Recent decisions from South Africa and Australia that an artificial intelligence machine can be listed as inventor on a patent is putting greater pressure on the US and Europe to resolve debates over what it means to be an inventor.
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Nvidia’s planned $40-billion acquisition of British chip designer ARM looks set to face a lengthy inquiry after a UK regulator found the deal would hit competition and could weaken rivals.
The European Commission said on Thursday it had reached a temporary agreement with South Africa to use a plant to bottle Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines, after criticism of the arrangement.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the electric car maker will probably launch a “Tesla Bot” humanoid robot prototype next year, designed for dangerous, repetitive, or boring work that people don’t like to do.
When Apple was looking to hire new management for its Siri and artificial intelligence groups, it went after a pair of high-profile targets: Google’s top brass overseeing search.
Microsoft will raise prices as much as 20% for a bundle of software called Microsoft 365 that includes popular apps like Teams and Outlook.
More than 90 policy and rights groups around the world published an open letter on Thursday urging Apple to abandon plans for scanning for objectionable material on users’ iPhones.
The investing world is enthralled by a determined Beijing as it cuts China’s private sector down to size by relentless regulatory action. India’s more subtle manoeuvres in the same direction are going largely unnoticed.
Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg may be making big plans in the cryptocurrency space, but Vitalik Buterin doesn’t see them as likely to gain much traction.
Since early in the pandemic, soaring demand for consumer electronics led to persistent chip shortages. Some recent signs suggest the situation may finally be starting to change.