AI: EU agrees landmark deal on regulation of artificial intelligence

Apple CEO Tim Cook, left, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Reuters Microsoft on Thursday briefly yanked the title of most valuable publicly traded company from Apple in early trading. But Apple returned to the top spot at market close. The development follows a series of obstacles Apple has encountered at the start of the year….

Portable X-ray equipment that can take high quality images is transforming healthcare in remote areas.

Much content that was previously banned will now be allowed, as long as it is appropriately labelled, including that which “deliberately highlighted breasts, buttocks or the pelvic region”, body painting and what it dubs “erotic dances” that include people removing their clothes.

Dr Sabesan Sithamparanathan is among a host of Cambridgeshire recipients of New Year Honours.

Amazon‘s Audible division is cutting approximately 5% of its staff in an effort to position the unit “for continued success,” the executive overseeing the division told employees Thursday. “We did not take this route without considerable thought,” Audible CEO Bob Carrigan wrote in a memo to staffers that was viewed by CNBC. “But getting leaner…

For more than a decade, the smartphone has been the center of digital life. It replaced cameras.GPS devices.MP3 players.Wallets.Even desktop computers for many users. But every dominant technology eventually reaches saturation. And subtle signals suggest the post-smartphone era may be closer than most people think. This shift won’t happen overnight. It will unfold gradually —…