Tag: Tech Products & Reviews

TSMC Delays Arizona Factory Opening Due to Insufficient Skilled Local Talent

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world’s largest chipmaker, will delay production at its new Arizona chip plant to 2025 due to a shortage of skilled labor. The year-long delay comes as trade relations between Washington and Beijing, have deteriorated over the past several years. TSMC Chairman Mark Liu broke the news to investors on a…


Google Testing New AI Tool That Can Write News Articles

Google is testing a new artificial intelligence tool that can write helpful news articles, in the latest sign that the technology may transform or potentially replace some white-collar professions. Google’s upcoming “Genesis” AI tool is being designed to act as a helpmate for journalists in the newsroom, anonymous sources told The New York Times in an exclusive July…


Google Being Sued Over New AI Data-Scraping Privacy Policy

One week after Google updated its user privacy policy to allow data scraping from millions of users for artificial intelligence (AI) training purposes, the tech giant is now facing a class-action lawsuit. Google, its parent company Alphabet, and Google’s AI subsidiary DeepMind, were accused in a July 11 filing in a federal court in San…


Big Tech Firms Comply With European Union’s Digital Gatekeeper Laws

Six tech companies have informed the European Commission that they met the criteria to be classified as “gatekeepers” under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, TikTok, Meta, Microsoft, and Samsung now meet the thresholds under EU law after the passage of the new act, EU industry chief Thierry Breton said on July 4. “Following our…


Gan Jing World Releases Unique Social Media Content Curator

Gan Jing World, a new digital platform, has released a unique social media content curator to help its creators build influence by forging communities. The hashtag aggregator tool pulls together all content on the platform—long-form videos, short videos, articles and blogs, posts, and images—and presents it in a grid view, all on one page. The…


YouTube Is Planning to Stop Viewers for Continuing to Use Ad Blockers

The online media platform, YouTube, is mulling whether to prevent users from using ad blockers while watching videos on its platform. The potential policy came to light on June 25 when online commenters on Reddit posted screenshots of a popup notice, warning viewers that they would be blocked after three videos if they refused to allow ads….


Nvidia Reacts to Possible US Chip Restrictions to Beijing

Nvidia is downplaying possible U.S. chip-export restrictions to China by the Biden administration. The Wall Street Journal reported on June 27 that the White House was mulling even more restrictions on artificial intelligence (AI) chip exports to China. A potential chip ban could affect Nvidia’s status as the world’s leader for the graphics processors needed to…


Social Media Startup Seeks to Protect User Data

A New York-based social media startup is seeking to set itself apart from mainstream tech practices by taking a strict stance on data privacy. The company is a minimalist when it comes to data collection, according to Nick Janicki, director of media relations at Gan Jing World, an entertainment platform established in the United States…


Google CEO Issues Warning About Future of Artificial Intelligence

The CEO of Google and its parent, Alphabet, warned about the future effects of artificial intelligence on humanity. CEO Sundar Pichai said that “every product of every company” will be impacted by the rapid development of AI, in an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” on April 16. He said that society needs to prepare for the revolution in AI…


New AI Bot ‘ChaosGPT’ Aims to Destroy Humanity and Establish Global Dominance

A new artificial intelligence bot aims to destroy humanity and establish global dominance, according to a recent report. An experimental AI bot was tasked by its programmer with destroying humanity and gaining global dominance, but its eventual response unsettled observers, according to Fox News. ChaosGPT, which has surfaced on Twitter, is based on a modified version of…