Amazon to win unconditional EU nod for iRobot deal  | Reuters News Agency

Amazon to win unconditional EU nod for iRobot deal  | Reuters News Agency

EconomyTechnology 23 November 2023, 1:46 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that Amazon (AMZN.O) is set to win unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $1.4 billion acquisition of robot vacuum maker iRobot (IRBT.O). Antitrust enforcers around the world have stepped up scrutiny of Big Tech acquiring smaller rivals, concerned about the accumulation of troves of data by a…

Amazon to win unconditional EU nod for iRobot deal  | Reuters News Agency

Amazon to win unconditional EU nod for iRobot deal  | Reuters News Agency

EconomyTechnology 23 November 2023, 1:46 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that Amazon (AMZN.O) is set to win unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $1.4 billion acquisition of robot vacuum maker iRobot (IRBT.O). Antitrust enforcers around the world have stepped up scrutiny of Big Tech acquiring smaller rivals, concerned about the accumulation of troves of data by a…

Amazon to win unconditional EU nod for iRobot deal  | Reuters News Agency

Amazon to win unconditional EU nod for iRobot deal  | Reuters News Agency

EconomyTechnology 23 November 2023, 1:46 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that Amazon (AMZN.O) is set to win unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $1.4 billion acquisition of robot vacuum maker iRobot (IRBT.O). Antitrust enforcers around the world have stepped up scrutiny of Big Tech acquiring smaller rivals, concerned about the accumulation of troves of data by a…

OpenAI researchers warned board of AI breakthrough ahead of CEO ouster  | Reuters News Agency

OpenAI researchers warned board of AI breakthrough ahead of CEO ouster  | Reuters News Agency

Technology 23 November 2023, 12:39 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported a key development ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s abrupt firing involving a key AI breakthrough. The news of researchers writing a letter the board of directors warning of the development that could be a step closer to Artificial General Intelligence that mimics the…

The electronic noses designed to prevent food poisoning

The electronic noses designed to prevent food poisoning

Common types of potentially deadly foodborne bacteria are salmonella and E. Coli. Both of these have their own “electronic personality”, says Prof Raz Jelinek, the co-developer of an e-nose called Sensifi, and a professor of chemistry at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, in Israel. “They have their own electrical signal.”

Five days of chaos: What just happened at OpenAI?

Five days of chaos: What just happened at OpenAI?

Nearly as quickly as he left, Sam Altman is back. Following his abrupt and still largely unexplained firing from the influential artificial intelligence developer OpenAI on Friday, the 38-year-old technology entrepreneur will now return to the firm behind ChatGPT and other popular AI programs. The once and future chief executive will answer to a different…

With OpenAI in chaos, the tech recruiting feeding frenzy is on

With OpenAI in chaos, the tech recruiting feeding frenzy is on

For OpenAI, which has become the face of the booming AI industry thanks to popular consumer products such as ChatGPT and DALL-E, the last few days have been a crisis with no clear end in sight. But for competitors in the frothy AI sector, it’s an opportunity. More than 700 employees at the artificial intelligence…

Bowling, that simple game of our youth, is being turned upside-down by technology

Bowling, that simple game of our youth, is being turned upside-down by technology

Something mysterious awaits Kevin Mills at the far end of the bowling lane, down there in the shadows. It doesn’t matter that his fingers find just the right grip on the ball. Or that he takes three careful strides on the way to a smooth throw, finishing in a classic bowler’s pose. Something is making…

Elon Musk’s X sues Media Matters over report on antisemitic content

Elon Musk’s X sues Media Matters over report on antisemitic content

The social media company X, formerly Twitter, sued media watchdog group Media Matters on Monday, alleging defamation after the group reported that the platform was placing ads for major brands next to pro-Hitler and white nationalist content. The complaint alleges that Media Matters “knowingly and maliciously manufactured side-by-side images” that showed X ads next to…