Alphabet’s Google pays more than $10 billion a year to maintain its position as the default search engine on web browsers and mobile devices, stifling competition, the US Justice Department said Tuesday at the start of a high-stakes antitrust trial in Washington. From a report: “This case is about the Read more…
A United Nations report “says that overreliance on remote learning technology during the pandemic led to ‘staggering’ education inequality around the world, the 655-page report from the United Nations’ education/culture agency UNESCO asks if we’ve just experienced a worldwide ed-tech tragedy. Some of the main findings of the report include: Read more…
The days of signing on the dotted line may be numbered — at least in Australia. The federal government has announced it is taking statutory declarations into the digital age, saying it will accept electronic signatures and video link witnessing from next year. It makes permanent a change introduced during Read more…
Microsoft is teaming up with digital pathology provider Paige to build the world’s largest image-based artificial intelligence model for identifying cancer. From a report: The AI model is training on an unprecedented amount of data that includes billions of images, according to a release. It can identify both common cancers Read more…
The SEC has approved the Nasdaq’s request to operate the first exchange AI-driven order type. Called the dynamic midpoint extended life order (M-ELO), the new system expands on the M-ELO automated order type by making it “dynamic,” meaning it will use artificial intelligence to update and, essentially, recalibrate itself in Read more…
Greece is working with Israel on developing artificial intelligence technology that would help in early detection of dangerous wildfires, the Greek prime minister said Monday. After talks with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia, Kyriakos Mitsotakis also said that Israel Read more…
At its Cloud Next conference today, Google revealed a handful of new AI-powered features coming soon to Meet. One of the biggest new AI-enabled features is the ability for Google’s Duet AI to take notes in real time: click “take notes for me,” and the app will capture a summary Read more…