VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services, announced on October 12, that its mobile operator in Russia, Beeline, has signed an agreement with Sechenov University to create an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Laboratory for research and development into new technology solutions for healthcare, aiming to simplify and accelerate high-precision diagnostic. The new AI Laboratory will see data scientists and doctors collaborate on research and development of predictive medicine solutions in traumatology and oncology. Over 120 professionals from Beeline and Sechenov […]
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U.S. safety investigators want to know why Tesla didn’t file recall documents when it updated Autopilot software to better identify parked emergency vehicles, escalating a simmering clash between the automaker and regulators. In a letter to Tesla, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration told the electric car maker Tuesday that it must recall vehicles if […]
In its Next ’21 Experience platform, Google revealed on Tuesday its latest approach to empower energy sustainability with carbon footprint tools by unifying ecological expertise with major tech firms in the climate change fight. The tech giant unmasked its latest approach to fight against climate change. A systematic strategy that will help trace carbon footprint and emissions […]
Cryptocurrency intelligence company Elliptic revealed Monday that the company raised $60 million in a Series C financing round from a multitude of strategic investors, including SoftBank, to expedite its blockchain research and development (R&D). The panel of investors included financial service company, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, in addition to numerous investors welcoming crypto and similar […]
“Risk is our business,” James T. Kirk once said. “That’s what this starship is all about. That’s why we’re aboard her.” More than a half-century later, the performer who breathed life into the fabled Enterprise captain is, at age 90, making that kind of risk his own business and heading toward the stars under dramatically […]
Amazon said Monday it will allow many tech and corporate workers to continue working remotely indefinitely, as long as they can commute to the office when necessary. The new policy was announced in a blog post and is a change from Amazon’s previous expectation that most employees would need to be in the office at […]
Top science advisers to President Joe Biden are calling for a new “bill of rights” to guard against powerful new artificial intelligence technology. The White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy on Friday launched a fact-finding mission to look at facial recognition and other biometric tools used to identify people or assess their emotional […]
Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo Group suffered a 17 percent drop in stock value on Monday, following the company’s move to extract its application of a $2.1 billion listing in Hong Kong trading. The Hong Kong-based manufacturer announced the withdrawal news days after the application was accepted by the Shanghai Star Market. The company’s shares plunged […]
A top British government official is backing a phone company’s proposal for a new tracking service to help protect women walking alone, an idea pitched amid ongoing outrage over the slayings of two young women who were targeted near their homes in London. The chief executive of Britain’s biggest phone company, BT, proposed the “walk […]
Less than two years after Facebook hired Frances Haugen to help correct dangerous distortions spilling across its platform, she had seen enough. The idealism she and countless others had invested in promises by the world’s biggest social network to fix itself had been woefully misplaced. The harm Facebook and sibling Instagram were doing to users […]