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Tech Life meets leading AI scientist Sasha Luccioni, one of the BBC’s 100 Women 2024.

ASML sees a limited impact of the US fresh restrictions on AI chip exports to China and maintains its guidance for 2024 and 2025. ADVERTISEMENT Dutch computer chip equipment maker ASML has been exempted from the new chip export restrictions on China. The company, Europe’s second-largest tech firm maintained its guidance, saying in a statement on Monday regarding the fresh …

Oura Smart rings have built-in sensors that monitor the wearer’s heart rate and other health issues Wearable tech – currently dominated by smart watches – is a multi-billion dollar industry with a sharp focus on health tracking. Many premium products claim to accurately track exercise routines, body temperature, heart rate, menstrual cycle and sleep patterns, among others. Health Secretary Wes …

Tiger tracking cameras have been misused to take videos of women in a forest in India.

A US tech millionaire has been accused of using funds from his federal government-contracted company to s3x traffic women.     According to Mail Online, Greg Brady, 64, allegedly cheated on his then-wife Claudia Brady, using an online dating website to procure ‘hundreds’ of women for trips on his luxury boats.     Some of the women claim they were then r@ped …

Who’s behind the robot dogs at Donald Trump’s house? Plus: Wasting scammers’ time.

US President-elect Donald Trump has named “big tech” critic Brendan Carr to lead the US communications regulator, after he takes office in January 2025. Carr has attacked what he sees as the censorship of conservative viewpoints by top social media firms other than X, a site owned by his ally and fellow Trump backer, Elon Musk. He authored a chapter …

A tech executive looking ahead at his final days is sharing some parting thoughts amid his cancer journey.   James Butts built an audience on X, formerly Twitter, as the SVP of Product & Design at food delivery service Postmates.  One tweet, shared on Wednesday, Nov. 13, has gone viral as he explains where he is in his medical journey.  Butts …

Global stock markets faced sell-offs this week, as Wall Street’s rally began losing momentum amidst fading optimism around Trump. European markets managed a modest rebound on Thursday, spurred by positive outlooks from tech giants ASML and Siemens. ADVERTISEMENT Global markets appear likely to end the week on a sour note as Wall Street’s Trump-led rally began to falter. Despite a …

We hear from a former moderator in Kenya who was left traumatised by his previous job.