LONDON (AP) — European Union lawmakers are set to give final approval to the 27-nation bloc’s artificial intelligence law Wednesday, putting the world-leading rules on track to take effect later this year. Lawmakers in the European Parliament are poised to vote in favor of the Artificial Intelligence Act five years after they were first proposed. …
Lo and behold, Amazon and Google announced they’ll scrap those penalties, although with Amazon, the shakedown will be retained until well into 2025. Google and Apple, which have the phone business stitched up between them, also announced some of their first changes. We can expect to see less of their own products, and more of …
With the release of iOS 17.4, iPhone users in the European Union can access third-party app stores, but Apple warns that EU users traveling outside of the bloc will only have a “grace period” before some features stop working altogether when they’re away. From Apple’s support document detailing alternative app marketplaces: If you leave the …
Real-time payment systems continue to see strong usage worldwide. One of the most significant developments is the European Council’s new rule to enable instant payments across the European Union and European Economic Area. Under this regulation, instant credit transfers must arrive in recipients’ accounts within 10 seconds, regardless of the date or time of day. …
Making instant payments in the European Union (EU) just became much easier. The European Council on Monday (Feb. 26) adopted a regulation making instant payments available in euros to consumers and businesses in the EU and European Economic Area nations. “The new rules will improve the strategic autonomy of the European economic and financial sector as they will help …
Apple’s next iPhone update—unless there’s another surprise mini-update like iOS 17.3.1—will be iOS 17.4. Unusually, Apple has given us a clue as to when it will come, though this article is about pinning down the date as much as we can. iOs 17.4 is coming soon. But how soon, exactly? David Phelan February 15 update …
LONDON (AP) — TikTok is taking measures to combat misinformation about the upcoming European Union elections, including setting up fact-checking hubs inside the app, the video-sharing platform said Wednesday in a blog post. TikTok plans to launch local language in-app “election centers” next month for each of the 27 EU countries so that “people can …
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Artificial intelligence holds much promise for innovation and progress, but it also has the potential to cause harm. To enable the responsible development and use of AI, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) recently released ISO/IEC 42001, a new standard for AI management systems. According to ISO, this standard “offers organizations the comprehensive guidance they …
The potential security threats from quantum are clear but there seems to be little impetus in Brussels to regulate the technology – for now. ADVERTISEMENT In the last weeks of 2023, the European Commission announced its new Declaration on Quantum Technologies in a bid to put the advanced technology firmly on the bloc’s agenda. The …