AI: EU agrees landmark deal on regulation of artificial intelligence

Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers remarks during an Apple special event in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 12, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Apple’s iPhone sales in China were down more than 30% year over year for the first week of January, while competitors such as Xiaomi and Huawei have “remained much stronger” with flat…

Video collages and thirsty comments dedicated to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew have begun to pop up on the platform following the CEO’s testimony to Congress yesterday, when he spent five hours defending the platform in front of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. On TikTok, fan edits dedicated to the 40-year-old have declared him…

The high-altitude chase started over Cape Canaveral on Feb. 17, 2023, when a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched. Thomas Parent, a NASA research pilot, was flying a WB-57 jet when the rocket ascended past the right wing — leaving him mesmerized before he hit the throttle to accelerate. For roughly an hour, Mr. Parent dove…

In a bid to tailor its products more, the Met Office has introduced dedicated beach and mountain forecasts. “With the beach forecast, it tells you how windy it is, what the waves are going to be like… and we have partnered with RNLI [the Royal National Lifeboat Institution] on it,” says Ms Yeomans-Smith.

Jeff Bezos has backed a startup valued at $520 million working to rival Google’s web search dominance by using artificial intelligence to change the way people look for information online. Dubbed Perplexity, its prized product is a forum to “ask anything,” which its San Francisco-based team of less than 40 calls an “answer engine,” according…

Apple’s iPhone 15 series devices are displayed for sale at The Grove Apple retail store on release day in Los Angeles on Sept. 22, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Apple supplier and lead iPhone assembler Foxconn on Friday reported a revenue drop for the final quarter of 2023 and said it…