The European Commission has given the green light to Italian state aid for semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics to construct a E5 billion microchip plant in Sicily. This approval comes as Europe seeks to reduce dependence...
A Chinese nonprofit organisation linked to the government is reportedly coordinating efforts among major tech firms in China to develop open-source software with potential military applications, according to a report from the Jame...
Taiwanese authorities have accused Luxshare Precision Industry, a Chinese Apple supplier, of illegally operating in Taiwan and attempting to poach tech talent. The Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau identified Luxshare as on...
OpenAI, led by Sam Altman, announced it had disrupted five covert influence operations that misused its AI models for deceptive activities online. Over the past three months, actors from Russia, China, Iran, and Israel used AI to ...
During the session 'Enhancing CSO participation in global digital policy processes', Diplo launched the four-year Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment (CADE) project, co-founded by the European Union. The CADE project, ...
According to a lawsuit filed by a Twitter investor, Elon Musk faces allegations of ignoring US securities disclosure rules while secretly accumulating shares in Twitter in 2022. The lawsuit claims Musk and his associate Jared Birc...
TikTok is developing a separate recommendation algorithm for its 170 million US users to address concerns from American lawmakers who are pushing to ban the app. The following action, initiated by ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese paren...
The Zambian government has completed drafting a comprehensive AI policy aimed at leveraging modern technologies for the country's development. Felix Mutati, the minister of science and technology, announced that the AI plan will b...
The National Identification Registry (NIR) and the Civil Service Agency (CSA) in Liberia have partnered to issue biometric ID cards to civil servants to combat financial fraud in the public sector. The agreement will provide ID ca...
Hacking group ShinyHunters has claimed to have been behind the data breach of live music ticketing giant Ticketmaster, which compromised 560 million users' personal data. The hacking group has claimed to have access to sensitive i...
Artie Beaty/ If you were on social media over the past week, you probably saw them. Screenshots of Google's new AI-powered search summaries went viral, mainly because Goo...
Acer Ahead of Computex, Acer has announced a new SpatialLabs Eyes Stereo Camera (ASEC-1), a pocket-sized device that can capture and stream 3D videos. Featuring 8 megapixels per eye reso...