Tag: high-tech-companies
“When Europe struggles to find consensus around the definitions of durability and ease of repair”
Dthem one step forward, two steps back… The French repairability index has laid promising milestones since 2021 for the establishment of a more structured framework for smartphone manufacturers in order…
at Activision Blizzard, the end of Bobby Kotick’s reign
Bobby Kotick, now ex-CEO of Activision Blizzard, in San Francisco (California), June 23, 2023. LOREN ELLIOTT / GETTY IMAGES VIA AFP Thirty-two years and ten months. It’s difficult to find…
“The monopoly of the digital giants is eroding too slowly”
Lhe law and justice are the foundation of life in society, but judges are humans like any other and the consistency of their decisions is not mechanical. This inconstancy of…
Amazon faced with a wave of “fake books” generated by artificial intelligence
Who better than Georges Simenon wrote at breathtaking speed? “I still wonder today how, since the time of The OstrogothI was able to write six novels per year for Gallimard…
In Amazon’s bookstore, “algorithms shape sales, but also public discourse”
While the European Commission officially asked Amazonwithin the framework of the European Regulation on Digital Services (DSA), to provide more information on the means put in place to protect its…
French start-up Mistral AI raised 385 million euros
Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch in Bletchley, UK, November 2, 2023. TOBY MELVILLE / AP Mistral AI, the French artificial intelligence start-up created in May by industry leaders, announced on…
“When it comes to messaging, the government is stepping up its demands”
LEmotional people and time management specialists know that it is risky to accumulate calendars, addresses and contact books. The abundance of scheduling tools is the best way to miss an…
Artificial friendship, the new frontier of artificial intelligence
ChatGPT blows, Thursday November 30, his first candle. In one crazy year, this conversational robot has amazed the world with its ability to understand questions and answer them in clear,…
“Between Goldman Sachs and Apple, the failure has been recorded and divorce proceedings have begun”
VSeveryone has their own destiny. That of Marcus Goldman, a young German Jew who emigrated to the United States in 1848, was to create, in 1869, a company specializing in…
For “Black Friday”, Amazon employees on strike
Protesters outside Amazon headquarters in London for “Black Friday”, November 24, 2023 HOLLIE ADAMS / REUTERS The American e-commerce specialist was affected by a strike in several countries on Friday…
In Europe, these record fines that the champions of new technologies are slow to pay
Hundreds of millions of euros in sanctions… which are still not paid. The culprits: companies in the new technology sector. The fines that several Gafam companies are reluctant to pay,…
Why Sam Altman, star of artificial intelligence, was let go from OpenAI
This is one of the most unexpected announcements in Silicon Valley history. To try to reflect the feeling of surprise felt, certain tech connoisseurs summoned, Friday on . On Friday,…