthage. His opponent, Hannibal, had won several devastating battles, and the Roman people were ready to try something different. Fabius knew Hannibal liked to fight and had the military power to do so effectively. Instead of meeting Carthage ...
AI: AI levels playing field for startups, Big Tech in Asia
[ad_1] Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Baidu Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are all sprinting to get ahead in the race to create the world’s best chatbot, and yet, the one that sparked this global frenzy was a startup. OpenAI is now very well funded, courtesy of a $10 billion commitment from Microsoft, but it does suggest that ...
hcl tech: HCL Tech aims to double semiconducter biz in four years; group needs two years to build fab
[ad_1] IT company HCL Technologies expects to double semiconductor services business in 3-4 years following capabilities that it will develop around electronic chip plants to be set by its group firm, a senior company official said. HCL Group is among the companies that have applied to set up electronic chip plants under the “Scheme for ...
Foxconn Feb Sales: Foxconn reports fall in Feb sales, sticks to Q1 outlook
[ad_1] Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker and major iPhone assembler for Apple, said on Sunday revenue in February fell 11.65% year-on-year due to weakness in smart consumer electronics, but stuck to its first quarter outlook. Revenue last month still managed to reach the second highest on record for February at T$402.0 billion ...
indiamart: IndiaMART looks to add credit facilitation offering on its platform to help small businesses
[ad_1] Online B2B marketplace IndiaMART InterMESH has said the company is exploring new technologies to offer loan facilitation services and expand offerings for the sellers and buyers on its platform. IndiaMART claims it has 60 per cent market share of the B2B advertising space with over 70 lakh suppliers, mainly micro, small and medium enterprises, ...
Nasscom: ETtech Opinion | Navigating growth in a no normal world: Nasscom chairperson Krishnan Ramanujam
[ad_1] It would be an understatement to say that the last three years have been about change. From an era of relative predictability to a more uncertain, more volatile environment, emerging tech shifts, geopolitics, and war, clearly, we are in an era of a no normal world. Does a no normal mean a prolonged global ...
Stable Diffusion: ChatGPT maker OpenAI rival Stable Diffusion maker seeks to raise funds at $4 billion valuation
[ad_1] With artificial intelligence booming, one key player in the fast-growing space is talking to investors about raising more money after just reaching unicorn status in a funding round late last year. The parent company of Stable Diffusion, an AI tool for making digital images, is seeking to raise money at a valuation of about ...