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[ad_1] (Reuters) – India’s technology sector is expected to grow at a slower pace this fiscal year as clients hold back spending and delay decision-making, its main industry body said on Friday. The National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) expects the industry’s revenue to grow 3.8% to $253.9 billion, compared with the previous…
[ad_1] (Reuters) -Semiconductor equipment supplier Applied Materials forecast second-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Thursday, on strong demand for AI chips and a recovery in the personal computer market, sending its shares up 8% in extended trading. AI-embedded personal computers are the latest rage, pulling the PC market out of a post-pandemic slump and…
[ad_1] TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s ruling party will propose that the government introduces a new law regulating generative artificial intelligence technologies within 2024, the Nikkei business daily reported on Thursday. To address issues surrounding AI such as disinformation and rights infringement, the Liberal Democratic Party’s AI project team will draft preliminary rules, including penal regulations,…
[ad_1] BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU regulators may ease their rules against mobile telecoms mergers and also broaden telecoms rules to get Big Tech and others to help fund the rollout of 5G, according to a European Commission document seen by Reuters. “The fragmentation of the EU market for electronic communications networks and services along national…
[ad_1] (Reuters) – French IT consulting group Capgemini on Wednesday forecast slower revenue growth for 2024 as it expects the environment to remain soft in the first half of the year. The firm, which offers consulting, digital, technical and engineering services, expects its revenue to grow between 0% and 3% at constant currency this year,…
[ad_1] WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday that he has documentation proving that state authorities under the previous government used the powerful Pegasus spyware illegally and targeted a “very long” list of hacking victims. Tusk made the comment during a news briefing alongside President Andrzej Duda, a political opponent. The…
[ad_1] BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Two key groups of lawmakers at the European Parliament on Tuesday ratified a provisional agreement on landmark artificial intelligence rules ahead of a vote by the legislative assembly in April that will pave the way for the world’s first legislation on the technology. Called the AI Act, the new rules aim…
[ad_1] (Reuters) – The U.S. Government Accountability Office said Monday that CGI Federal, an IT contractor and unit of CGI Inc, notified the agency of a data breach last month affecting about 6,000 current and former GAO employees. The GAO, a research arm of Congress, said in a statement the data involved personally identifiable information…
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nothing has changed about TikTok use from a national security perspective, White House spokesperson John Kirby said on Monday after U.S. President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign launched an account on the short-form video platform to reach young voters. The campaign’s TikTok debut is notable given that U.S. officials are reviewing the…
[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) – French digital music company Believe said it had received a 15 euros per share offer from a consortium made up of some of its largest shareholders to take over the company, in a deal valuing it at around 1.52 billion euros ($1.64 billion). Reuters had previously reported in January that Believe…