insert_link Africa Global tech giants in Africa AI gold rush By Conrad Onyango, bird story agency Global technology giants including Microsoft, IBM, Huawei, Nvidia, and Google are lining up to tap into a multi-billion dollar opportunity in the nascent Artificial Intelligence (AI) market. The five multinationals tops the list of more than 100 tech companies across the globe that will feature in the ‘AI Everything’ forum in this year’s GITEX Africa 2024, the continent's premier tech and […] todayMay 2, 2024 23
insert_link World Google fires 28 employees over anti-Israel protests Google has fired 28 employees for protesting the company's $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli government to provide cloud and artificial intelligence services. The search engine giant called the protests on Google property "unacceptable" while protest organizers accused Google of firing workers "indiscriminately". Ira Spitzer reports from San Francisco. todayApril 19, 2024 34
insert_link Science & Technology Google prepares election policy roll-out worldwide Google has confirmed it is restricting the types of election-related questions users can ask its Artificial Intelligence chatbot Gemini. The company says the policy has already been rolled out in India, which will hold elections starting in April. A spokesperson for Google told the BBC that the latest move was part of plans announced last year around its approach to elections. Elections are due to be held in countries around […] todayMarch 13, 2024 21
insert_link South Africa SANEF calls on the Competition Commission’s MDPMI to get Big Techs to compensate media for content The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) on Monday made an impassioned submission at the Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry (MDPMI), initiated by the Competition Commission of South Africa (Commission), as the three-week inquiry kicked off in Pretoria on Monday 4 March 2024. SANEF, represented by chairperson Sbu Ngalwa, founding member Guy Berger, and legal representative, Michael Power, asked the Commission to strongly consider getting Big Tech to look […] todayMarch 5, 2024 31
insert_link World Google’s open-source AI to fight malware threats Google is launching an AI-powered open-source tool to identify file types and detect malware, expanding its protection to products like Gmail and Google Drive. Bloomberg News reports that the tool will be offered for free and is outlined in a white paper that was released at the Munich Security Conference on Friday, and advocates for advanced AI research and guidelines on autonomous cyber defenses. todayFebruary 19, 2024 11
insert_link Lifestyle Move away from Google if you want to avoid fake news By F.D. Flam via BizNews Searching for information has become instant and effortless — just go to your nearest device, ask Siri or click a few keys. But are we better informed than we were before Google became a verb? A new paper published in Nature hints that we’re not. When researchers exposed volunteers to a mix of fake and real news stories, they found people became more prone to being fooled by […] todayJanuary 15, 2024 14
insert_link Business / Economics AI and satellite data map true scale of untracked fishing and ocean industry By Elizabeth Fitt via Mongabay We’ve been largely flying blind when it comes to fishing, shipping and energy production intel on our oceans, according to a new study that combines artificial intelligence with satellite technology. Researchers found that more than three-quarters of industrial fishing activity and almost one-third of transport and energy activity is missing from public tracking systems, and therefore largely invisible globally. The study, from Global Fishing Watch (GFW), a […] todayJanuary 12, 2024 11
insert_link World Google to pay out more than one million U.S. customers over high app prices Google has struck a deal to pay out a total of 700 million dollars to consumers to settle a case over the high fees it charged app developers. Consumers affected are those in the United States and U.S. territories. Caroline Malone reports from Washington. todayDecember 20, 2023 25
insert_link World Google reveals the top trending searches of 2023 Google's '2023 Year in Search' has revealed that "War in Israel and Gaza" emerged as the top news trend of the year. Following closely were the Titan submersible incident during a Titanic wreckage exploration and the tragic Turkey-Syria earthquake in February that killed over 50 thousand people. CNN reports that the annual roundup by Google is a snapshot of events and topics that captured widespread attention throughout the year. todayDecember 12, 2023 8
