technology
Technology
Arianespace announces leadership change from January
Technology
Italy’s Treasury, Asterion file binding bid for Telecom Italia subsea unit
Technology
Apple hits out at Meta’s numerous interoperability requests
Technology
The future of insurance payment processing: AI, automation and beyond
How Smarter Applications Will Shape Industries in 2025
Date: December 18, 2024
By Tony Judd, Managing Director, Nordics, UK & Ireland, Verizon Business Prediction 1: Data-driven applications will evolve, unlocking smarter, faster decisions across industries In 2025, the digital landscape will be dominated by the relentless march of data-driven applications. The maturation of generative AI and other data-intensive technologies will not just drive this trend—they will redefine...
New technology aids Brazil’s crackdown on illicit Amazon gold trade
Date: December 18, 2024
(This Dec. 14 story has been corrected to remove the reference to the share of Brazilian gold exports going to Switzerland, in paragraph 27) By Ricardo Brito and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Harley Sandoval, an evangelical pastor, real estate agent and mining entrepreneur, was arrested in July 2023 for illegally exporting 294 kilos of...
Accelerating into the era of AI-driven finance
Date: December 17, 2024
By Abi Wareing, Senior Manager, Airwalk Reply. The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) estimates that generative AI (gen AI) could inject between $200 billion and $340 billion into the global banking industry yearly, representing 9% to 15% of operating profits. What we are seeing in this domain is AI’s growing ability to boost productivity, streamline operations,...
EU privacy regulator fines Meta 251 million euros for 2018 breach
Date: December 17, 2024
DUBLIN (Reuters) -The lead European Union data privacy regulator for Meta fined the social media giant 251 million euros ($263.5 million) on Tuesday for a 2018 Facebook security breach that affected 29 million users. Meta notified Ireland’s Data Protection Commission at the time that cyber attackers had exploited a vulnerability in Facebook’s code that impacted...
Arm-Qualcomm trial set to begin over chip contract dispute
Date: December 16, 2024
By Tom Hals and Max A. Cherney WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – The trial in a legal battle between Arm and Qualcomm that could disrupt a wave of artificial intelligence PCs is set to begin on Monday in a Delaware courtroom. A more than two-year fight has pitted Arm, which licenses fundamental technology used to design...
When AI vies with Taylor Swift as the hot ticket in town
Date: December 16, 2024
By Jeffrey Dastin, Kenrick Cai and Anna Tong VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Deep in the cavernous convention center here, on math-filled posters or in spirited conversations, could be a breakthrough for artificial intelligence in the making. More than 16,000 computer scientists and fellow travelers gathered in British Columbia over the past week for what has become...