Technology | Euronews

English

Tech News

These AI-powered headphones let you choose which noises to filter out

Deep learning technology could help you filter out unwanted background noises while keeping the ones you like.

My Wildest Prediction

Capitalism as we know it is over, so what comes next?

It’s the most wonderful time of the year for retailers. With Christmas around the corner, shopping soars: groceries and drinks for dinners, toys, electronics for gifts, and clothes for events. It seems wild not to believe that capitalism is in perfect health...

Tech News

AI robot wins against human for first time in mental and physical task

While AI has beaten chess grandmasters in previous man-versus-machine experiments, it has never been able to test its physical ability too.

Tech News

OpenAI gives its board the power to veto potentially harmful AI

The potential dangers of generative AI are a concern to the public, politicians and AI researchers.

ADVERTISEMENT

Business

Apple to stop some watch sales in US over patent dispute

Apple announced on Monday that it was suspending the sale of two of its watch models in the United States after being accused of copying blood-monitoring technology.

Europe News

Brussels launches legal action against Musk's X over illegal content

The European Commission has launched legal action against social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, under its landmark law for online platforms, the Digital Services Act (DSA).

Tech News

'Potentially disastrous': Tech sector says the EU AI Act goes too far

The EU AI Act still isn’t set in stone and the European elections could shake things up. For now, the tech industry fears the act may stifle competition.

Money

'World's first' blockchain payments made at the Bank of England

The aim is to set up a series of regulated, blockchain-based "institutional grade" payments systems for other core currencies overseen by their home central banks.

Design

Twisted reality: German firm wins bid for Tencent's futuristic HQ

The Chinese tech firm's 23,000 employees will work in a 'multi-dimensional' purpose-built 500,000 square metre campus that includes restaurants, shops, public services and cultural spaces.

Tech News

Pope Francis joins calls for an international treaty to regulate AI

The pope fell afoul of the technology earlier this year when an image of him in a white puffer jacket produced using generative AI went viral.

Euronews Tech Talks

Can a single photo published on social media ruin our lives?

The speed at which AI deepfake technology generate fake news is concerning. They can recreate videos of politicians or television presenters, manipulating their mouths to utter words they've never spoken.

Mobility

Tesla recalls 2 million cars over Autopilot defective system

Auto safety advocates for years have been calling for stronger regulation of the driver monitoring system.

Tech News

Why we need fewer men in AI, according to leading women in tech

Euronews Next spoke to the women working in AI to find out why women need to be in the sector and what needs to change to encourage them.

Tech News

Fortnite maker Epic Games wins case against Google

Epic Games sued Google, accusing it of unlawfully making its app store dominant over rivals.

Tech News

At COP28, 12,000 surveillance cameras are causing privacy concerns

The UAE has one of the highest concentrations of surveillance cameras on Earth. Some of those at COP are linked to an Emirati group accused of spying.

Tech News

French AI start-up Mistral reaches unicorn status

Mistral offers companies open-source language models that can be used to launch chatbots and other AI products such as search engines.

Culture news

From boomers to zoomers: A simple guide to each generational cohort

Whatever language you speak it seems certain words, terms or acronyms have successfully crossed linguistic borders, like LGBTi for example. You've no doubt heard of millennials, Gen Z and boomers before... but what exactly do they mean? Here's our mini-guide to being in the know.

Tech News

ChatGPT is 'terrible,' says Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales

Jimmy Wales tells Euronews Next about the "terrible" early stages of ChatGPT, the lesson for OpenAI, and about his open-source social media platform.

Europe News

EU set to roll out world's first AI regulation after 35-hour talks

Member states and the European Parliament have reached a preliminary deal on the AI Act, the world's first attempt to regulate the fast-evolving technology in a comprehensive, ethics-based manner.

Affiliate content

3 major trends that will impact the tech workforce in 2024

Partner content presented by Jobbio

If the explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) in 2023 shows anything, it's hard to predict what a year has in store but these trends will certainly have an impact.