User traffic on Twitter has declined since the release of Meta’s text-based app Threads, which has already crossed 100 million sign-ups since its launch last week. Threads app is being touted by executives of Meta as a more positive public square for groups of people who have never really embraced Twitter in its entirety. Meta CEO Mark…
Chinese technology firm Alibaba launched an artificial intelligence tool, Tongyi Wanxiang. This tool can generate images from input prompts. Tongyi Wanxiang allows users to enter prompts in Chinese and English language and the AI tool will create an image in different styles like a sketch or 3D cartoon. Alibaba’s cloud division launched the product and said…
China is curbing exports of two critical metals that are essential to manufacture electronics and semiconductors, as China’s technology battle with the Europe and USA heats up. These critical metals are germanium and gallium. China and the USA have been locked in a tech trade war since 2019. The USA has used trade blacklists and sweeping export curbs to…
The European Union and Japan are looking to cooperate more closely on key technologies like artificial intelligence as both countries are looking to reduce their dependence on China in certain areas. EU Commissioner Thierry Breton said, “Artificial Intelligence will very much be part of the discussion in a meeting with the Japanese government. I will…
