Here’s why the cloud monopoly can create serious problems
Cloud monopoly: In early May, 620,000 members of the Australian pension fund UniSuper were left without access to their accounts for a week after a Google Cloud configuration error led…
Trump seeks to court young male voters in new TikTok gambit
By Nathan Layne and James Oliphant (Reuters) – Donald Trump plans to post a stream of short-form videos on TikTok targeting young men with messages on inflation and other economic…
Donald Trump joins TikTok and rapidly wins three million followers
By Jasper Ward (Reuters) – Roughly a day since joining TikTok, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had attracted 3 million followers on the short video social media platform that he…
Spanish police investigate whether hackers stole millions of drivers’ data
By Emma Pinedo and David Latona MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police said on Friday there were investigating whether the private information of millions of vehicle drivers had been offered up…
Donald Trump joins the TikTok video platform he once sought to ban
By Jahnavi Nidumolu (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has joined TikTok, the short video social media platform that is owned by China-based tech giant ByteDance and that he…
Microsoft’s UAE deal could transfer key U.S. chips and AI technology abroad
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Microsoft President Brad Smith said the tech company’s high profile deal with the United Arab Emirates-backed AI firm G42 could eventually involve the transfer of…
Explainer – What risks do advanced AI models pose in the wrong hands?
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration is poised to open up a new front in its effort to safeguard U.S. AI from China and Russia with preliminary…
Tech platforms make pitch for ad deals as TikTok is roiled by politics
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Short-form video took center stage at tech and social media companies’ annual presentations to advertisers, as platforms like Snap and Meta look to capitalize on…
China: goodbye WhatsApp, Threads, Signal and Telegram
Why Tim Cook cannot abandon the Asian giant WhatsApp, Threads, Signal and Telegram: China orders, and Apple delivers. It’s not the first time and probably won’t be the last given,…
Technology trends that will dominate 2024
Generative AI, semiconductors, quantum computing, batteries, and space technologies are some of the technology trends that will dominate in 2024—starting with generative AI, which between 2022 and 2023 conquered the…