The telecommunications sector in underdeveloped countries has undergone a remarkable evolution over the years. From the days of state monopolies to the entry of private players, the sector has grown rapidly, bringing greater connectivity and convenience to people’s lives. However, the journey has not been without its challenges. Political instability, limited infrastructure, and challenges in […]
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The United Nations wants to get people talking in New York this week about investing in safe water, sanitation and hygiene, which it describes as “the most basic human need for health and wellbeing”. Puzzles remains over how best to count the financial, social and environmental costs and benefits of water, but many investors now […]
ChatGPT-owner OpenAI said on Wednesday it had fixed a bug that caused a “significant issue” of a small set of users being able to see the titles of others’ conversation history with the viral chatbot. As a result of the fix, users will not be able to access their chat history between 1 am PDT […]
The Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday it is seeking information from the public on cloud computing companies’ business practices including details on their market power, competition and potential security issues. The U.S. cloud computing business is dominated by four providers that include Amazon.com Inc , Microsoft Corp, Alphabet Inc’s Google and Oracle Corp. None […]
The integration of OpenAI’s technology into Microsoft-owned Bing has driven people to the little-used search engine and helped it compete better with market leader Google in page visits growth, according to data from analytics firm Similarweb. Page visits on Bing have risen 15.8% since Microsoft Corp unveiled its artificial intelligence-powered version on Feb. 7, compared […]
Germany’s Interior Minister Nancy Faeser is concerned about the close ties between Deutsche Telekom and Chinese company Huawei and wants to examine them, Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Wednesday. “That doesn’t look good,” Faeser was quoted as saying by the paper. Germany is considering banning certain components from Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in its telecoms […]
The Biden administration is under pressure to ban popular Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, but any such move likely hinges on passage of a new law that bolsters the government’s authority to regulate speech, experts said. Pressure is mounting from lawmakers and national security hawks to ban TikTok, which is owned by China’s ByteDance, over […]
Hard work, dedication, perseverance, and a little bit of luck: that’s how most get to the top of their chosen fields. In honor of Women’s Month, we are kicking off our profile series with the woman behind the artificial intelligence (AI) tool that broke the Internet in late 2022, ChatGPT. She’s part of the 22 […]
A prominent German environmental group said on Wednesday it was suing Facebook’s parent company Meta, accusing the social media firm of failing to clamp down on insults and threats of violence and murder. Environmental Action Germany (DUH) said in a statement that Meta had failed to shut down Facebook groups in which threats of violence […]
Britain’s competition regulator said U.S. chipmaker Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware could make servers more expensive, and it would refer the $61 billion deal to an in-depth inquiry unless its concerns were addressed. Broadcom agreed to buy the cloud computing and virtualisation company last year to diversify into enterprise software. Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) […]