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28/06/2025

Anthropic is a rare example of a company that is excited to be sued.”Good news for AI, bad news for authors: A U.S. federal judge has ruled that Anthropic’s use of copyrighted books to train its AI models is “fair use” under the U.S. copyright law. The ruling, by Judge William Alsup in the Northern District of California, represents a major development in the unfolding legal contest pitting human against machine in the contest for creative freedom....

28/06/2025

Microsoft is finally retiring the frowny face and big, blocky, all-caps text that have characterized its Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) since the system error screen debuted in Windows 3.1 nearly 40 years ago. The company said today that blue screen will be phased out in a future version of Windows 11 — version 24H2, which is due to be released later this summer — in favor of a new black error screen that’s more streamlined....

28/06/2025

Europe’s sweeping digital legislation, that ranges from its privacy law (GDPR), to the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and Digital Services Act (DSA), is increasingly being seen as a double-edged sword for innovation expansion in the region. But despite their intent of safeguarding citizens, promoting competition, and achieving digital sovereignty, the strict rules are expected to also hamper innovation by putting pressure on smaller firms to compete with US giants....

Europe’s sweeping digital legislation, that ranges from its privacy law (GDPR), to the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and Digital Services Act (DSA), is

28/06/2025

In a massive shake-up that will restructure its corporate workforce, Amazon has delivered a blunt announcement to about 350,000 corporate employees: move to one of the company’s three US hub metropolises or be terminated with no severance. This type of directive, affecting some 30% of Amazon's global corporate employees, is among the most widespread Return to Office (RTO) requirements imposed by a tech force up until now....

28/06/2025

Alibaba has released a new artificial intelligence innovation – model Qwen-VLo, a new multimodal AI model. This massive language model is set to revolutionize the way users visualize and generate visual content them match between comprehension and creation in an exceptionally seamless manner. Expanding the accomplishmentsIt achieves adding an improved mechanism for understanding and generation of image contents, Qwen-VLo_PUSH_upselling_bifold_WEB_push+email+landing.html uses the Qwen-VL series....

Alibaba has released a new artificial intelligence innovation – model Qwen-VLo, a new multimodal AI model. This massive language model is set to

28/06/2025

The artificial intelligence giant DeepMind is again making waves throughout academia with its AlphaGenome. Leveraging the world-changing breakthroughs made with AlphaFold, which so recently revolutionized protein folding, AlphaGenome will set its sights on one of the great remaining unknowns of biology: the overwhelming majority of human DNA, which we tend to forget about, yet is present even in the non-coding part of the genome....

The artificial intelligence giant DeepMind is again making waves throughout academia with its AlphaGenome. Leveraging the world-changing breakthroughs

28/06/2025

In a huge boost to the fledgling world of artificial intelligence, Meta Platforms has poached a star researcher from OpenAI, named Trapit Bansal as it builds its 'superintelligence' team. This strategic appointment demonstrates Meta’s aggressive approach to achieve leadership in the next frontier of AI development, heightening the hot competition for talent among tech giants worldwide. Bansal, who was an early member of the o1 reasoning team for OpenAI and made major contributions to its reinforcement learning work, left OpenAI in June 2025, the Financial Times reported....

In a huge boost to the fledgling world of artificial intelligence, Meta Platforms has poached a star researcher from OpenAI, named Trapit Bansal as it

25/06/2025

A Collaborative World for Individuals Intended as the flasGHip initiative in the field of APK – Joint Development for a Mobility covering the period January 20-24, 2025, when global decision-makers were being thrown weight behind the event motto: ІІThe CommUnity ihm gSo had revolutionary potential of new technologies. Launched at the meeting, the WEF's "Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2025" profiled the emerging technologies that are set to significantly change industries and help solve many global problems in three to five years....

25/06/2025

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has named its 2025 class of Technology Pioneers, 100 early to growth-stage companies from around the world that are not only emerging as leaders in high-tech industries, but are also making a significant impact on business and society. This year is the 25th anniversary of the program, and features its best and most diverse class yet, reflecting a worldwide explosion of breakthrough technologies....

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has named its 2025 class of Technology Pioneers, 100 early to growth-stage companies from around the world that are not

25/06/2025

Elon Musk’s grand entrance into the robotaxi market has already hit serious regulatory speed bumps as early, limited testing crops up in Austin, Texas. Videos circulated in recent days on the internet showing Tesla robotaxis behaving erratically — including driving into oncoming traffic or coming to a sudden stop — have caught the attention of federal safety regulators and called into question Musk’s long-held vision of a fully autonomous future....

Elon Musk’s grand entrance into the robotaxi market has already hit serious regulatory speed bumps as early, limited testing crops up in Austin, Texas.

25/06/2025

The city of Atlanta's streets are being taken over by a new kind of vehicle: self-driving cars. Uber announced on Thursday that it has officially rolled out self-driving ride-hailing cars in the city in partnership with Waymo, the self-driving car company owned by Google's parent company, Alphabet. Starting June 24, 2025, Uber users will now have access to Waymo’s fleet of 100% autonomous I-PACEs in a 65 square mile area, covering popular neighborhoods such as Downtown, Midtown, and Buckhead....

The city of Atlanta's streets are being taken over by a new kind of vehicle: self-driving cars. Uber announced on Thursday that it has officially rolled

25/06/2025

BlackBerry Limited today raised its outlook for fiscal-year 2026 with excellent and steady demand for cybersecurity services. The Canadian software company’s stock rose 6% in post-market trading after the upbeat announcement, highlighting investors’ support for its turnaround as a software and security company. BlackBerry now expects fiscal year 2026 revenue between $508 million and $538 million, up from its previous guidance of $504 million to $534 million....

BlackBerry Limited today raised its outlook for fiscal-year 2026 with excellent and steady demand for cybersecurity services. The Canadian software