Enforcing AI regulation in Europe
The European Union has confirmed how regulators will now ban using AI systems that pose high levels of risk or danger as per the latest AI Act.This latest AI Act will not be working independently in the region. It will interact with the new AI Act but the question on many people’s minds is how
India Gives Tax breaks to Apple
After China, India is Apple’s second-largest center for iPhone assembly and half of all iPhones could be made in India by 2027 – though actual progress has been slower. Apple is benefiting from a new tax break in India, which will make it cheaper to assemble iPhones in the country. The change was announced by
Development of iPhone flip
Development on the foldable iPhone Flip has been very slow-moving based on what we’ve heard so far. Despite the first foldable phones being sold in 2018, iPhones have all remained firmly non-foldable. One of the biggest unknowns regarding the iPhone Flip is where the foldable displays will be coming from. Apple reportedly expects the display
Deep Research with Open AI
Deep Research is powered by a fine-tuned version of OpenAI’s o3 reasoning model. The tool autonomously browses the internet, pulls data from multiple sources, and produces fully cited reports, OpenAI said. Mark Chen, OpenAI’s chief research officer, called it “something that an analyst or an expert in a field might produce.” Unlike other ChatGPT tools,
AI Energy consumptions
Artificial intelligence has gone from quietly shaping what we see online to landing squarely in our laps. This surge in AI adoption coincides with a critical moment in the global effort to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change. Every AI-powered query, slimy deepfake, and prosaic Google search consumes massive amounts of energy. That energy
Russian-crewed ship over damage of sea cables
Damage to the data transmission cable running from Ventspils, Latvia, to Gotland was detected on Sunday. Later that day, Swedish prosecutors announced that they had opened a preliminary investigation into suspected sabotage and ordered the detention of a vessel suspected of damaging the cable, the Malta-flagged Vezhen. A ship that authorities initially suspected may have
Israeli spyware firm attack
WhatsApp has alerted nearly 100 journalists and civil society members to potential device breaches involving spyware from Israeli firm Paragon Solutions, the messenger has issued a cease-and-desist letter to Paragon Solutions following the hack attack. The identity of the attackers remains unknown, though Paragon’s software is typically used by government clients. After detecting and disrupting
USA Tariffs on China
Chinese companies export chemical precursors that are used by Mexican cartels to make fentanyl. This has outraged Trump. China has restricted some of these chemicals, but its pharmaceutical industry is massive and it is not difficult to modify the chemicals and circumvent government restrictions. President Donald Trump has been threatening increased tariffs on China for
Trump to “Relocate” Gazans
In January, Trump said he had spoken with the king of Jordan about potentially building housing elsewhere in the Middle East and moving more than 1 million Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries. A key group of Arab nations have said they “firmly” reject any efforts to resettle or evict Palestinians from Gaza, after US
The DRC fighting crisis
M23 is the most potent of more than 100 armed groups vying for control in Congo’s mineral-rich east, which holds vast deposits critical to much of the world’s technology. They are backed by around 4,000 troops from neighboring Rwanda.A weakened Congolese military fought back against Rwanda-backed rebels who the U.N. said were moving fast into