Meta’s push to expand artificial intelligence inside WhatsApp has stirred up fresh concern among regulators, who are now evaluating whether temporary restrictions may be needed while the investigation continues. The debate around Meta’s AI roadmap has been growing for months, but the latest remarks from antitrust chief Teresa Ribera signal that the matter has reached …
YouTube recently sent out what it called a "disappointing update" to millions of its users and producers. It said that starting now, anyone under the age of sixteen will not be able to enter into their accounts. YouTube is now in line with other large platforms that have previously decided to implement a new age-restriction …
Regulators are now looking into Apple's most recent adjustments to its app monitoring framework to see if they really do foster fair competition while still protecting user privacy. People have been talking about Apple's tracking rules a lot lately, and it's become a common part of the larger debate about how much power big tech …
Amazon and Google have entered a new phase of working together by launching a multicloud networking service that they designed together. This service promises faster, more dependable connections for enterprises that depend on the cloud. The launch comes at a time when even a few seconds of internet instability can cause problems for systems all …
CoinShares' decision to pull out of many planned crypto exchange-traded funds has piqued the interest of many people in the digital asset space. On the surface, this looks like a simple regulatory file, but it actually shows a big change in how one of Europe's oldest crypto investment firms is getting ready for its next …
As artificial intelligence spreads to more and more fields, the need for computing power has skyrocketed. To meet this need, a huge network of data centers has evolved behind the scenes. These digital warehouses used to be silent and hard to see, but now they are always busy processing huge volumes of data for AI …
The rise of artificial intelligence has spread over the world like a high-voltage surge, and in its wake, a quickly growing network of data centers has formed. These huge digital warehouses, which used to be silent parts of the internet, are now buzzing with the heavy work of AI training, cloud storage, and constant computing …
Retailers in the United States have always fought for attention during the holiday shopping rush, pouring huge budgets into festive campaigns, flashy website banners and search engine advertising. Yet this year, a quieter and far more unconventional audience is shaping their moves. It is not shoppers they are chasing first, but the artificial intelligence systems …
TikTok is going through one of the most difficult times in its American history right now, and the firm has determined that it needs an experienced person to help it through this time. This person should have lived in Washington long enough to know the rhythm, the people, and the unspoken norms. Ziad Ojakli, who …
Newsrooms all around the world are becoming more and more worried, especially when social networking sites change their tone, culture, and trustworthiness. This greater conflict is shown by the fact that a well-known public broadcaster has decided to pull out of X, the platform run by Elon Musk. The change may seem straightforward at first, …
Satya Nadella has never been the kind of leader who waits for the future to happen. He has always paid special attention to the small signs that arise long before a big change in technology, and now again he seems to be sensing a big change. He told Microsoft's top executives in a recent internal …
For years, social media corporations have sought to make themselves look like helpful friends in our online lives by creating relationships, communities, and conversations. But fresh court documents in the United States have put Meta back in the news, raising more questions about whether Facebook and Instagram were willfully making mental health problems worse for …
The fact that the US might let Nvidia start selling its advanced H200 artificial intelligence chips to China again is a big deal in the changing world of global technology policy. People who know about ongoing internal discussions say that the current administration is reevaluating previous restrictions on high-performance AI hardware. This suggests that the …
There has been a lot of talk about AI in the US, but in the last week or so, the tone has gotten sharper and more urgent. The White House has put a hold on a draft executive order that would have overridden state-level AI rules. This shows how complicated it is to govern a …
