McDonald’s drive-thru AI bot may have broken privacy law

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29.08.2025

McDonald’s announced earlier this month that it was deploying an AI chatbot to handle its drive-thru orders, but it turns out it might break privacy law. The chatbot is the product of a voice recognition company McDonald’s snapped up in 2019 called Apprente which is now known as McD Tech...

AI & Big Data Expo: Demystifying AI and seeing past the hype

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28.08.2025

In a presentation at AI & Big Data Expo Global, Adam Craven, Director at Y-Align, shed light on the practical applications of AI and the pitfalls often overlooked in the hype surrounding it. Craven —...

US and Japan announce sweeping AI and tech collaboration

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27.08.2025

The US and Japan have unveiled a raft of new AI, quantum computing, semiconductors, and other critical technology initiatives. The ambitious plans were announced this week by President Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio...

Singapore-based Firmus wins recognition for AI data centre design

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26.08.2025

Singapore-based Firmus Technologies has been recognised with the Asia Pacific Data Centre Project of the Year award for its AI Factory facility. The facility stands out for its advanced infrastructure and focus on energy efficiency,...

DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman departs Google

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25.08.2025

DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman has departed Google after an eight-year stint at the company. Suleyman co-founded AI giant DeepMind alongside Demis Hassabis and Shane Legg in 2010 before it was acquired by Google in 2014...

Hybrid Cloud Services 2023 The Future of Cloud Computing

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24.08.2025

Hybrid cloud services are becoming increasingly popular in the world of computing, and this trend is set to continue well into 2023. This article will explore what hybrid cloud services are, their benefits, how they...

Artificial Intelligence: Making Retail POS Systems Smarter

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23.08.2025

The retail sector is no longer a haven for old technologies, where customers refuse to abandon their favorite brands. Every business in a competitive retail ecosystem is struggling to keep customers engaged and delighted and...

Opinion: Industrial transformation and the path to autonomy

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22.08.2025

It is hard to believe a bullet train is piloted by a human in the cockpit. Would you let this person take over the train at 300 miles/hour? In such a technologically advanced world, critical...

Teachers in England given the green-light to use AI

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21.08.2025

Teachers in England have been given the all-clear to use AI to help them in low-level tasks that are part of their duties, the BBC reports. Guidance from the Department for Education (DfE) says AI...

EU probes Microsoft-OpenAI and Google-Samsung AI deals

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20.08.2025

The European Union has intensified its antitrust scrutiny on AI deals, starting with high-profile collaborations between Microsoft-OpenAI and Google-Samsung. Margrethe Vestager, the European Commission’s executive vice president for competition policy, warned that AI is “developing...