[ad_1] The European Union’s landmark rules on artificial intelligence will be rolled out according to the legal timeline in the legislation, the European Commission said on Friday, dismissing calls from some companies and countries for a pause. Google owner Alphabet, Facebook owner Meta and other U.S. companies as well as European businesses such as Mistral […]
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[ad_1] China came to a standstill on Saturday as millions of anxious parents crowded around exam centres all over the country, with 13.35 million students taking a highly competitive national entrance exam that will determine their future. The National Higher Education Entrance Examination, commonly known as Gaokao, determines eligibility for admission to Chinese universities. Official […]
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[ad_1] China’s humanoid robots will not replace human workers and cause mass unemployment, according to a Chinese official who oversees a tech hub in Beijing, amid a rapid expansion of the sector and state funding for it. Liang Liang, a deputy director at the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, which hosts one of China’s largest tech […]
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[ad_1] There was a mixed reaction as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday set out tighter new rules to clamp down on soaring immigration figures, which is set to impact Indians as one of the largest groups of student and skilled worker visa applicants to the UK. The new rules, framed in a new […]
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[ad_1] In a sprawling warehouse in a Shanghai suburb, dozens of humanoid robots are manoeuvred by their operators to carry out tasks like folding a T-shirt, making a sandwich and opening doors, over and over again. Operating 17 hours a day, the site’s goal is to generate reams of data that its owner, Chinese humanoid […]
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[ad_1] Nvidia has told some of its biggest Chinese customers that it is tweaking the design of its artificial intelligence chips so they can be sold to Chinese businesses without clashing with U.S. export rules, The Information reported on Friday. The chip giant has spoken with customers, including Alibaba Group, TikTok-parent ByteDance and Tencent Holdings […]
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[ad_1] A European Union privacy watchdog fined TikTok 530 million euros ($600 million) on Friday after a four-year investigation found that the video sharing app’s data transfers to China put users at risk of spying, in breach of strict EU data privacy rules. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission also sanctioned TikTok for not being transparent with […]
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[ad_1] Apple may be forced to hike the price of its most premium iPhone due to the reciprocal tariffs recently announced by US President Donald Trump on the country’s major trading partners. The iPhone 16 Pro Max could end up costing $350 more than its current retail price of $1,199 in the US, according to […]
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[ad_1] A deal to spin off the US assets of TikTok was put on hold after China indicated it would not approve the deal following President Donald Trump’s tariffs announcement this week, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Trump on Friday extended by 75 days a deadline for ByteDance to sell US assets […]
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[ad_1] A section of the flagship store in Coimbatore | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “The youth are set to begin the race of their life. We are here to give them wings to help them run faster,” says Sunil Jhunjhunwala, co-founder of TechnoSport, elated with the launch of their first flagship store in Coimbatore, a key […]
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