Dubai Airports to Build World’s Largest Solar Rooftop
Dubai is taking a significant step forward in its efforts to implement sustainable energy solutions across its economy, particularly in the aviation sector. Dubai Airports has unveiled a new plan…
Samsung denies interest in separating chip manufacturing division
Samsung Electronics has ruled out the possibility of spinning off its contract chip manufacturing, known as its foundry business, as well as its System LSI logic chip design operations, despite…
Saudi Arabia Eyes Further Investment in Nintendo as Shares Reach $5.8 Billion
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) currently holds a significant stake in Nintendo, owning 8.5% of the company’s shares, valued at $5.8 billion. This follows an initial purchase in 2022,…
China Faces EU Tariffs on Electric Vehicles as Trade Dispute Grows
The European Union has initiated a significant economic measure against China by imposing tariffs on electric vehicles (EVs), escalating the risk of retaliatory actions and potential repercussions for domestic businesses…
X’s Return to Brazil Faces Further Delays After Paying Fines to Wrong Bank, Court Says
X’s return to Brazil is facing further delays after the Brazilian Supreme Court revealed that the company paid its fines to the wrong bank. This development, reported by Reuters, follows…
Strong AI Demand Propels Foxconn to Record Third-Quarter Revenue
Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer, has exceeded market expectations, posting record third-quarter revenue driven by robust demand for artificial intelligence (AI) servers. Revenue surged 20.2% year-on-year to T$1.85…
New Robotic Hand Crawls Like a Spider While Picking Up Items
Researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have unveiled a robotic hand capable of both crawling and picking up objects simultaneously. Designed to detach from its arm and…
AI Chip Market Challenges Threaten Samsung’s Profit Growth
Samsung Electronics is expected to report a substantial recovery in quarterly profit, with projections of over a four-fold increase to 10.33 trillion won ($7.67 billion) for the quarter ending September…
YouTube Shorts Just Got a Little Longer
YouTube is rolling out significant updates to its Shorts platform, extending the maximum video length to three minutes starting on October 15. This change comes in response to user requests,…
Chinese Cyberattack Targets U.S. Broadband Providers and Wiretap Systems
Chinese hackers infiltrated the networks of U.S. broadband providers, accessing systems used by the federal government for court-authorized wiretapping, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The intrusion, targeting networks…
OpenAI Introduces Canvas for Writing and Coding Projects
OpenAI is introducing Canvas, a new workspace interface aimed at enhancing project management for writing and coding within ChatGPT. This marks a significant shift from the traditional chat-based interface, offering…
Palworld Pushes Mobile Launch Despite Nintendo Lawsuit
Palworld, the creature-catching game often referred to as “Pokémon with guns,” is pressing forward with its mobile launch plans, despite a patent infringement lawsuit from Nintendo. The indie developer Pocketpair…
WuXi AppTec Explores Sale of Key Units Amid U.S. Restrictions
China’s WuXi AppTec and WuXi Biologics are considering the sale of parts of their pharmaceutical operations as U.S. national security concerns tighten restrictions on Chinese biotech firms. WuXi AppTec is…
Spotify Launches Automatic Offline Backup Playlist for Premium Users
Spotify has launched a new feature called Offline Backup for Premium users, which automatically creates a playlist when users lose internet connection. This playlist pulls together recently queued and played…
Sora Co-Lead Leaves OpenAI for Google DeepMind
Tim Brooks, co-lead on OpenAI’s video generation project Sora, has left the company to join Google DeepMind, Google’s AI research division. Brooks, who had been co-leading the development of Sora…
Nvidia’s Blackwell Chip Faces Unprecedented Demand, Says CEO Jensen Huang
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has described the demand for the company’s upcoming Blackwell artificial intelligence chip as “insane.” In an interview with CNBC’s “Closing Bell Overtime,” Huang noted that every…
Nvidia Unveils New AI Model That Rivals GPT-4 in Both Vision and Language Tasks
Nvidia has introduced a groundbreaking open-source artificial intelligence model, poised to rival industry-leading systems like OpenAI’s GPT-4. This new development, named the NVLM 1.0 family, is headlined by the NVLM-D-72B,…
Facebook Tackles Celebrity Deepfake Scams After $43 Million Lost by Australians
Facebook has ramped up efforts to tackle celebrity deepfake scams in Australia after Australians lost $43 million to such schemes. Meta introduced a Fraud Intelligence Reciprocal Exchange (FIRE) tool in…
Tesla and Chinese Automakers Face Increased EU Tariffs on EV Imports
The European Commission plans to impose additional tariffs on electric vehicles (EVs) imported from China, in response to an anti-subsidy investigation. These tariffs, set to supplement the EU’s standard 10%…
Prime Video Viewers Will See More Ads Next Year
Amazon will soon increase the number of ads on its Prime Video streaming service, starting early next year. According to a report from the Financial Times, this move is part…