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Apple debuts $1,999 passport-shaped foldable phone, called Duo <br> Apple on Wednesday unveiled a $1,999 foldable phone called Duo, introducing the biggest change in years in the company&#39;s flagship product. The Duo ​is sized and shaped like a passport, with rounded edges. It opens into a horizontal, 7.6-inch-wide (19 cm) screen that can also be viewed vertically. There is a smaller single screen on the &zwnj;front when the phone is folded. When open, it is Apple&#39;s thinnest phone, the company said. The folding phone event, the first with new CEO John Ternus at the helm, is the most noticeable overhaul of Apple&#39;s flagship product since it removed the physical home button from the iPhone X in 2017. The iPhone brought in $209.6 billion, or just over half of Apple&#39;s sales, in its most recent fiscal year. Apple positioned the iPhone Duo as a business productivity device, showing how it would manage Zoom calls with multiple participants and a ...

Google to invest $15 billion in AI infrastructure and buy nuclear power in Finland <br> Alphabet&#39;s&nbsp;Google will invest at least &euro;13 billion ($15.1 billion) in AI &zwnj;infrastructure in nippy Nordic country Finland over the next two years, its biggest European investment, including a major deal for the supply of nuclear power. The US&nbsp;firm said on Wednesday the AI infrastructure build-out would involve the development of three new data centres in the country&#39;s north, where the temperature ​can drop well below minus 10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit) in winter. The deal marks a major push for Google in ​Europe, where colder climes and stable grids in the Nordics offer an attractive location for energy- and ⁠water-intensive data centres that use huge amounts of energy to keep their computer servers cool. Freezing air can offer an efficient ​alternative. Read: OpenAI to launch first European AI data centre in Norway Alpha...

Google warns of lower quality as it revamps Europe search results to avoid EU fines <br> Alphabet&#39;s&nbsp;Google ​on Tuesday rolled out changes to its online search results in Europe to satisfy EU antitrust regulators that it &zwnj;said will degrade users&#39; experience and ratchet up costs for European businesses. Google told Reuters the changes mark the largest reduction in quality of service at the world&#39;s most popular internet search engine in its 29-year search history. The company said the EU pitched the changes as levelling the playing field for companies to be displayed ​on Google. However, it said in its view the changes favour price comparison sites, also known as vertical search services (VSS), linked ​to sectors including hotels, airlines and restaurants, such as Expedia or Booking.com. They get more prominence in search results ⁠over companies in those sectors that are listed with just a link to their websites, telephone numbers a...

Plea landed in FCC seeking ban on social media access for children under 16 <br> A plea was filed in the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) seeking directions to the government to restrict social media access for children below 16 years of age, introduce a mandatory age-verification mechanism, and take measures to shield minors from cyberbullying, sexualised content, addiction, and other harmful material. Last week, the Punjab Assembly unanimously passed a resolution recommending measures to restrict social media access for children under the age of 16 and ensure their safety in the digital environment.&nbsp;The resolution recommended measures to protect children from cyber harassment, online sexual exploitation and inappropriate content. It also called for an effective age-verification mechanism on social media platforms to identify underage users. The plea sought directions to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to strictly enforce its Code of ...

Director Gibney says fear shadowed making of Elon Musk documentary <br> Many people were too frightened to speak publicly about Elon Musk, director Alex Gibney said on Tuesday, ​as he unveiled his marathon documentary about the billionaire entrepreneur at the Venice Film Festival. The nearly four-hour movie charts &zwnj;Musk&#39;s rise from the dotcom era to become one of the world&#39;s most influential figures, questioning how an unelected tech titan came to wield such sway over politics and public debate. &quot;There was a tremendous sense of fear of talking, really almost existential fear, both among people who were his ​critics, people who were his business colleagues and people who are his friends,&quot; Gibney said ahead of the screening of &quot;Musk&quot;. &quot;I ​talked to many, many, many, many people who, except for some of the brave people who ⁠are here, declined to speak.&quot; The Tesla and SpaceX chief has dismissed th...

Europe's largest carbon capture facility opens in Netherlands <br> Europe&#39;s largest carbon capture facility opened in the Netherlands on Monday, developed by Norwegian fertiliser company Yara International. The carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility in Sluiskil, in the southern Dutch province of Zeeland, will cut emissions at one of Europe&#39;s largest fertiliser production sites and transport captured carbon to Norway, Yara said. From 2026, Yara Sluiskil will capture and liquefy up to 800,000 metric tons of CO2 a year. The carbon will be transported and stored 2.6 km (1.6 miles) beneath the seabed on the Norwegian continental shelf by transport and storage operator Northern Lights. Over 15 years, Yara expects to remove about 12 million tons of CO2 from the site. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said the Sluiskil project offers a solution that is both scientifically advanced and commercially viable. Read More: Failed climate goal &quot...