4 major Azure announcements made at Microsoft Build 2020
At this year’s Microsoft Build event, the company announced a new AI supercomputer, a toolkit for creating ‘responsible’ machine learning technology and an…
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23 countries seek access to Apple and Google’s contact tracing technology
Authorities in 23 countries across five continents have sought access to contact tracing technology from Apple and Alphabet’s Google, the companies announced…
A fight for the soul of machine learning
Last Tuesday, Google shared a blog post highlighting the perspectives of three women of color employees on fairness and machine learning. I suppose the comms…
PayPal launches QR codes to limit physical contact for casual sellers
PayPal has launched a new QR code functionality that can be used by small businesses and casual sellers, such as takeaways and tradespeople, who do not have…
Australia watchdog suggests news boycott of Google, Facebook
SYDNEY: Australia’s competition watchdog suggested Tuesday that local media could organise a “collective boycott” of Google and Facebook to force the tech…
Uber to close Asia-Pacific HQ in Singapore as virus impact worsens
SINGAPORE – Uber will be moving its Asia-Pacific headquarters out of Singapore in the next 12 months as the Covid-19 outbreak continues to rattle its…
Jack Ma to resign from SoftBank Group’s board of Directors
SoftBank Group said today that Jack Ma, co-founder of Alibaba Group, will step down from its board after serving as a director for 13 years. Ma’s resignation…
US Senator Klobuchar blasts Uber, Grubhub deal talks
US Senator Amy Klobuchar on Sunday (May 17) blasted merger talks between ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc and online food delivery company Grubhub…
Amazon will start reopening French warehouses on May 19th
Amazon’s French warehouses are close to reopening roughly a month after they closed. The internet retailer said it planned a gradual reopening starting on May…
Hugging Face dives into machine translation with release of 1,000 models
Hugging Face is taking its first step into machine translation this week with the release of more than 1,000 models. Researchers trained models using…