Source link Chinese companies are producing too many batteries, solar panels and electric cars, harming American workers, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said. She intends to bring up the issue on her trip to Beijing next month. Yellen spoke on Wednesday at a solar cell manufacturing facility in Georgia, which closed in 2017 due […]
Source link Apple, Tesla, and three others were sued for allegedly taking part in an unlawful scheme involving children working in hazardous mines The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has dismissed a petition to hold Apple, Google parent Alphabet, Dell Technologies, Microsoft, and Tesla liable for allegedly aiding child labor in […]
Source link A government directive has been issued days after Google’s Gemini landed in hot water over controversial remarks about Modi Big Tech companies will now have to receive the Indian government’s permission to release artificial intelligence models that have not been thoroughly tested or are not reliable in the country. The new rule, however, […]
Source link A company sanctioned by for its ties to Russia provides solutions to government clients New Delhi is examining European Union sanctions against the Indian tech firm Si2 Microsystems over its ties with Russia, and is considering whether to “protest the decision,” The Hindu newspaper reported on Monday, citing an unnamed official. Brussels added […]
Source link The combined market cap of the country’s seven largest companies would make them the second-largest stock exchange in the world, analysts say America’s seven largest tech companies have larger market capitalizations than companies in nearly every other major economy in the world, CNBC reported on Monday, citing a research note by Deutsche Bank. […]
Source link Industry leaders pledged to combat uses of artificial intelligence that could “deceive voters” Twenty major technology companies have vowed to stop misleading AI-generated content from disrupting elections around the globe, with the likes of Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and Google saying they would work to detect and counter ‘deepfakes.’ In a press release published […]
Source link Netherlands-registered Yandex NV has agreed to sell its Russian operations to a consortium of local investors and spin off its main international projects The Kremlin welcomes the agreement to sell tech giant Yandex’s Russian business to a consortium of private investors, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. Often referred to as “Russia’s Google,” […]
Source link The Indian government is wary of AI’s potential to stir up problems, a senior figure has told the Financial Times New Delhi has “woken up” to the dangers of AI-generated deepfakes and will hold social media companies accountable for any such content on their platforms, a senior official in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s […]
Source link Concerns surrounding the world’s most valuable company have sent shockwaves through the industry Russian Market is a project by a financial blogger, Swiss journalist and political commentator based in Zurich. Follow him on X @runews In the wake of Barclays downgrading Apple’s stock and trimming its price target, the tech giant experienced a 4% drop […]
Source link Huawei’s chipset subsidiary HiSilicon has become world’s fifth largest chipmaker, with a 3% share of the global chipset market, according to the latest analysis published by technology market-research firm Counterpoint. The research, based on third-quarter results, shows the ranking led by Qualcomm products, which account for about 40% of the entire chipset market. […]
Source link Ride-hailing service Yango, owned by Russian tech major Yandex, has announced a substantial investment in Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire), news outlet Apanews reported on Wednesday. The company will invest over $300 million in the development of its Ivorian subsidiary as it plans to launch further digital services in the coming years, the outlet […]
Source link Reverse engineering products and improving their designs is the way to enhance international competitiveness, Aleksandr Shokhin said It is not sufficient for Russia to simply reverse engineer the products of foreign firms which have fled the market amid the confrontation with the West, Aleksandr Shokhin, the head of the Russian Union of Industrialists […]
Source link Russia’s current relationship with China allows for full-spectrum cooperation in the tech sector, including with regards to its military applications, President Vladimir Putin told a Chinese entrepreneur on Thursday during a panel discussion at VTB Bank’s ‘Russia Calling!’ forum. The remark was part of Putin’s answer to a question about US sanctions policy, […]
Source link Demand for delivery services by suitcase-sized driverless vehicles has been steadily growing, Yandex says Russian technology major Yandex has announced plans to double its fleet of delivery robots next year from the current 130 units and to start renting them to other companies. The suitcase-sized vehicle, called the Yandex.Rover, can autonomously navigate delivery […]
Source link The organizer of the DevTernity conference was accused of padding its diversity bona fides with fake women speakers Online software developers’ conference DevTernity has been canceled, organizer Eduards Sizovs confirmed in an email to Fortune on Monday. Nearly half of the event’s speakers had reportedly pulled out by Monday night amid reports the […]