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The Biden Administration will not overrule a US International Trade Commission decision that could block imports of Apple Watches for infringing AliveCor patents related to heart monitoring, the office of the US Trade Representative said Tuesday. An AliveCor spokesperson also said it had been informed there would be no veto of the ruling. Any ITC ban is still on hold while Apple and AliveCor continue to clash over the patents. The ITC ruled in December that imports of Apple's smartwatches should be banned for infringing AliveCor's patents, but it placed the ban on pause while related proceedings over the patents run their course. The US Patent and Trademark Office found the patents invalid earlier that month, in a ruling that AliveCor has said it will appeal. Apple said Tuesday it will appeal the ITC's import ban decision, which it said would have a negative effect on public health. Representatives for the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comme

Electronics and IT secretary Alkesh Kumar Sharma on Tuesday said that the production of semiconductors in the country will start very soon. He was responding to a query around plan of action of the Ministry of Electronics and IT after state-owned company Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) raised the issue of shortage of electronic chip and printed circuit board (PCB or motherboard) hindering domestic production of electric meters. "India will be one of those top 6-7 partners which will have semiconductor manufacturing. It will happen very soon," Sharma said. Speaking at a conference on technology transfer by C-DAC, Thiruvananthapuram for local manufacturing of smart meters and electric chargers, Sharma said Meity has taken lead in technology development, be it electronic or automotive sector, artificial intelligence. "We have taken a lead when it comes to the climate change initiative. One big component is the shift towards green technology, and EV is an im

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing arm of Amazon.com, on Tuesday said it is collaborating with startup Hugging Face, a software development hub, to make it easier to carry out artificial intelligence work (AI) in Amazon's cloud. While new generative AI services like chat-based search engines from Microsoft  and Alphabet 's Google have captured the public's imagination, tech companies such as AWS are also vying behind the scenes to supply the tools and services that software developers will need to weave similar technology into their own products. AWS , the biggest cloud computing provider, already offers tools to help developers create AI-based software, including proprietary computing chips for raining AI algorithms on huge amounts of data at lower cost than rivals to services that reduce how much time it takes to create a chatbot or other AI products. On Tuesday, AWS said it will work with Hugging Face, a New York-based company that has become a central p

Until recently, Brett Schickler never imagined he could be a published author, though he had dreamed about it. But after learning about the ChatGPT artificial intelligence program, Schickler figured an opportunity had landed in his lap. "The idea of writing a book finally seemed possible," said Schickler, a salesman in Rochester, New York. "I thought 'I can do this.'" Using the AI software, which can generate blocks of text from simple prompts, Schickler created a 30-page illustrated children's e-book in a matter of hours, offering it for sale in January through Amazon.com 's self-publishing unit. In the edition, Sammy the Squirrel, crudely rendered also using AI, learns from his forest friends about saving money after happening upon a gold coin. He crafts an acorn-shaped piggy bank, invests in an acorn trading business and hopes to one day buy an acorn grinding stone. Sammy becomes the wealthiest squirrel in the forest, the envy of his friends

Oppo today announced its participation in Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023, in Barcelona from February 27 to March 2. Exhibiting under the theme of "Inspire to Believe", Oppo will showcase a selection of flagship devices including the Oppo Find N2 Flip, new connectivity products, and IoT technology, as well as its latest R&D breakthroughs in chip technology, smart health, AR, and fast charging. Oppo will also share details of its progress toward global sustainability goals and future plans to continue this momentum. Oppo will showcase its extensive exploration of smart living at MWC , with products spanning smart entertainment, smart productivity, smart learning, and smart health. Products such as the flagship foldable smartphone, Oppo Find N2 Flip , and the new generation of Assisted Reality smart glasses, Oppo Air Glass 2, will be available to experience, while Oppo's second self-developed chip MariSilicon Y, and the OHealth H1 family health monitor concept device