Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images PARIS, France — U.S. technology giants this week have talked up the benefits of artificial intelligence for humanity, turning on the charm at one of Europe’s largest industry events as regulators globally work to curb the harms associated with the tech. At the Viva Tech conference in Paris … Read more
One big question has hung over the Vision Pro since Apple launched the powerful mixed-reality headset in February: Who can afford the $3,499 price tag? The tech giant on Thursday made its answer clear: businesses. More than half of the companies in the Fortune 100 have bought Vision Pros and “are exploring innovative ways to … Read more
Xiaomi’s first EV, the SU7, is on display at a Xiaomi Automotive delivery center on March 25, 2024 in Hefei, Anhui Province of China. Chinese tech company Xiaomi’s first electric vehicle, the SU7, will be formally launched on March 28. Ruan Xuefeng | Visual China Group | Getty Images Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun on Monday … Read more
Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for a Europe fit for the Digital Age (Competition), Margrethe Vestager, holds a press conference on “Apple on App Store rules for music streaming providers” in Brussels, Belgium on April 30, 2021. (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Dursun Aydemir | Anadolu | Getty Images The European … Read more
Scott Olson | Getty Images Social media firms have responded to allegations of “shadow banning” their users for Palestinian-related content amid the conflict in Gaza, saying that the implication that Big Tech “deliberately and systemically suppress a particular voice” is false. They have been accused of blocking certain content or users from their online communities … Read more
Online banking businessman using smartphone with Icon Fintech and Blockchain concept Sarinyapinngam | Istock | Getty Images For a second year, CNBC and independent research firm Statista are working together to identify the world’s top fintech companies, to be named in a published CNBC report this July. Nominations are now open for the top global … Read more
Samsung Electronics’ flagship smartphones Galaxy S24 series are displayed during their unveiling ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, January 15, 2024. Kim Hong-ji | Reuters BARCELONA â Smartphone makers are talking a big game about artificial intelligence this year. And they’re so confident about features they’re cramming into their phones that they think it’ll drive a … Read more
The Xiaomi 14 Ultra. Xiaomi BARCELONA â Xiaomi launched its flagship smartphone globally on Sunday as it looks to keep up its recovery momentum, while also debuting its electric vehicle for the first time in Europe. The Chinese electronics giant launched the Xiaomi 14 for global markets at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, after debuting … Read more
Betul Abali | Anadolu | Getty Images Google is bullish on the prospect of its more advanced artificial intelligence models coming to smartphones in the next year.  The internet giant expects that its currently available Gemini large language model (LLM), which competes with Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s most powerful GPT-4 AI model, will begin to get embedded … Read more
Lenovo’s concept laptop has a see-through screen. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC Chinese tech giant Lenovo showed off a prototype laptop on Monday that has a see-through screen, underscoring how the world’s largest PC maker is trying to innovate after a brutal couple of years for the market. The laptop is equipped with a trackpad which … Read more
