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Union says new Boeing pay offer 'missed the mark'
TechXplore· 2024-09-24 08:00
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Striking Boeing workers rallied outside a Portland facility last week. Union negotiators slammed Boeing's new offer to lift hourly wages for striking workers by 30 percent on Monday, saying it "missed the mark" and won't be voted on by members. "This proposal does not go far enough to address your concerns, and Boeing has miss ...
Apple gets EU warning to open up iPhone operating system
TechXplore· 2024-09-23 12:20
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: CC0 Public Domain Apple Inc. has been warned by the European Union to open up its highly guarded iPhone and iPad operating systems to rival technologies, or eventually risk significant fines under its flagship digital antitrust rules. EU watchdogs announced under the bloc's Digital Markets Act that Apple must step into ...
Amazon launches Project Amelia, an AI assistant for third-party sellers
TechXplore· 2024-09-23 11:50
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Amazon launched a new AI-powered personal assistant for third-party vendors Thursday, one of many new features the company rolled out for its independent sellers this week. The assistant, internally called Project Amelia, answers questions for sellers, offers advice and, down the line, will d ...
How Google allegedly monopolized the ad technology market
TechXplore· 2024-09-23 11:30
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: PhotoMIX Company from Pexels Google has monopolized the technology used to buy and sell online display ads by restricting or eliminating the choices of its customers—both website publishers and advertisers—the U.S. Justice Department alleged at a federal antitrust trial. Antitrust enforcers have sought to illustrate ho ...
Chipmaker Qualcomm to explore takeover of Intel
TechXplore· 2024-09-23 11:23
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Qualcomm Inc. has approached Intel Corp. to discuss a potential acquisition of the struggling chipmaker, people with knowledge of the matter said, raising the prospect of one of the biggest-ever M&A deals. California-based Qualcomm proposed a friendly takeover for Intel in recent days, accordi ...
Google begins its defense in antitrust case alleging monopoly over advertising technology
TechXplore· 2024-09-21 15:00
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: PhotoMIX Company from Pexels Google opened its defense against allegations that it holds an illegal monopoly on online advertising technology Friday with witness testimony saying the industry is vastly more complex and competitive than portrayed by the federal government. "The industry has been exceptionally fluid over ...
The head of Boeing's defense and space business is out as company tries to fix troubled contracts
TechXplore· 2024-09-21 14:49
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: The Boeing logo is displayed in El Segundo, Calif., on Jan. 25, 2011. Credit: AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File Boeing on Friday replaced the head of its troubled defense and space business, which has struggled with money-losing government contracts and embarrassing setbacks involving its Starliner space capsule. The company said Theo ...
Strike shows challenge to Boeing 'reset' of labor relations
TechXplore· 2024-09-20 08:49
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Striking Boeing workers hold rally at the Boeing Portland Facility on September 19, 2024. In his first day at Boeing, Kelly Ortberg visited the factory floor to speak with workers on the 737 MAX program, part of the new CEO's effort to "reset" labor relations. But as a strike of Boeing's 33,000 Seattle-area workers enters its ...
Apple begins testing AI software designed to bring a smarter Siri to the iPhone 16
TechXplore· 2024-09-20 08:47
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Attendees take a closer look at the Apple iPhone 16 during an announcement of new products at Apple headquarters Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, in Cupertino, Calif. Credit: AP Photo/Juliana Yamada Apple is giving more people the chance to test a software update that will implant artificial intelligence into its virtual assistant Siri an ...
Why Microsoft's Copilot AI falsely accused court reporter of crimes he covered
TechXplore· 2024-09-19 17:16
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When German journalist Martin Bernklau typed his name and location into Microsoft's Copilot to see how his articles would be picked up by the chatbot, the answers horrified him. Copilot's results had asserted that Bernklau was an escapee from a psychiatric institution, a convicted child abuse ...