Chinese firms can narrow AI gap with US within 1 or 2 years: founder of cybersecurity company
Beijing: The main difference between China and the US in artificial intelligence (AI) lies in "determining the technical direction," but...
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Italy Rethinking Its Plant-Based Meat Labelling Ban to Avoid ‘Conflict with Italian Companies’
Rome: Despite its hard-line stance on alternative protein in the last few months, Italy is reconsidering its ban on using...
China dominates global new energy car sales
Beijing: The sales of new energy passenger cars in China accounted for nearly two-thirds of the world's total last year,...
UK scientists develop new “wonder” drug that offers breakthrough treatment of deadly cancer
London: Scientists in the United Kingdom have welcomed a "truly wonderful" new drug for a hard-to-treat and aggressive form of...
For Chinese youngsters, reading is the new social networking: Survey
Beijing: For many Chinese youngsters, reading is still a personal hobby, but they now prefer to read socially, according to...
NASA welcomes Greece as the newest Artemis Accords signatory
Athens: NASA Administrator Bill Nelson participated in a signing ceremony with Greece’s foreign minister, Giorgos Gerapetritis, as his country became...
Greece signs up to US Artemis space cooperation accords
Greece has become the 35th country to sign up to the US Artemis space cooperation accords, at a ceremony attended...
China’s large exoplanet-hunting telescope to be operational in 2026
A large spectroscopic telescope, designed to search for exoplanets, is scheduled to be completed and put into operation in northwest...
Chinese marine scientific research activities for peaceful purposes: Wang Wenbin
Beijing: China’s scientific research activities in relevant waters are for peaceful purposes and aimed at contributing to humanity’s scientific understanding...
Over a third of EU firms adopt AI, bringing digital goals in reach
Stockholm: More than a third of European businesses adopted artificial intelligence in 2023 as use of generative AI surged, a...
Italy: €46.7m in AI support from EU for poultry farmers
Rome: The European Commission has allocated €46.7 million in aid for farmers in Italy who have been hit by the...
Germany to approve EU’s planned AI act
Berlin: Germany will approve the European Union's pioneering AI Act after the minister responsible for digital issues said a compromise...
Italy watchdog says OpenAI’s ChatGPT breaches privacy rules
Milan: Italy's data protection authority said on Monday it told OpenAI that its artificial intelligence chatbot application ChatGPT breaches data...
Italy making efforts to regulate AI technology
Rome: In preparation for Italy’s focus on developing a regulatory framework for artificial intelligence (AI) this year, Prime Minister Giorgia...
AI tools that can predict your death
Copenhagen: A new artificial intelligence system that treats human lives like language may be able to competently guess whether you’ll...
EU tools up to protect key tech from China
Brussels: The European Union unveiled plans to strengthen the bloc’s economic security including measures to protect sensitive technology from falling...
Tech firms warn against EU chat control
Brussels: More than two dozen tech companies and trade associations have written an open letter to EU ministers calling on...
Huawei Technologies launches new HarmonyOS version
Beijing: Huawei Technologies Co unveiled a new version of its self-developed operating system HarmonyOS, as the Chinese tech company speeds...
Google to invest $1 billion in UK data centre
London: Google will invest $1 billion on building a data centre just outside of London, the U.S. technology giant said,...
Advanced future military laser achieves UK first
Brussels: During a trial at the MOD’s Hebrides Range, the DragonFire laser directed energy weapon (LDEW) system achieved the UK’s...
King Charles will attend hospital next week for treatment for an enlarged prostate
London: Britain's King Charles will attend hospital next week for treatment for an enlarged prostate although the condition is not...
EU launches Nostradamus and prepares Europe for a quantum world
Brussels: Europe is giving the go-ahead for the next technological leap for secure digitalization. The European Commission has commissioned a...
China, Pakistan to forge strong software cooperation
Beijing: The 21st China International Software Corporation Conference was successfully held in Chengdu, China. The Cooperation Negotiation on Standardization and...
Pakistani experts attend Sanya Seed Industry Scientists Conference in China
Beijing: The third Sanya International Seed Industry Scientists Conference and the 2024 International Seed Technology Expo successfully concluded in Sanya,...
EU puts its weight behind home-grown processor for its new €273M supercomputer
Brussels: SiPearl founder and CEO Philippe Notton When Europe inaugurates its first exascale supercomputer later this year, the event will...
EU prepares to push back on private sector carve-out from international AI treaty
Brussels: The European Commission is preparing to push back on a US-led attempt to exempt the private sector from the...
Microsoft’s OpenAI investment could face EU merger probe, EU regulators say
Brussels: Microsoft's (MSFT.O) financial backing for ChatGPT maker OpenAI may be subject to European Union merger rules, EU antitrust regulators...
China’s 3rd-gen superconducting quantum computer goes into operation
Hefei: Origin Wukong, China's independently developed third-generation superconducting quantum computer, went into operation on Saturday at Origin Quantum Computing Technology...
Italy to put Africa development, AI at heart of its G7 presidency
Rome: Supporting African development and tackling the dangers posed by artificial intelligence (AI) will be two key themes for Italy...
China launches test satellite for satellite internet technologies
Jiuquan: China has launched a test satellite for satellite internet technologies from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China....
