Google, Meta Bid Millions for Hollywood Content as AI Licencing Race Heats Up
Google and Meta have reportedly joined OpenAI in the artificial intelligence (AI) content licensing war. OpenAI has been making numerous deals with news publishers and other websites to access their data to train its AI models. As per a report, Google and Meta have also entered the market to strike content licensing deals with Hollywood studios. It...
Bitcoin: Crypto fans can now invest in exchange-traded funds - but what are they?
The US has made the long-awaited decision to allow Bitcoin to be part of mainstream investing funds.It has approved what is known as spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which can be purchased by anyone from pension funds to ordinary investors.The announcement from the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission was accompanied b...
Arm shares surge on strong forecast of AI-fueled chip upgrades
Arm surged more than 30% on Wednesday after the British tech company forecast quarterly sales and profit above Wall Street expectations as customers aim to design new chips for artificial intelligence work, generating higher royalties.The surge in Arm’s stock lifted its market capitalization by about $26 billion. Now trading at $102.11, Arm has d...
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Facebook and Instagram launch ad-free subscription tier in EU
Facebook and Instagram are launching subscriptions in most of Europe that will remove adverts from the platforms.People using the Meta-owned platforms can pay €9.99 (£8.72) per month for an ad-free experience. It will not be available in the UK.In January, Meta was fined €390m for breaking EU data rules around ads.The regulator said at the tim...
Telecom Transformation as an Enabler of Economic Growth
Telecommunication companies are the backbone of the digital revolution. Since the birth of the internet, they have been responsible for building and maintaining networks that carry the data that makes it all happen. But as those networks have become larger, faster, and more diverse, they have evolved to become enablers of the advanced services that...
Technology
The events of 2020 have turned most predictions for 2021 on their head. Top trends such as artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT) will still define the ways in which tech reshapes our lives in the next year. However, the most significant use cases now involve helping us to adapt and survive in the changing times we are living...
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Industry
As I pass on the torch at the head of the Hydrogen Council, which I co-chaired since its launch, I look back on this groundbreaking initiative whose creation inaugurated the emergence of a new hydrogen society.A unique allianceIn the beginning there were 13 of us: 13 international business leaders who rallied at the World Economic Forum in January ...
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Cybersecurity used to exist in the realm of science fiction. Think retinal scans from Star Trek. I cut my teeth on Star Trek and I’m still holding out for a Tricorder during my lifetime.In the present, we live a hyper-connected life, with technology informing everything we do. We use smart devices like phones and watches. Our appliances are ...
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YouTube has revealed an artificial intelligence tool that allows users to imitate pop stars like Demi Lovato and John Legend.The experimental feature, called Dream Track, allows users to create short songs by describing qualities including lyrical content and mood.Nine artists have allowed their voice to be "cloned" by the software, including Charl...
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