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Talks between Boeing and its biggest union are coming down to the wire—and a possible strike
TechXplore· 2024-09-09 08:34
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: A Boeing machinist and union member leads cheers during the "stop work meeting" and strike sanction at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, July 17, 2024. Credit: Kevin Clark/The Seattle Times via AP, File Boeing and its largest union are entering the last week of contract negotiations before a threatened strike by more than 30,000 workers ...
Future of Google search rests with judge who will strip away monopoly power: Q&A with antitrust expert
TechXplore· 2024-09-06 14:10
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 Google's future as provider of the world's most dominant search engine rests in the hands of a federal court judge who last month ruled the company has a monopoly on internet search. In a hearing in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Amit Mehta will start to strip Google o ...
Dutch match US export curbs on semiconductor machines
TechXplore· 2024-09-06 13:04
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: ASML produces cutting-edge machines used to make semiconductors. The Dutch government announced Friday broader restrictions on exports of semiconductor-making machines produced by sector heavyweight ASML, aligning itself with US curbs on technology at the center of trade tensions with China. The measure, which will take effect on ...
Google 'anti-competitive' over online ad tech: UK
TechXplore· 2024-09-06 13:04
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: Google-parent Alphabet recently reported that revenue from online ad searches climbed to $48.5 billion in the second quarter of this year. US tech titan Google employs "anti-competitive practices" with regards to online advertising, Britain's competition watchdog concluded Friday in provisional findings of a two-year long invest ...
Meta has a new plan to keep kids safe online, but it's a missed opportunity for tech giants to work together
TechXplore· 2024-09-05 13:11
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 Meta, which owns social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook, has revealed its plans for keeping kids safe online. It wants companies like Apple and Google, who run mobile phone app stores, to force parents to approve when their children attempt to install phone apps which are popular among yo ...
Netflix wants to shrink your favorite TV show's carbon footprint
TechXplore· 2024-09-05 12:40
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 There's a soft, afternoon glow suffusing an intimate scene between the plucky protagonist and her wood-chopping, flannel-shirted love interest's mother on the Vancouver set of the Netflix Inc. show, "Virgin River." A soapy drama centered on a nurse practitioner in a small, northern California t ...
Meta oversight board clears use of 'From the River to the Sea'
TechXplore· 2024-09-04 18:46
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 phrase 'From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,' has been used as a rallying cry for many since the outbreak of the war in Gaza. Meta's Oversight Board ruled on Wednesday that the standalone use of the phrase "From the River to the Sea," a slogan popular with pro-Palestinian users, does not violate the company's c ...
UK competition watchdog clears Microsoft's hiring of AI startup's core staff
TechXplore· 2024-09-04 14:58
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 British regulators on Wednesday cleared Microsoft's hiring of key staff from startup Inflection AI, saying the deal wouldn't stifle competition in the country's artificial intelligence market. The Competition and Markets Authority had opened a preliminary investigation in July into Microsoft' ...
Nvidia says it plays fair in AI chip market
TechXplore· 2024-09-04 08:14
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: Tech giants in the AI race have been spending billions of dollars for GPUs made by Nvidia, considered a leader when it comes to chips that power the technology. Nvidia on Tuesday defended its tactics in the hot market for chips to power artificial intelligence in the face of reports the US is probing whether it abused its clout. ...
When looking to test new AI tools, make sure to avoid the 'Tesla trap,' say researchers
TechXplore· 2024-09-03 16:17
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: Graphical abstract. Credit: Information and Organization (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.infoandorg.2024.100502 If only techno-optimists get to test AI tools, the results simply aren't good enough. This is where Tesla made a big mistake—a lesson that the health sector will do well to learn. Tesla has been testing self-driving cars for ...