White House challenges AI researchers to tackle coronavirus questions
The White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy on Monday challenged researchers to use artificial intelligence techniques to analyze about 29,000 scholarly articles to...
Vanishing YouTube videos: Google expects AI errors as coronavirus empties offices
YouTube could see a jump in videos erroneously taken down for content policy violations as the company relies more on automated software during the novel...
German travel tech startups hunker down for ‘nuclear winter’
Online travel startups based in Germany are hunkering down to survive a coronavirus pandemic that threatens to inflict a “nuclear winter” on the travel industry...
U.S. Health Department hit by a cyberattack: Bloomberg
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a key part of the federal response to the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak, was hit by a...
French antitrust regulator fines Apple $1.2 billion
France’s competition watchdog on Monday fined iPhone maker Apple 1.1 billion euros ($ 1.23 billion), saying it was guilty of anti-competitive behavior towards its distribution...
French antitrust body fines Apple 1.1 billion euros for anti-competitive behavior
France’s competition watchdog on Monday fined iPhone maker Apple 1.1 billion euros for anti-competitive behavior in its distribution network and an abuse of economic dependence...
China’s Didi launches delivery service after coronavirus hammers ride-hailing demand
China’s Didi Chuxing said on Monday it had launched delivery services in 21 Chinese cities, a move it hopes will provide its drivers with more...
Google coronavirus website touted by Trump opens for two California counties
Google sister company Verily launched a website late on Sunday that invites adults in northern California to answer questions about their recent health and travel...
ZTE says it has not been notified of alleged U.S. bribery investigation
ZTE said it had not received any notice from U.S. authorities after NBC News reported on Friday that the Chinese telecoms company was the subject...
Samsung Electronics urges shareholders to use electronic voting for AGM amid coronavirus
Technology giant Samsung Electronics has adopted electronic voting for the first time ever for this year’s annual general meeting (AGM) on March 18, urging shareholders...