
The world's biggest heavyweights in chipmaking and artificial intelligence will converge this week for Taiwan's premier tech expo, with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang expected to get a rockstar reception at his keynote speech on Sunday.
The world's biggest heavyweights in chipmaking and artificial intelligence will converge this week for Taiwan's premier tech expo, with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang expected to get a rockstar reception at his keynote speech on Sunday.
The US arm of China's largest bank said it was hit by a ransomware attack, forcing clients to reroute trades and disrupting the US Treasury market. "That's because subsequent reports have indicated that the US financial services division of China's Industrial and Commercial Bank was hit by a ransomware cyberattack yesterday that disrupted trades in the Treasury market."
A top-selling biography of billionaire Elon Musk is being adapted into a film with prolific US director Darren Aronofsky already attached, production company A24 said Friday. Darren Aronofsky, director of The Whale and other hit dramas such as Black Swan and Requiem for a Dream, is set to direct and produce the Musk biopic, the A24 representative said.
Samsung Electronics will roll out a real-time call translation service using AI technology next year, the firm told AFP Friday, claiming it would make conversing across languages as easy as "turning on closed captions".
Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus has condemned what he says is a smear campaign driven by "powerful quarters", telling AFP that news outlets in Bangladesh have falsely accused him of corruption as he fights a slew of court cases. Yunus appeared in court on Thursday for a case in which he is accused of violating labour laws.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak suffered a "minor" stroke in Mexico but has left hospital and is returning to the United States, he told ABC News on Thursday. Wozniak told ABC News that he had experienced dizziness and vertigo and found himself unable to walk.
Jezebel, the influential US feminist news site beloved for its pithy cultural commentary and astute reporting, is shutting down after 16 years online, its parent company announced Thursday. Also on Thursday, Vice Media Group announced a new round of layoffs, after announcing earlier this year it was filing for bankruptcy protection to facilitate its sale.
The EU announced investigations on Thursday into YouTube and TikTok to find out what action the US and Chinese-owned platforms are taking to ensure the safety of minors on their platforms.
The European Court of Justice's top legal advisor recommended on Thursday that an EU court make a new ruling in the long-running 13-billion-euro ($14-billion) tax case between Apple and Brussels.
Rockstar Games, the studio behind the blockbuster Grand Theft Auto series, has said it will release the trailer for the next instalment in December, setting the gaming world abuzz. Rockstar said Wednesday it will release a trailer for the game next month to mark 25 years of the studio, but did not say when the game will be released.
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