I Have Been Pw, er, Indexed Google is carrying out its corporate mission statement – to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful – by offering to hide certain information in its search results.…
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Lees meerWe make movements when we talk, and gyro, accelerometer and sensor tech could improve speech recog Siri's ability to recognize speech may be getting a boost through the addition of lip-reading – or, more appropriately, lip-feeling – technology, acco…
Lees meerInitial drive starts in Germany, pushes automotive blueprints The RISC-V open instruction set architecture got a boost today after it emerged that five chip giants are coming together to jointly invest in a company to develop reference architectures…
Lees meerTackling sneaky Scope 3 emissions with 'best practices' and a 'climate lens' A telecoms industry body focused on corporate social responsibility (CSR) has called for all companies to take action to reduce carbon dioxide emissions - so-called Scope 3…
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Lees meerThis is one way to kickstart local manufacturing India yesterday changed its trade rules to require manufacturers of many types of computers to secure an import license to bring their goods into the country.…
Lees meerThere's a word for describing going it alone against huge rivals, starts with a B, just can't put our finger on it Brave Software, maker of the Brave web browser, has tuned its search engine to run on a homegrown index of images and videos in an eff…
Lees meerFace colleagues five days a week, Jeff Bezos' space firm says Blue Origin, the off-planet enterprise owned by Jeff Bezos, has told staff to get back to the office for a five-day week – a move which sees the twilight of flexible WFH arrangements at t…
Lees meerBrowsermaker says search service promotes privacy Brave Software, maker of the Brave web browser, has tuned its search engine to run on a homegrown index of images and videos in an effort to end its dependency on "Big Tech" rivals.…
Lees meerTwo hours a day maximum and a guarantee of no nasties - parents everywhere might just welcome the Communist approach to this issue +Comment The Chinese government has floated a plan to limit the amount of time minors can spend using electronic devi…
Lees meerActually listening to the experts? We'll believe it when we see it The UK government has confirmed the formation of an expert semiconductor panel to advise on the future of the country's chip industry, and also disclosed the first design incubator t…
Lees meerSmartphone CPU king talks of 'additional cost actions' as market recovery still out of reach That long feted turnaround in the smartphone market isn't happening anytime soon judging by the latest financial results reported by handset CPU giant Qualc…
Lees meerTwo hours a day maximum and a guarantee of no nasties - parents everywhere might just welcome the Communist approach to this issue +COMMENT The Chinese government has floated a plan to limit the amount of time minors can spend using electronic devi…
Lees meerAt the same time, company pipped to be preparing for IPO Servers powered by Arm chips are on the rise, especially in China, where new figures estimate that 40 percent of Arm-based servers are now deployed.…
Lees meerUK mulls an 'appropriate response' Meta, after fighting European GDPR-related lawsuits for years, has said it will seek explicit consent from EU users before using their data to serve up highly targeted ads.…
Lees meerAre we out of touch? No, it's the campaigners who are wrong Twitter, lately known as X Corp, is suing the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) for allegedly harming its advertising business by documenting vitriol on the social network.…
Lees meerFirst some steering wheels were falling off, now others allegedly won't steer The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened another investigation into steering issues in Tesla vehicles – the second such probe the agency ha…
Lees meerInteresting move against backdrop of US sanctions Intel has opened an innovation hub in China to help local technology startups, despite the Biden administration's crackdown intended to prevent China from developing advanced technologies.…
Lees meerHefty box said to be 'slightly larger than a carry-on' – but likely not for budget flyers Virgin Media O2's business arm has released a plug-and-play private 5G network product, meaning customers should be able to get a 5G service operating anywhere…
Lees meerCMA admits Sony deal might change the battlefield The UK's markets watchdog has reopened a consultation on the $69 billion tie-up between Activision Blizzard and Microsoft months after it blocked the proposed sale on the back of competition concerns…
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