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Taiwanese technology manufacturer Foxconn is partnering with Indian software and engineering firm HCL Group to set up a semiconductor packaging and testing venture in India in a deal worth $37.2 million.The move, revealed in a regulatory filing with Taiwan's stock...

When it comes to Apple’s commission on App Store sales, the question has always been pretty simple: “How much?”What happened? The US Supreme Court decided not to hear appeals from either Apple or Epic Games following a lengthy and expensive court battle. Apple has now...

Chip design software provider Synopsys on Tuesday said it will acquire electronic systems simulation and analysis software maker Ansys for $35 billion.The acquisition, according to Synopsys CEO Sassine Ghazi, will cater to the increasing market demand for developing...

Australia would soon establish an expert advisory group to evaluate and develop options for “mandatory guardrails” on AI research and development, Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic announced on Wednesday.“The Government is now considering mandatory guardrails...

In many ways, privacy has become a bit of a conceptual buzzword — something that, similar to the AI craze of the moment, is as much about marketing a broad idea to people as it is anything specific or practical.But all opportunistic hype aside, privacy absolutely does...

“AI PCs” were everywhere at CES 2024 last week, and companies like Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, and Qualcomm are all touting how great their hardware is at running AI tasks. As Microsoft put it, this is “the year of AI-powered Windows PCs.”But since these “AI PCs” are already...

The augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR) market is already buzzing with announcement of several productsduring last week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES).While adoption of so-called XR technologies (a term used to cover augmented, mixed and virtual reality) remains at...

In an extension to its restructuring strategy planned last year to maintain investor sentiment and adjust to market conditions, Google is continuing to lay off staffers across its various divisions.Google’s advertainment sales (ad sales) team is the latest to be...

OpenAI is hoping to alleviate concerns about its technology’s influence on elections, as more than a third of the world's population is gearing up for voting this year. Among the countries where elections are scheduled are the United States, Pakistan, India, South...

Two months after the launch of Copilot for Microsoft 365 to large businesses, Microsoft has expanded access to the generative AI (genAI) assistant for individual and small and mid-sized businesses (SMB) customers. Uptake is likely to be gradual however, according to...

Elon Musk wants more control of Tesla, the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer that made him a multi-billionaire, to advance its position as a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics technology.The outspoken CEO and co-founder of Tesla used X (formerly...

Apple is about to open its European App Store to app sideloading from non-Apple sources — a laboratory experiment that will be sanitized and unavailable outside the EU, at least for now.Effectively, Apple’s new European customer experience will become experimental...