The first commercial product from OpenAI, the machine learning nonprofit co-founded by Elon Musk, was released. This is a rentable version of a text generation tool which was once considered to be too dangerous to release by the organisation itself. Businesses are allowed to directly access the most powerful version of GPT-3, OpenAI’s general purpose…
In an interview to Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, the U.S. ambassador to Brazil, Todd Chapman stated, Washington is in talks with Brasilia on a funding framework for the acquisition of 5G telecommunications gear produced by Nokia and Ericsson. This type of funding is a matter of “national security” to Washington and aims to “protect…
In a significant development Twitter said, it had removed more than 170,000 accounts tied to a Beijing-backed influence operation that tried to deceptively spread messages favorable to the Chinese government including those related to the coronavirus. Twitter suspended a core network of 23,750 highly active accounts along with a larger network of nearly 150,000 “amplifier”…
Following a statement from California-based Zoom Video Communications Inc wherein it said it had suspended user accounts to meet demands from China, three U.S. lawmakers have asked Zoom to clarify its data-collection practices as well as its relationship with the Chinese government. Zoom’s action has come under heavy scrutiny after three U.S. and Hong Kong-based…
On Friday, a spokesman for Japan’s Honda Motor Co stated, production at its automobile and motorcycle plants in the United States and other countries have resumed following a suspected cyber attack earlier this week. The suspected attack comes less than a month after Honda reopened its vehicle assembly plants in North America following closure of…
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill which aims to provide more than $22.8 billion in aid to U.S.-based semiconductor manufacturers. The development comes at a time when the Trump Administration is making efforts to spurr the construction of chip factories in the United States. Chip factories come with a hefty price…
In a significant development, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted unanimously to a proposal which sets a record $225 million in fine against Texas-based health insurance telemarketers for allegedly making around 1 billion illegal robocalls. The FCC’s orders named John C. Spiller II, and Jakob Mears, who used businesses, including Rising Eagle and JSquared Telecom…
In a statement that sees Japan’s Fujifilm Holdings Corp stepping up its pivot towards healthcare, the Japanese giant said, it will spend $928 million to double its capacity at a drug manufacturing facility in Denmark, which it has pledged to use for producing COVID-19 treatments. Fujifilm Holdings Corp’s investment in Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies will expand…
According to a report from The Times, the contact tracing app of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) is scheduled for launch for the next tranche of easing lockdown restrictions at the start of July. Late last month, Britain had said it was dealing with technical issues related to the app, which was seen as a…
Alphabet’s Inc’s Google Inc stated, it is adding features to its Maps app which will alert users about COVID-19-related travel restrictions to help better plan their trips. The Google Map update also allows users to check how crowded a train station is likely to be at a particular time, or whether buses running on a…
