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BlackJack3D/Getty ImagesAs tech companies continue to leverage the powers of artificial intelligence, U.S. regulators are worried that the technology's fortitude will outpace existing laws and provisions. As a result, the US Chamber of Commerce called for AI to be regulated.U.S. lawmakers say that without proper legislative oversight, AI could become a national security risk or a hindrance to educational integrity. Little legislation currently exists to regulate AI, which is a significant concern for US policymakers.…

As India and Singapore on Tuesday linked their respective online payments systems for seamless cross-border transactions between the two countries, Singaporean High Commissioner to India Simon Wong Wie Kuen on Tuesday said this collaboration would take bilateral relations to greater heights and his country looks forward to continuing to be part of India's digital transformation journey.Unified Payments Interface (UPI) of India and PayNow of Singapore have been linked earlier today at a virtual event, which was attended by…

Startups selling dev tools over the last few years have seen the pendulum swing. On one hand, developers rarely need anyone’s permission to start using their tools, which resulted in teams within the same organization using wildly different tech stacks. On the other, a growing number of companies are attempting to limit this chaos at the organizational level. The latter trend is known as platform engineering and is embodied by platform engineering teams. Talking to TechCrunch, Boldstart Ventures…

U.S. officials are claiming that Apple broke the law with its anti-union efforts at an Apple Store in Atlanta Georgia in the United States.As reported by Bloomberg, the National Labor Relations Board’s Atlanta regional director said that the company interrogated and coerced employees at the store as it was undergoing an organization effort. Kayla Blado, the agency's press secretary, said accused Apple of holding "mandatory anti-union meetings during which management made coercive statements and will issue a complaint if…

NEW YORK: A US judge on Friday dismissed an indictment against Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co, formally ending a criminal sanctions case that strained US-China relations. Meng, whose father Ren Zhengfei founded Huawei and is the telecommunications company's chief executive, entered an agreement with US prosecutors last year for the case to be dismissed four years after her December 2018 arrest. Prosecutors accused Meng of bank fraud and other crimes for misleading HSBC Holdings Plc and…

Many mobile applications are now focused on the geographical tracking of young people within the family circle. Credit: Shutterstock Geo-tracking apps such as Find My Kids, Google Family Link and Apple's FindMy are fast growing in popularity, handing parents unprecedented powers to monitor their offspring. But how are the latter experiencing what previous generations might have labelled as an intrusion into their privacy? Could…

A group of former SpaceX employees has filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board, The New York Times reports. The employees say they were fired illegally after putting together a letter that called on the company to strengthen its “zero-tolerance policies” following sexual harassment allegations against Elon Musk.Nine employees were ultimately fired after the letter came out in June, the Times reports, eight of whom filed the charges with federal regulators. The letter, first reported on…

Commercial relations between China and the EU have demonstrated consistent growth even as global problems like the Covid-19 pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine persisted. Freight train services between China and Europe have remained stable in the first six months of the year, according to China State Railway Group Co.…

WASHINGTON—A congressionally convened commission is calling on the U.S. to review Chinese trade practices and to suspend normal trade ties if the review determines Beijing hasn’t lived up to its promises under a 1999 pact.In its annual report, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission recommended that Congress direct the Biden administration to assess China’s compliance with the landmark 1999 agreement that awarded China the “Permanent Normal Trade Relations” status as Beijing prepared to join the World Trade…

Last Updated: November 10, 2022, 15:11 ISTImage used for representation. (Photo: IANS)The two countries restored diplomatic relations after Petro assumed the presidencyVenezuela welcomed on Wednesday the first Colombian flight from Satena Airline, after the re-establishment of diplomatic and commercial relations between the two nations in August. Venezuelan Transport Minister Ramon Velasquez met the flight at the Simon Bolivar International Airport, where he noted that a flight from the Venezuelan airline Turpial landed…