Conferences/Exhibitions

After ChatGPT sparked a frenzy among tech companies, a conference in Africa is focusing on AI’s promise and peril for poorer nations. After ChatGPT sparked a frenzy among tech companies, a conference in Africa is focusing on AI’s promise and peril for poorer nations. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their…

HONG KONG— Volkswagen and Mercedes are among the global auto brands that flocked to Shanghai this week to showcase their latest electric vehicles, competing against a crowded field of fast-emerging local rivals in the world’s biggest market for the cars.  One notable absence: Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc.   HONG KONG— Volkswagen and Mercedes are among the global auto brands that flocked to Shanghai this week to showcase their latest electric vehicles, competing against a crowded field of…

BEIJING— Apple Inc.’s AAPL 0.83% Tim Cook took the stage Saturday at an economic conference in Beijing sponsored by the Chinese government, giving an upbeat talk that was welcomed with applause. The treatment his counterpart at TikTok received days earlier in Washington couldn’t have been more different: hours of questioning by lawmakers over the short-video platform’s links to Beijing. Mr. Cook, making his first known visit to China since the pandemic…

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Capitol Hill on March 16. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images…

BARCELONA—I’ve been using my face to open doors for me.On Monday, I walked into a conference center and, instead of flashing a badge with my name and photo, I positioned myself in front of a head-height camera the size of my fist. Seconds later, the screen read: “PLEASE ENTER.” No one scanned the digital pass on my phone for me to get into this year’s MWC, the annual tech trade show formerly known as Mobile World Congress. Facial-recognition software did all the work.…

BARCELONA—It’s a tough time for the smartphone market. Not that you’d know from the 2,000-plus exhibitors and 80,000-ish attendees jammed into a conference center for MWC, the mobile-tech show formerly known as Mobile World Congress. Everyone seems to have optimism about the future, abuzz with buzzwords to sell it.So I began playing a game with myself. The rules of Buzzword Bingo are simple. As fast as you can, scan the trade-show floor and spot all the acronyms: 5G! MR! IOT! In just 45 minutes of walking around, I…

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—Saudi officials are wooing top mining companies to help exploit untapped mineral deposits in the kingdom that could be worth hundreds of billions of dollars, as the world’s biggest exporter of oil accelerates plans to build new industries away from hydrocarbons. The fourth-largest net importer of minerals globally has a small domestic mining industry despite unverified estimates putting its mineral wealth at over $1.3 trillion, including deposits of copper, zinc, phosphates, uranium and gold. The…

Color-changing cars. Flying taxis. And a gaming-style tablet that can steer a vehicle.Car companies descended on CES in Las Vegas this week to show off their latest ideas—some quirky and far out, others more relevant in the near term—as the industry navigates technological shifts in its business. During the week, car executives unveiled new in-car software, hyped automated-driving tech, and highlighted new partnerships and investment deals. Auto makers in recent years have accelerated the…

LAS VEGAS—The smartphone revolution of the past decade, which reduced the cost of super-efficient processors and tiny cameras, is now enabling innovators to create subtler, more effective tools to assist people with disabilities.Accessibility is among the consumer trends in focus in Las Vegas this week at CES, a global technology bazaar where companies offer clues about what’s coming in the year ahead and beyond. Cosmo Moore, who is 39, is a stay-at-home dad living with a genetic vision…

ORLANDO, Fla.—An opening session of a major marketing conference this week included a quick mention of a conversation many industry executives expect to be having soon.“In the next few months, if you have not already been asked, you’re going to be asked to cut your budgets, you’re going to be asked to find ways to save money,” said Bob Liodice, chief executive officer of the Association of National Advertisers, a trade association whose members include Coca-Cola, Walmart and McDonald’s.…