French AI Mistral raises $3.5 bn amidst strategy shift
LONDON — Mistral, a French artificial intelligence company, has been promoted as one of Europe’s best hopes of competing against American and Chinese firms in developing the rapidly advancing...
Forced to change: Tech giants bow to global onslaught of rules
David McCabe The author covers technology policy from the Washington bureau. He reports on how increasingly sceptical regulators are trying to rein in major tech companies and how industry lobbies...
AI, brain scans and cameras: The spread of police surveillance tech
A brain wave reader that can detect lies. Miniaturised cameras that sit inside vape pens and disposable coffee cups. Massive video cameras that zoom in more than a kilometer to capture faces and...