Alfieri | Digitalvision Vectors | Getty Images As around half of the world’s adult population heads to the polls in a bumper year of elections, concern over the role of artificial intelligence in disrupting outcomes has topped the list of the biggest risks for 2024, according to a new report. The World Economic Forum’s “Global …
Open this photo in gallery: The Rogers Building, the green-topped corporate campus of Canadian media conglomerate Rogers Communications is seen in downtown Toronto, Ontario, July 14, 2022.CHRIS HELGREN/Reuters Thousands of Rogers Communications Inc. customers in Ontario briefly reported issues with their internet and television service on Thursday evening, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.ca. Downdetector, …
“Our brain can tolerate defects, meaning it could work despite the presence of dead cells. This is fundamentally different from computers that cannot work with a malfunctioning transistor,” Li said, referring to the primary building block of microchips, including the central processing unit (CPU). “We can learn from experience, unlike computers and powerful AI. [A …
The recently-launched iPhone 15 Pro Max is selling for an eye-watering $1199 in the US, but how do prices differ in Europe? ADVERTISEMENT If you’re in the Eurozone and you want to buy the top of the range iPhone, it’s going to cost you more than buyers across the pond. Converted into euros, the price …
China’s telecommunication industry logged steady growth in the first 11 months of 2023, driven by emerging businesses, official data showed, Azernews reports, citing Xinhua. The combined business revenue of firms in the sector totaled 1.55 trillion yuan (about 218 billion U.S. dollars) in the January-November period, rising 6.9 percent year on year, according to the …
Weibo, China’s leading microblogging platform, is urging its users to refrain from badmouthing the economy, account holders have said. The apparently automated notices, first reported by Bloomberg on December 15, arrived in the inboxes of netizens who commented about the state of the Chinese economy, which has been in flux since the country embarked on …
A new competitive front is emerging in Canada’s home-internet business. A recent promotional offer from Rogers Communications Inc. RCI-B-T on fixed-wireless home internet has telecom analysts watching for signs that the service could become more popular in Canada – and possibly erode the sector’s profitability. Fixed wireless refers to the provision of home-internet service via …
Cloud computing company VMware is laying off 577 employees in Austin as part of a nationwide job reduction. Cloud computing company VMware Inc. has announced plans to lay off hundreds of employees in Austin. The layoffs of 577 workers will occur at the company’s office at 6500 River Place Blvd., according to a WARN letter …
Apple is set to finish its credit card partnership with Goldman Sachs, according to a Wall Street Journal report published on Tuesday. People claiming to have knowledge of the matter told the Journal that Apple’s contract with the banking giant will end “in the next roughly 12-15 months,” bringing to an end a troubled tie-up …
Amazon / Amazon Amazon is expanding its Fresh grocery deliveries to non-Prime members nationwide. The company started offering the service to non-Prime members in 12 cities in August, but on Thursday the company said it was expanding it to locations across the country. Amazon customers can order deliveries not only from Amazon Fresh stores but …