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[ad_1] The Decision Review System was introduced to international cricket nearly 15 years ago, yet it remains a source of frustration for players and fans. The ICC has updated and tinkered with DRS technology several times over the last decade, but players still aren’t satisfied, with England captain Ben Stokes the latest cricketer to demand…
[ad_1] OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will crack down on foreign investment in the interactive digital media sector to stop state-sponsored actors from endangering national security, Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said on Friday. Starting immediately, Ottawa will increase scrutiny of investments “by entities owned or influenced by foreign states, particularly states that engage in activities that…
[ad_1] AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A shortage of space in European data centres is worsening, industry participants said, as booming demand for AI collides with limited expansion possibilities. “There is no relief in sight,” said Kevin Restivo, who heads European data centre research at CBRE, during a conference on the sector in Amsterdam on Tuesday. Data…
[ad_1] BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A watered-down political deal giving workers at Uber, Deliveroo and other online companies more social and labour rights failed to get sufficient support from EU governments, Belgium’s presidency of the European Union said on Friday. EU lawmakers and Belgium, the current holder of the rotating EU presidency, had clinched the deal…
[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] ASML Holding NV shares dropped in the first minutes of trading before quickly recovering, with traders blaming the unexpected slump on an erroneous trade. According to multiple equity traders, a “fat finger” — trades made by human error, or even by algorithms — could have been behind an initial slump of as much as…
[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] 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…