Nearly a thousand Google employees have publicly called on the company’s leadership to sever ties with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), escalating internal pressure over the tech giant’s involvement with federal immigration enforcement agencies. More than 900 workers signed an open letter demanding transparency around Google’s contracts with … Read more
Shares of Chinese chip designer Montage Technology soared in their Hong Kong market debut on Monday, underscoring renewed investor appetite for semiconductor and artificial intelligence-linked companies despite lingering geopolitical pressures on the sector. The stock jumped as much as 57% to HK$168 after being priced at HK$106.89 per share, the top end of its indicated … Read more
Meta is preparing to shut down Facebook, Instagram and Threads accounts belonging to Australian users under the age of 16, with the company confirming it will comply with the country’s sweeping new social media restrictions ahead of a December 10 deadline. The Silicon Valley giant said it has already begun alerting users it believes fall … Read more
In a revolutionary leap for medical technology and vision science, researchers have restored reading vision to people who were once blind using a combination of a microchip eye implant and augmented reality (AR) glasses. The innovation, called the PRIMA System, is being hailed as a “new era” for artificial vision and sight restoration. The results … Read more