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Telefonica may seek damages in the event of Berlin imposing restrictions on using equipment from China’s Huawei as it rolls out next-generation 5G networks. Germany’s telecommunications industry heavily depends on Chinese companies, with Huawei supplying 60 percent of base stations and related infrastructure in its network. The country passed legislation in 2021 to beef up security standards but avoided an outright ban on Chinese firms that some Western nations have implemented. The country’s telecom operators have been urged to consider

The artificial intelligence (AI) era is upon us, and journalism is in the crosshairs. More than half of the journalists surveyed for a new report said they had concerns about AI’s ethical implications on their work. Some of those concerns stem from a fear that generative AI, which learns and writes stories using patterns observed, could replace journalists. Others worry that the technology will create biased or skewed content. Still, many interviewed say they believe a combination of human and

Panos Panay, Microsoft’s longtime product chief for Surface and Windows devices, is stepping down. The company says he will “turn the page to a new chapter in his life,” but he won’t present at Thursday’s event unveiling next-generation Surface hardware. A post on his X blog, where he has often teased new Surface form factors and features, echoes that sentiment, saying he’s “pumped to announce a new chapter this week.” The move comes just days before Microsoft (MSFT.O) holds a

Google announced on Tuesday that Bard, its generative artificial intelligence, will have the ability to fact-check its answers and analyze users’ personal Google data as the tech giant scrambles to catch up to ChatGPT in popularity. The release last year of ChatGPT, a chatbot from Microsoft-backed (MSFT.O) OpenAI, sparked a race in the tech industry to give consumers access to generative AI technology that can be used to generate new information based on existing content. Google is putting in place

Electric aircraft maker Joby Aviation (JOBY.N) will invest up to $500 million to build a new facility in Dayton, Ohio, where it will mass produce air taxis, the company said on Monday. The 140-acre site at Dayton International Airport will be the first serial production location for the company, as opposed to the prototypes built at its pilot production line in California. Toyota Motor Corp, the automaker’s largest external investor, and a long-term partner, will work with Joby to design

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (9988. HK) plans to invest $2 billion in Turkey in the coming period, its president Michael Evans said at a meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, the company’s Turkish unit said on Monday. Evans was in Turkey for a two-day visit that included talks with business leaders and officials. “Turkey is an important country for us to invest in, especially in the field of e-commerce,” he said. “We plan to invest in infrastructure

A Verizon executive kicks off the second week of the Justice Department’s case against Google (GOOGL.O), and the trial will soon get into the weeds of commercial agreements with Android makers like Motorola and Samsung that have helped Google build its dominant search business. The trial, expected to last weeks, will test whether courts can clamp down on large tech companies with broad economic power. It’s also a bellwether for the Biden administration’s more assertive antitrust agenda. The government’s first

The company said South Korean chip startup Panmnesia had raised a seed round that values it at $81.4 million. The amount of money that startups raise in their first rounds varies widely. Still, the amount is usually enough to buy credibility with investors and avoid too much dilution of the company’s equity. Panmnesia’s business is focused on developing intellectual property around a technology it calls Compute Express Link (CXL), which allows big data center operators to pool devices such as

Artificial intelligence leader OpenAI is opening an office in Dublin, the Microsoft (MSFT.O)-backed company said Thursday. It is the company’s third office. Its headquarters are in San Francisco, and it announced a London office in June, its first corporate location outside the US. The Dublin office starts small, with nine open jobs across different teams. However, OpenAI chief strategy officer Jason Kwon said the company intends to open more roles shortly. The company chose Ireland, he said, because it has

Apple’s latest operating system, iOS 17, will roll out on Monday, and many new features and enhancements come with it. The updates were unveiled at the Wonderlust event and are primarily for iPhone users, with iPad users also seeing some changes. iOS 17 brings a built-in journaling app called Documents with iCloud that lets you save drafts and keep track of your thoughts, as well as a redesigned contact card with a photo and all the information you need at