Italy is struggling to broker a deal between payments firms, banks and retailers to cut fees on electronic transactions, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday, raising the prospect of a windfall tax on the financial sectors.
International law enforcement agencies have seized a sprawling dark web marketplace popular with cybercriminals, Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Wednesday, in a multinational crackdown dubbed “Operation Cookie Monster.”
Intel Corp’s former chief architect Raja Koduri is in talks with Hiranandani-backed data center operator Yotta for a deal for his generative artificial intelligence startup, which he said will have a big presence in India.
Artificial intelligence (AI) stocks fell on Wednesday after a short seller alleged accounting issues at retail darling C3.ai Inc , dampening investor interest in the group of small companies that have wildly outperformed the market this year.
Apple Inc on Wednesday said that more of its supply chain is committing to use renewable energy in producing the company’s iPhones, Macs and other products.
Facebook-owner Meta published an artificial intelligence model on Wednesday that can pick out individual objects from within an image, along with a dataset of image annotations that it said was the largest ever of its kind.
The European Union’s proposed regulations for crypto assets do not go far enough, and safeguards need to be strengthened to capture risks adequately, European Central Bank supervisory board member Elizabeth McCaul said on Wednesday.
Elon Musk and a group of artificial intelligence experts and industry executives are calling for a six-month pause in developing systems more powerful than OpenAI’s newly launched GPT-4, in an open letter citing potential risks to society.
UK business media group Ascential is attracting interest for its consumer data unit from buyout firms including Apax and BC Partners, four people familiar with the matter said, with investors attracted by steady revenue from its subscription services. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is advising Ascential on the sale of the division, known as WGSN, and in the last week invited potential investors to indicate their interest, the people said. The sale process will start soon after Easter, they added.
