by Charbel Lebbos | Sep 1, 2022 | business, Technology
Snapchat will lay off 20% of its staff and shut down a string of new projects. About 1,200 employees will lose their jobs in the restructuring which had been expected after a year of poor financial results. The company was worth $130bn (112bn) a year ago. It’s...
by Charbel Lebbos | Sep 1, 2022 | business, Technology
Shares of major chipmakers Nvidia and AMD have fallen amid concerns of new US restrictions on the sale of artificial intelligence chips to China. Nvidia says the US government requires a new license, effective immediately, to address the risk of chips being...
by Charbel Lebbos | Aug 31, 2022 | Technology, World News
A Saudi woman has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for her social media posts, in the second case of its kind this month, activists say. A terrorism court convicted Nourah bint Saeed al-Qahtani of “using the internet to tear the social fabric” and...
by Charbel Lebbos | Aug 30, 2022 | Featured, Technology
The discovery of thousands of undeclared private swimming pools in France has provided an unexpected windfall for French tax authorities. Following an experiment using artificial intelligence (AI), more than 20,000 hidden pools were discovered. They have amassed some...
by Charbel Lebbos | Aug 29, 2022 | Featured, Local News, Social Events, Technology
NASA began fueling its new moon rocket early today for liftoff on a test flight to put a crew capsule into lunar orbit for the first time in 50 years. Thunderstorms delayed the fueling operation by an hour. The threat of lightning diminished enough to allow the launch...
by Charbel Lebbos | Aug 19, 2022 | Technology, World News
Filings made by Elon Musk’s legal team in his battle with Twitter have been questioned by leading bot researchers. Botometer – an online tool that tracks spam and fake accounts – was used by Mr Musk in a countersuit against Twitter. Using the tool,...
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