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By Federal Newswire | Jun 4, 2024
On May 31, the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) submitted its comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) regarding NIST's draft report titled "Reducing Risks Posed by Synthetic Content: An Overview of Technical Approaches to Digital Content Transparency." The CDT commended the draft for its comprehensive overview of both the risks and benefits associated with current and emerging content-labeling techniques and synthetic content detection methods.
By Federal Newswire | Jun 4, 2024
Netflix is expanding its games portfolio, aiming to cater to diverse tastes and moods. The streaming giant has announced 14 new games set to launch soon, offering a variety of genres and experiences.
By Federal Newswire | Jun 4, 2024
WASHINGTON – The global tech trade association ITI has responded to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's (CRTC) recent announcement requiring streaming providers, including music, video, podcasts, and other multimedia forms, to contribute five percent of their Canadian revenues to fund Canadian content creation. These funds will not be accessible to these providers in the same manner as broadcasters.
By Federal Newswire | Jun 4, 2024
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced a decision requiring certain streaming providers to allocate 5% of their revenue to funds supporting the production of Canadian content. This obligation, part of the implementation process for the Online Streaming Act, aims to generate $200 million CAD annually, primarily from U.S. suppliers.
By Federal Newswire | Jun 3, 2024
BRUSSELS – The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), a global tech trade association, joined various groups across the tech industry today to advocate for the preservation of both safety and privacy in the Council's position on the Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) Regulation. This stance emphasizes maintaining the integrity of end-to-end encryption (E2EE), particularly in light of recent developments within the Council Law Enforcement Working Party.
By Federal Newswire | Jun 3, 2024
The Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe (CDT Europe) has released its June 2024 Tech Policy Brief, addressing key technology and internet policy issues in Europe, the U.S., and globally. This edition provides insights into digital rights impacts and features contributions from CDT's Brussels team.
By Federal Newswire | Jun 3, 2024
BANGKOK—May 30, 2024—Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, announced that Ascend Money, Thailand’s first fintech unicorn operating the True Money digital financial services app across seven countries in Southeast Asia, is accelerating financial inclusion across the region using generative artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) on AWS.
By Federal Newswire | Jun 3, 2024
BANGKOK—May 30, 2024—Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, announced that AXONS, a Thai AgriTech firm specializing in IT solutions for the agri-food industry, has developed its FarmPro app on AWS's cloud platform. The FarmPro app is designed to assist small-scale farmers involved in the contract farming project under CP Group. It currently supports over 30,000 farmers across Thailand and Vietnam, with plans to expand to Myanmar and India this year.
By Federal Newswire | Jun 3, 2024
Amazon Games has announced the release of "New World: Aeternum," a new action RPG set to debut on October 15, 2024, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. This game marks the first time console players can explore the world of Aeternum, previously available only on PC.
By Federal Newswire | Jun 3, 2024
Hitachi Ltd. (TSE:6501) and Microsoft Corp. announced a projected multibillion-dollar collaboration over the next three years aimed at accelerating social innovation with generative AI. This strategic alliance will propel the growth of Hitachi's Lumada business, targeting a revenue of 2.65 trillion yen (18.9 billion USD) in FY2024, while enhancing operational efficiency for Hitachi Group’s 270,000 employees.
By Federal Newswire | Jun 3, 2024
CDT and dozens of other organizations, companies, and cybersecurity experts have released a joint letter highlighting the threat posed to encryption by the latest "compromise" proposal from the EU presidency on the proposed EU Regulation on Child Sexual Abuse. Members of the Global Encryption Coalition organized the letter, which argues that the proposal’s mandate for mass "upload moderation" is essentially a rehashed version of client-side scanning approaches seen in earlier iterations of this regulation. Detection of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) images would...
By Federal Newswire | Jun 3, 2024
BANGKOK—May 30, 2024—Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, announced that aCommerce, the largest ecommerce enabler in Southeast Asia, has launched the new generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered feature AskIQ into its Market Insights suite on AWS. Market Insights, a SaaS platform, provides leading brands with competitor and category performance tracking capabilities from major ecommerce sites in Southeast Asia.
By Federal Newswire | Jun 3, 2024
The Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe has submitted feedback to Member States regarding the latest proposal by the Belgian Presidency of the Council on the regulation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). As Belgium's rotating presidency concludes, Member States are striving to reach an agreement that will enable negotiations with the European Parliament post-elections.
By Federal Newswire | Jun 3, 2024
Since its release on May 1, Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar has garnered significant global attention. Within the first week, it climbed Netflix's Top 10 TV (Non-English) list in 43 countries, becoming the most-viewed Indian series worldwide. The series has maintained the number one spot in India's Top 10 list since its launch.
By Federal Newswire | Jun 2, 2024
NVIDIA has announced the general software availability of NVIDIA AI Enterprise-IGX with NVIDIA Holoscan on the NVIDIA IGX™ platform, aimed at addressing the increasing need for real-time AI computing at the industrial edge. This combination empowers solution providers in medical, industrial, and scientific computing sectors to develop and deploy edge AI solutions more efficiently with enterprise-grade software and support.
By Federal Newswire | Jun 2, 2024
NVIDIA announced the widespread adoption of its NVIDIA Spectrum™-X Ethernet networking platform and an accelerated product release schedule at COMPUTEX. CoreWeave, GMO Internet Group, Lambda, Scaleway, STPX Global, and Yotta are among the first AI cloud service providers to adopt NVIDIA Spectrum-X to enhance their AI infrastructures. Additionally, several partners such as ASRock Rack, ASUS, GIGABYTE, Ingrasys, Inventec, Pegatron, QCT, Wistron and Wiwynn have announced Spectrum-based products. These companies join Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Lenovo and...
By Federal Newswire | Jun 2, 2024
NVIDIA and leading computer manufacturers have introduced a series of systems powered by the NVIDIA Blackwell architecture, featuring Grace CPUs, NVIDIA networking, and infrastructure. These systems are designed to facilitate the construction of AI factories and data centers aimed at advancing generative AI technologies.
By Federal Newswire | Jun 2, 2024
NVIDIA announced today at COMPUTEX that major Taiwanese electronics manufacturers are adopting its technology to enhance the autonomy of their factories. The new reference workflow integrates NVIDIA Metropolis vision AI, NVIDIA Omniverse™ for rendering and simulation, and NVIDIA Isaac™ for AI robot development and deployment.
By Federal Newswire | Jun 2, 2024
NVIDIA announced that leading global robotics developers are adopting the NVIDIA Isaac™ robotics platform for the research, development, and production of AI-enabled autonomous machines. Companies such as BYD Electronics, Siemens, Teradyne Robotics, and Intrinsic are integrating NVIDIA Isaac's accelerated libraries, physically based simulation, and AI models into their software frameworks to enhance efficiency and safety in factories, warehouses, and distribution centers.
By Federal Newswire | Jun 2, 2024
NVIDIA announced new RTX technology at COMPUTEX to power AI assistants and digital humans on GeForce RTX AI laptops. The company introduced Project G-Assist, an AI assistant technology demo for PC games and apps, debuting with ARK: Survival Ascended from Studio Wildcard. Additionally, NVIDIA launched the first PC-based NIM inference microservices for the ACE digital human platform.
