Sustainable solutions to tackle tech plastic waste
This is the first installment of TechRepublic’s Tech Impact video series. The following is an edited transcript of the video. From the smallest phone in … Read more
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94% of Tech leaders to invest in AI, 5G & more
Generative AI is of particular interest to leaders for the benefits of cost savings, efficiency and effectiveness. Image: peshkova/Adobe Stock Economic perils notwithstanding, 94% of … Read more
Is that self-driving car a boy or a girl? Buyers are less attached to gender-neutral tech, finds study
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As new technologies take on increasingly humanlike qualities, there’s been a push to make them genderless. Apple’s Siri digital assistant unveiled … Read more
More organizations still plan to increase their tech staff
A new Linux Foundation report finds that the global focus is on cloud/containers, cybersecurity and AI/ML skills, and that upskilling is key. Image: Vadim Pastuh/Adobe … Read more
Tech mandated by UK Online Safety Bill ‘could turn phones into surveillance tools’
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Tech mandated by the UK Government’s Online Safety Bill could be used to turn millions of phones into facial recognition tools. … Read more
Blind trust in enhancement technologies encourages risk-taking even if the tech is a sham, finds study
The researchers measured risk-taking was with the Columbia Card Task experiment. Credit: Robin Welsch A new study published in Computers in Human Behavior suggests that … Read more
Big Tech crackdown looms as EU, UK ready new rules – Winnipeg Free Press
TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, Google, Amazon and other Big Tech companies are facing rising pressure from European authorities as London and Brussels advanced new rules Tuesday … Read more
To capture CO2 in the US, climate tech startups partner with oil and gas
Climeworks, the Swiss company that’s capturing CO2 emissions for Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, is crafting plans to expand across the US, which is becoming the … Read more
TikTok could get a lifeline from Big Tech as a US ban looms
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain U.S. tech companies are pushing to narrow the scope of legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S., creating new obstacles … Read more
Amazon joins generative AI race, targets tech at cloud customers
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Amazon.com Inc. is joining Microsoft Corp. and Google in the generative artificial intelligence race, announcing technology aimed at its cloud customers … Read more