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du and Al-Futtaim Group Partner to Bring Exclusive Offers and Privileges to UAE Customers

Dubai, UAE, 13 October 2022: du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has signed a strategic partnership deal allowing both du customers and Al-Futtaim Group’s Blue Rewards Members to benefit from exclusive offers and rewards. The announcement was made on the sidelines of GITEX Global 2022 – where du is presenting an innovative showcase under […]

White House Guidelines For AI Aim to Mitigate Harm

The White House on Tuesday proposed a non-binding Artificial Intelligence (AI) Bill of Rights that it said would help parents, patients and workers avert harm from the increasing use of automation in education, health care and employment. The Biden administration’s proposal joins hundreds of other guidelines and policy frameworks released by tech companies, industry associations […]

Printing The Future: New Factory Tech Reshapes The U.S. Industrial Economy

The giant machines churning out metal parts on this factory floor do not bang or clang – or make any other noise usually associated with heavy-duty manufacturing. They hum. “It sounds like a data center in here,” said John Hart, a co-founder of VulcanForms, a start-up 3D printing company that grew out of his research […]

Palantir Signs $20 Million Deal with S.Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries

Palantir Technologies Inc announced on Wednesday it signed a deal valued at $20 million over five years to expand its partnership with South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, one of the world’s largest shipbuilding conglomerates. The conglomerate’s shipbuilding affiliates including Hyundai Heavy will use Palantir’s operating system, known as Foundry, to strengthen data-driven decision making, […]

U.S. Investments in Foreign Chip Firms a Potential Concern, White House Says

U.S. investment in foreign chip companies is a potential concern for the Biden administration, a White House official said on Wednesday, but he stressed it has not yet made a final decision on a potential mechanism regulating U.S. investments in China. National Security Council official Peter Harrell heralded the administration’s efforts to kick-start U.S. chipmaking […]

U.S. to Discuss New Chips Bill with Taiwan Next Month

The United States will hold talks with Taiwan next month to discuss new U.S. legislation designed to boost the American semiconductor industry, the top U.S. diplomat in Taipei said on Wednesday. Last month, U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law the Chips and Science Act, which authorised about $52 billion in government subsidies for U.S. […]

Truly Autonomous Cars May Be Impossible Without Helpful Human Touch

Autonomous vehicle (AV) startups have raised tens of billions of dollars based on promises to develop truly self-driving cars, but industry executives and experts say remote human supervisors may be needed permanently to help robot drivers in trouble. The central premise of autonomous vehicles – that computers and artificial intelligence will dramatically reduce accidents caused […]