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Washington, United States | AFP | Saturday 3/25/2023 Gordon Moore, a pioneer in the microprocessor industry and a cofounder of Intel, which at one time was the world’s largest semiconductor maker, died on Friday at the age of 94, Intel said. Moore was a giant in the technological transformation of the modern age, helping companies bring ever more powerful chips to smaller and smaller computers. An engineer by training, he cofounded Intel in July 1968, […]
Beijing, China | AFP | Saturday 3/25/2023 Apple enjoys a “symbiotic” relationship with China, CEO Tim Cook said on Saturday, as the iPhone giant looks to move production out of the country. Cook, who is in China to attend the high-profile China Development Forum, said “Apple and China grew together,” during an interview on the role of technology in education. “This has been a symbiotic kind of relationship that I think we both enjoyed,” he […]
Paris, France | AFP | Saturday 3/25/2023 by Daniel Lawler A large asteroid will safely zoom between Earth and the Moon on Saturday, a once-in-a-decade event that will be used as a training exercise for planetary defence efforts, according to the European Space Agency. The asteroid, named 2023 DZ2, is estimated to be 40 to 70 metres (130 to 230 feet) wide, roughly the size of the Parthenon, and big enough to wipe out […]
by Chris Lefkow and Lucie Aubourg Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The world’s first 3D-printed rocket launched successfully on Wednesday, marking a step forward for the California company behind the innovative spacecraft, though it failed to reach orbit. Billed as less costly to produce and fly, the unmanned Terran 1 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 11:25 pm (0325 GMT Thursday) but suffered an “anomaly” during second-stage separation as it streamed towards […]
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) The EU’s executive arm proposed new rules on Wednesday that would force manufacturers to allow customers to have broken products repaired, in a bid to cut the number thrown out. The EU estimates that the number of viable products, such as dishwashers, televisions and mobile phones, binned prematurely in the bloc each year result in 35 million tonnes of waste. Buying replacements costs consumers 12 billion euros annually. Under the proposals — […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — A shareholder lawsuit filed late Monday accuses board members of Instagram and Facebook parent Meta of shirking their duties by ignoring human and sex trafficking on the tech giant’s social platforms. The suit filed in the Court of Chancery in the US state of Delaware calls for Mark Zuckerberg, along with other executives and board members, to be ordered to institute reforms and pay damages. Meta board members and […]
The BBC said Monday that it had told staff to delete Chinese-owned video app TikTok unless it was needed for business reasons, with Western institutions increasingly taking a harder stance over data collection fears. The British broadcasting giant reported that it sent staff a message on Sunday saying: “We don’t recommend installing TikTok on a BBC corporate device unless there is a justified business reason. “If you do not need TikTok for business reasons, […]
Beijing, China (AFP) — Chinese technology giant Huawei has replaced thousands of product components banned by the United States with homegrown versions, its founder has said, according to a transcript of a recent speech released by a Shanghai university. A leading supplier of telecom gear, smartphones and other advanced equipment, Huawei has been repeatedly targeted by Washington in recent years over cybersecurity and espionage concerns. The administration of former president Donald Trump effectively barred American […]
by Carole GUIRADO and Joseph Boyle Agence France Presse Paris, France (AFP) — Journalists had fun last year asking the shiny new AI chatbot ChatGPT to write their columns, most concluding that the bot was not good enough to take their jobs. Yet. But many commentators believe journalism is on the cusp of a revolution where mastery of algorithms and AI tools that generate content will be a key battleground. The technology news site CNET […]
San Francisco, United States (AFP) Microsoft pressed on with its AI revolution on Thursday, announcing that it would apply the powers behind ChatGPT to its iconic Excel, Word and Outlook programs. The Redmond, Washington giant has been swiftly adopting language-based AI, showing less caution than its rivals despite early problems such as chatbots giving disturbing responses or blatantly inaccurate information. Microsoft’s latest chatbot, called Copilot, will put ChatGPT-like abilities to work in offices, churning out […]
by Camille BAS-WOHLERT Agence France Presse Odense, Denmark (AFP) — Countless shelves line the walls of a basement at Denmark’s University of Odense, holding what is thought to be the world’s largest collection of brains. Preserved in formalin in large white buckets labelled with numbers, the collection was the life’s work of prominent Danish psychiatrist Erik Stromgren. Begun in 1945, it was a “kind of experimental research,” Jesper Vaczy Kragh, an expert in the history […]
by Javier TOVAR Agence France-Presse CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — A blond television presenter seemingly working for a channel called the “House of News” looks into the camera and asks in English: “How true is it that Venezuela is such a poor country?” But this man is not a journalist — or even a real human being. He’s an avatar generated by artificial intelligence (AI), a tool that is becoming ever more common in global disinformation. […]
