Europe plans to build the world’s fastest supercomputer in 2024

The Jülich Supercomputing Centre in Germany where the exascale supercomputer JUPITER will be hosted

The exascale supercomputer JUPITER will be hosted at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre in Germany Forschungszentrum Jülich/Sascha Kreklau The first exascale computer in Europe, called JUPITER, should be completed next year, and it may even become the most powerful computer in the world. It will allow experiments and simulations currently only possible on a tiny number … Read more

What is the future of AI? Google and the EU have very different ideas

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announcing Google’s new approach to AI Bloomberg via Getty Images The race to roll out artificial intelligence is happening as quickly as the race to contain it – as two key moments this week demonstrate. On 10 May, Google announced plans to deploy new large language models, which use machine learning techniques … Read more

Elon Musk buying Twitter has set him up for a scuffle with the EU

Billionaire Elon Musk wants to promote free speech on Twitter, but the European Union’s Digital Services Act could see the bloc calling the shots Technology | Analysis 26 April 2022 By Chris Stokel-Walker Elon Musk is a prolific tweeter Chesnot/Getty Images Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, may have to wrestle with the European … Read more

Proposed EU law could force WhatsApp and iMessage to work together

The European Union is close to agreeing the Digital Markets Act, which would require big tech firms to open up their services to wider competition Technology 25 March 2022 By Matthew Sparkes Messaging apps on an Italian iPhone Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto/Shutterstock The European Union has taken its latest shot at big technology companies with the … Read more