As the development of artificial intelligence (AI) services accelerates, regulators are struggling to control a technology that could disrupt the way societies and businesses operate. The European Union is leading the way in drafting new AI rules to address privacy and safety concerns that have emerged with the rapid advances in generative AI technology. However,
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After experiencing a technical issue that disrupted services for thousands of users, Meta Platform’s Instagram is back up for the majority of its users. A Meta spokesperson confirmed that the issue has been resolved and apologised for any inconvenience caused. The company did not disclose the number of users affected by the disruption. Outage tracking
The European Union’s antitrust regulators have launched a query to Microsoft’s rivals regarding the kind of customer data required by the US tech giant as part of their Azure cloud contracts. This inquiry comes six months after a trade group, Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE), which includes Amazon, filed a complaint about Microsoft’s
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized Rs 8.26 crore in a case against Pigeon Education Technology India Private Limited under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999. The ED issued an official statement on Friday stating that the company was owned by Chinese nationals and all financial decisions were being taken by
Samsung Electronics has suspended an internal review on whether to replace Google with Microsoft’s Bing as the default search engine on its web-browsing app, which comes pre-installed on the company’s smartphones. This decision comes after shares of Google-parent Alphabet gained more than 1 percent in premarket trading, while Microsoft shares were down about 1 percent.
NuRe Bharat Network, led by 3i Infotech, has clarified that it has not yet integrated with Netflix, Ola, Uber, or any other company for its mobile app PIPOnet. The company recently unveiled PIPOnet in partnership with RailTel, which aims to provide various services to railway passengers, including travel, stay reservations, e-ticketing, and entertainment apps. Clarification
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has warned that the global economy will be difficult for at least the next year and that his company is not immune to economic downturns. Speaking at the annual shareholder meeting in Austin, Texas, Musk also announced that Tesla would experiment with advertising, which it has not done before, to
Actor Johnny Depp will make his first appearance in movie theaters since his widely followed defamation trial with his ex-wife last year. He will open the Cannes Film Festival in his French-language portrayal of King Louis XV in the film Jeanne du Barry. The Film Jeanne du Barry, directed by Maiwenn Le Besco, is about
Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker and assembler of 70% of all iPhone models, will invest $500 million to establish manufacturing plants in the southern Indian state of Telangana. The investment will generate 25,000 jobs in the first phase, according to the state’s IT minister, K.T. Rama Rao. The move comes as Apple shifts
India’s Competition Commission (CCI) has initiated an inquiry into Google after multiple companies have claimed that the service fee charged by the US firm for in-app payments violates an earlier antitrust directive. The CCI had imposed a fine of $113 million on Google in October, stating that it must allow the use of third-party billing