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Google parent Alphabet's Q1 profits beat estimates: company
TechXplore· 2024-04-26 06:40
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: Google and Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai says the company is well positioned for the artificial intelligence era with the technology woven into its platform and services. Google's parent Alphabet on Thursday trounced revenue and profit expectations for the first quarter of this year, causing shares to leap more than 12 percent ...
Microsoft quarterly profit rises 20% as tech giant pushes to get customers using AI products
TechXplore· 2024-04-25 20:36
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: The logo for Microsoft, and a scene from Activision "Call of Duty - Modern Warfare," are shown in this photo, in New York, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Microsoft reports earnings on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Richard Drew, File Microsoft on Thursday said its profit rose 20% for the January-March quarter as it tries ...
US to give Micron $6.1 bn for American chip factories
TechXplore· 2024-04-25 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: US lawmakers have approved billions of dollars to support the onshoring of semiconductor production. Micron is set to receive up to $6.1 billion in grants from the US government to help build its semiconductor plants in New York and Idaho, the White House said Thursday. The award, to be announced by President Joe Biden as he t ...
Meta profits soar but costs of AI cause worry
TechXplore· 2024-04-25 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: Meta's growth is due in particular to its sophisticated advertising tools and the success of "Reels" Facebook-owner Meta on Wednesday said its quarterly profits soared last quarter, but worries about the cost of artificial intelligence saw its share price take a hit on Wall Street. The company founded by Mark Zuckerberg said t ...
Oracle's Larry Ellison says planned Nashville campus will be company's 'world headquarters'
TechXplore· 2024-04-24 20:06
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: This June 26, 2007 file photo shows the exterior of Oracle Corp. headquarters in Redwood City, Calif. Oracle Corp.'s planned campus in Nashville, Tenn. will serve as the computer technology giant's world headquarters, placing it in a city that's a center of the health care industry, CEO Larry Ellison said. Credit: AP Photo/Paul ...
Mired in crisis, Boeing reports another loss
TechXplore· 2024-04-24 16:50
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: Boeing reported another loss as it slows output in response to safety concerns. Troubled aviation giant Boeing reported a first-quarter loss of $343 million on Wednesday, reflecting recent safety troubles that have slowed production and deliveries. Boeing said it tempered production in the 737 program following a January near- ...
Microsoft claims that small, localized language models can be powerful as well
TechXplore· 2024-04-24 15:30
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: Comparison of harmful response percentages by Microsoft AI Red Team between phi-3-mini before and after the safety alignment. Note that the harmful response percentages in this chart are inflated numbers as the red team tried to induce phi-3-mini in an adversarial way to generate harmful responses through multi-turn conversation ...
Cisco Systems joins Microsoft, IBM in Vatican pledge to ensure ethical use and development of AI
TechXplore· 2024-04-24 12:43
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: Pope Francis holds his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino Tech giant Cisco Systems on Wednesday joined Microsoft and IBM in signing onto a Vatican-sponsored pledge to ensure artificial intelligence is developed and used ethically and to ...
Italy fines Amazon over 'recurring' purchase option
TechXplore· 2024-04-24 09:14
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: Italy's competition auhority said an option to set up regular purchases was 'pre-selected by default' on a wide selection of products listed on Amazon's Italian website. Italy's competition authority said Wednesday it had fined two Amazon companies 10 million euros ($10.6 million) for unfair commercial practices, for pushing cus ...
China, future HQ: New ASML boss faces bulging in-tray
TechXplore· 2024-04-24 08:40
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: ASML employs around 42,000 in the world. Frenchman Christophe Fouquet takes the reins of Dutch chip giant ASML on Wednesday with a daunting to-do list, top of which will be steering business with China as semiconductors become a geopolitical battleground. ASML's strategic importance in manufacturing machines to make ultra-thin ...