Blizzards in China’s northeast ground flights, force school closures

Blizzards in China’s northeast ground flights, force school closures

BEIJING, Nov 6 (Reuters) – Unseasonably cold weather and blizzards hit northeast China on Monday, forcing hundreds of flights to be rescheduled and closing schools as several cities issued heightened weather alerts and warned people to stay indoors. As of 10:30 a.m. (0230 GMT), 405 flights were cancelled at Harbin Taiping International Airport in the … Read more

AMD forecasts $2 billion sales of AI chips, helping shares rebound

AMD forecasts $2 billion sales of AI chips, helping shares rebound

A smartphone with a displayed AMD logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Oct 31 (Reuters) – Chip designer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) on Tuesday forecast $2 billion in sales in 2024 from a chip that aims to compete with Nvidia (NVDA.O) … Read more

Musk says Starlink to provide connectivity in Gaza through aid groups

Musk says Starlink to provide connectivity in Gaza through aid groups

File photo: Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File photo Acquire Licensing Rights Oct 28 (Reuters) – Elon Musk said … Read more

Apple identifies issues causing overheating in the iPhone 15

Apple identifies issues causing overheating in the iPhone 15

[1/5]People look at the new iPhone 15 Pro as Apple’s new iPhone 15 officially goes on sale across China at an Apple store in Shanghai, China September 22, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Sept 30 (Reuters) – Apple (AAPL.O) on Saturday said it has identified a few issues which can cause new iPhones … Read more

Wall St Week Ahead US stock market’s powerhouses tested by soaring bond yields

Wall St Week Ahead US stock market’s powerhouses tested by soaring bond yields

The Wall Street sign is pictured at the New York Stock exchange (NYSE) in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights NEW YORK, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Surging bond yields are rattling U.S. stocks, and some investors worry the richly valued shares of … Read more

Meta’s new AI assistant trained on public Facebook and Instagram posts

Meta’s new AI assistant trained on public Facebook and Instagram posts

[1/4]Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers a speech, as the letters AI for artificial intelligence appear on screen, at the Meta Connect event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., September 27, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights MENLO PARK, California, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Meta Platforms (META.O) used public Facebook and Instagram … Read more

Meta unveils AI assistant, Facebook-streaming glasses

Meta unveils AI assistant, Facebook-streaming glasses

[1/9]A guest attends a presentation of the updated virtual reality headset during the Meta Connect event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., September 27, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria Acquire Licensing Rights MENLO PARK, California, Sept 27 (Reuters) – Meta Platforms (META.O) Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday rolled out new AI products for … Read more

Intel pitches the ‘AI PC’ at software developer event

Intel pitches the ‘AI PC’ at software developer event

[1/2]The Intel Corporation logo is seen at a temporary office during the World Economic Forum 2022 (WEF) in the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights SAN JOSE, California, Sept 19 (Reuters) – A new Intel (INTC.O) chip due in December will be able to run a generative … Read more

Musk says AI ‘referee’ needed after meeting with US lawmakers

Musk says AI ‘referee’ needed after meeting with US lawmakers

WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) – American technology leaders including Tesla (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk, Meta Platforms (META.O) CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet (GOOGL.O) CEO Sundar Pichai met with lawmakers at Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a closed-door forum that focused on regulating artificial intelligence. Lawmakers are grappling with how to mitigate the dangers of the … Read more

Meta is developing a new, more powerful AI system, Wall Street Journal reports

Meta is developing a new, more powerful AI system, Wall Street Journal reports

The logo of Meta Platforms’ business group is seen in Brussels, Belgium December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Sept 10 (Reuters) – Meta Platforms (META.O) is working on a new artificial-intelligence system intended to be as powerful as the most advanced model offered by OpenAI, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, … Read more