MADRID, Spain: An Amazon spokesperson said on February 8 that Spain’s high court suspended fines totaling Euro194 million ($209 million) imposed against Amazon and Apple by the local antitrust watchdog, the CNMC, in July, pending an appeal. Apple was fined Euro143.6 million and Amazon Euro50.5 million for colluding to prevent dealers other than Amazon from […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated on Thursday that he would be willing to consider releasing detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in exchange for the freedom of a convicted murderer serving a life sentence for assassinating a man in Germany. Putin, speaking to former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson in an interview broadcast on […]

BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) — The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China. SPACE GREETINGS China’s Shenzhou-17 crew members extended their Spring Festival greetings via video from space, the Chinese Lunar New Year’s eve. Onboard the country’s space station, the three taikonauts, Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin, expressed […]

Washington DC [US], February 8 (ANI): Tech giant Apple has unveiled a new AI Image tool that lets users edit their pictures without even touching the editing software. According to The Verge, The MGIE model (MLLM-Guided Image Editing), which Apple worked on with the University of California, Santa Barbara, can crop, resize, flip, and add […]

BEIJING, China: Reuters reported that due to demand for its artificial intelligence (AI) chips and manufacturing constraints, Chinese tech giant Huawei is prioritizing AI chip production and slowing production of its rival to Apple’s iPhone. Amid a low yield rate, a proxy for production quality, Huawei has only one facility that produces both its Ascend […]

In March 2023, the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) met at the United Nations headquarters to discuss an unprecedented theme: women’s rights in the digital age. While reaffirming the emancipatory potential of digital tools for women and marginalised groups – particularly in terms of access to sexual and reproductive health services – the […]

Seoul [South Korea], February 5 (ANI): Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong was on Monday acquitted by a Seoul court, in connection with a case involving the controversial 2015 merger of two Samsung affiliates, allegedly conducted to help him take over control of South Korea’s biggest conglomerate, reported Yonhap News Agency. According to the news […]

BEIJING, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) — The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China. BRAIN STUDY A team of Chinese scientists has mapped out how hippocampus neurons connect with other areas in the brain of a mouse. The hippocampus is a part of the brain that plays a major role in […]

New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has recently directed that the property seized during the investigation must be returned if the money laundering probe under PMLA goes beyond a year without filing a prosecution complaint (charge sheet). Justice Navin Chawla held, “If the investigation for a period beyond three hundred and […]

BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) — The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China. GREEN SPACE & VISUAL ACUITY Researchers have found that increased green space around home and school is associated with a slower decline in visual acuity among schoolchildren, according to a research article recently published in the journal […]