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Lawmaker defends Google deal to fund California newsrooms, as labor criticism grows
TechXplore· 2024-08-23 11:36
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 The California legislator at the center of a first-in-the-nation deal between Google and the state to help fund local news organizations and an artificial intelligence accelerator project defended the agreement from critics who said it didn't go far enough. The $242.5 million deal has led to ...
Apple to let iPhone users in Europe delete its App Store
TechXplore· 2024-08-23 07:10
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: Apple has long touted the vetting process at its App Store as the best way for iPhone users to make sure hackers or snoops are not sneaking malicious code onto devices. Apple will allow iPhone and iPad users in the European Union delete the App Store or its Safari browser, the tech giant told developers on Thursday. Apple had ...
Alibaba to upgrade Hong Kong listing amid profit drop

TechXplore· 2024-08-23 07:01
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: Shares in Alibaba have plunged since China began a crackdown on the tech sector four years ago. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said Friday it would upgrade its Hong Kong-listed shares to primary status, opening it up to China's huge army of investors that could potentially rake in billions of dollars for the firm. The decisi ...
Chinese internet giant Baidu posts flat revenue as consumption slumps

TechXplore· 2024-08-22 12:51
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 Chinese internet giant Baidu posted flat second-quarter revenue on Thursday, as an uncertain economic outlook in the country weighs on household consumption. Baidu, which operates China's top search engine, derives a large part of its sales from advertising -- a sector vulnerable to slumps i ...
Microsoft tweaks how it logs cloud revenue
TechXplore· 2024-08-22 07:26
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 Microsoft on Wednesday lowered its cloud computing unit revenue forecast in a bookkeeping move, shifting money to its "productivity" software business. The accounting change comes as investors are wary about whether the billions Microsoft and tech rivals are spending on artificial intelligenc ...
Microsoft seeks to win over new players at gamer gathering
TechXplore· 2024-08-22 07:25
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: Microsoft announced that the new versions of its consoles including the Xbox Series X will be available from October 15. Microsoft held its biggest video game stand ever at the sector trade show Gamescom in Germany on Wednesday, aiming to win over players after several rocky months of studio closures and rising fees. "We run a ...
Amazon's AI spending plans keep stock from joining tech rebound
TechXplore· 2024-08-21 11:36
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 More than any of the megacap technology stocks, Amazon.com Inc.'s big spending ways are coming at the expense of profits, and its shares are being punished as a result. Amazon's stock performance has lagged its megacap peers since its earnings report at the beginning of August, when the e-com ...
Boeing suspends 777X flight tests after part failure
TechXplore· 2024-08-21 07:18
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: Boeing has been beset in recent years with concerns about safety and quality control. Boeing has suspended flight testing of its new 777X wide-body jet after identifying the failure of a part connecting the engine to the body of the aircraft, the latest in a long line of quality control issues for the troubled US aerospace giant ...
A new setback hits a Boeing jet: US will require inspection of pilot seats on 787s
TechXplore· 2024-08-21 07:17
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: The Boeing 787 Dreamliner taxis after its landing at Le Bourget airport, east of Paris, upon its presentation for the first time at the 49th Paris Air Show at the airport, June 21, 2011. Credit: AP Photo/Francois Mori, File Federal safety officials are requiring inspections of cockpit seats on Boeing 787 Dreamliners after one of ...
AMD buying server maker ZT Systems for $4.9 billion as chipmakers strengthen AI capabilities
TechXplore· 2024-08-20 06:08
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: An Advance Micro Devices (AMD) logo is shown on a computer at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif., Oct. 14, 2009. Credit: AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File AMD is buying server maker ZT Systems in a cash-and-stock deal worth $4.9 billion as the chipmaker strengthens its artificial intelligence capacity in its efforts to compete with Nvid ...