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☆ Mountain West commissioner says she’s heartbroken over turmoil surrounding San Jose State volleyball
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Las Vegas AP —Mountain West Conference Commissioner Gloria Nevarez said Thursday the forfeitures that volleyball teams are willing to take to avoid playing San Jose State is “not what we celebrate in college athletics” and that she is heartbroken over what has transpired this season surrounding the Spartans and their opponents. Four teams have canceled games against San Jose State: Boise State, Southern Utah, Utah State and Wyoming, with none of the schools explicitly saying why they were forfeiting. You just don’t let it happen.”After Trump’s comment, San Diego State issued a statement that said “it has been incorrectly reported that an San Diego State University student-athlete was hit in the face with a volleyball during match play with San Jose State University. “We’re a volleyball team that wants to compete and get better,” he said after Thursday night’s loss in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Nevada released a statement acknowledging that “a majority of the Wolf Pack women’s volleyball team” had decided to forfeit against San Jose State.

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☆ Military and defense leaders explain how 5G and Open RAN are helping solve networking challenges
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

5G and Open RAN are some networking technologies they highlighted. "5G networks will enable automated guided vehicles, port and airfield operations, and cutting-edge telemedicine such as remote access to specialists and rapid creation of field hospitals," Ramirez said. "So looking at this from the perspective of how do we actually manipulate these systems internally, we've gone 100% in on Open RAN as our solution. We have a perspective of how Open RAN is the basis for taking advantage of these technologies and pushing us into the 6G era." The Department of Defense is working with academic and industry leaders on Open RAN to bring its communications systems into a new era, he said.

Persons: —, It's, Venice Goodwine, that's, Goodwine, Juan Ramirez, Ramirez, Tom Rondeau, Rondeau, we've Organizations: MWC Las Vegas, RAN, Service, MWC, Vegas, Radio Access, Department of, Air Force, Air, Department of Defense, Department Locations: Venice

☆ Tech execs from Salesforce and Qualcomm share their best practices for implementing AI in the workplace
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Tech execs discussed AI's role in the workplace at the trade show MWC Las Vegas. "And where I'm seeing a little bit more hesitation and where people really need to invest in their red-teaming efforts, really need to invest in their evaluation frameworks, is those large external-facing use cases that are actually going to touch millions of customers," Williams added. AdvertisementOthers cautioned about companies getting swept up in the AI boom and implementing AI just for the sake of it. In her keynote, Salesforce's Goldman concluded with the importance of "making sure that we're leveraging AI in service of human strengths." "To make AI work for our businesses, we have to first make sure it works for the people our businesses serve and the people our businesses employ," she said.

Persons: —, We've, Durga Malladi, Shankar Arumugavelu, Arumugavelu, Paula Goldman, Salesforce's, Goldman, Julian Williams, Williams, Piers Sanders, Salesforce's Goldman Organizations: Tech, MWC, Vegas, Service, Mobile, Congress, Verizon, Qualcomm, Verizon Global Services, AI, VC, MWC Las Vegas, Sand Technologies Locations: Anthropic

☆ How AI is changing business at telecom giants, according to Nvidia and Verizon execs
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"There has never been a better or exciting time to be in the telecommunications industry," said Ronnie Vasishta, senior vice president of telecom at Nvidia. "AI will revolutionize telecommunications, and telecommunications will revolutionize AI." Verizon is using AI to "plan, build, and run our network; deliver differentiated customer and employee experiences; optimize internal processes; drive operational efficiencies," said Arumugavelu. AdvertisementOne way it's implementing the tech is by using AI computer vision, which allows computers to analyze and identify subjects in photos and videos, for geospatial intelligent cell site planning. Related storiesVerizon is also building a fully automated supply chain digital twin, which helps with monitoring inventory levels, Arumugavelu said, and using AI in workforce planning.

Persons: Execs, —, Ronnie Vasishta, Shankar Arumugavelu, Nvidia's Vasishta, Arumugavelu, Nvidia's Organizations: Telecommunications, MWC, Vegas, Service, Nvidia, Verizon, Mobile, Congress, Verizon Global Services

☆ Airports are investing in private wireless networks to improve operations and travelers' experience
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Airports are looking to private wireless networks to improve operations, execs said at MWC Las Vegas. Private wireless networks are key to ushering in a better airport experience for both the travel hubs' operations and the billions of passengers who pass through them. Private networks generally offer greater security and reliability, lower latency, and higher bandwidth compared with public networks. "As I think about a future with a lot of growth, private wireless is foundational. Private wireless networks can also help enterprises with cost and mobility by reducing the expense of installing cables and by providing connectivity to areas that might be harder to reach with wires.

Persons: execs, —, Charles Miwa, Michael Youngs, We're, Kyle Mobley, Mobley, that's, SITA, I'm, Youngs, That's Organizations: MWC Las Vegas, Service, Mobile, Congress, Vegas, International Airport, Dallas Fort Worth International, Private, Port, San, San Francisco Bay, International, Airports Locations: Vegas ., Port of Oakland, San Francisco

☆ Techies, salespeople, and industry execs arrive in Las Vegas for the Mobile World Congress trade show
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Mobile World Congress, a mobile communications trade show, is coming to Las Vegas this week. Techies, salespeople, and industry executives are arriving in Nevada this week for MWC Las Vegas, which kicks off today. The annual mobile-communications trade show brings more than 250 exhibitors, sponsors, and partners to the Las Vegas Convention Center in Sin City from Tuesday to Thursday. 5G technology is on track to add $210 billion in GDP to the North American economy by 2030, GSMA's "Mobile Economy North America" report said. The trade show in Vegas comes more than seven months after Mobile World Congress Barcelona, which is also hosted by GSMA.

Persons: —, Lara Dewar, GSMA, Dewar, Booz Allen, Ulf Ewaldsson, Nvidia's, Ronnie Vasishta, Shankar Arumugavelu, Randi Zuckerberg, Hug, Mark Zuckerberg's Organizations: Mobile, Las, Service, MWC Las Vegas, Nvidia, Salesforce, Las Vegas Convention, MWC, Vegas, Enterprise, GSMA Intelligence, Verizon, Qualcomm, Cisco, Microsoft, Samsung, Apple, Apple Intelligence, Google, MWC Americas, Congress Barcelona, GSMA, Motorola, Lenovo, Verizon Global Services, Department of, Air Force's Locations: Las Vegas, Nevada, Sin City, North, America, Vegas, Venice

☆ Tech M&A has been thwarted by regulators, but dealmakers skeptical that election will change much
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

Amazon abandoned its $1.7 billion purchase of iRobot in January after the FTC and European regulators raised concerns. Since peaking at $1.5 trillion in 2021, tech transaction volume has plummeted, dropping to $544 billion last year, according to Dealogic. Before the company announced its $27 billion purchase of data analytics software company Splunk last September, he said he viewed the risk as absolutely worth taking. Alphabet's last big deal was its $5.4 billion purchase of cybersecurity company Mandiant in 2022. Microsoft closed its massive $75 billion purchase of Activision in October, but it took 20 months and a protracted fight with U.S. and European regulators.

Persons: Lina Khan, Jonathan Kanter, Khan, Joe Biden, Drew Angerer, Biden, Permira, Thoma, Sen, JD Vance, Donald Trump's, Barry Diller, Reid Hoffman, Kamala Harris, Andrew Luh, Gunderson Dettmer, Figma, Dana Rao, Rao, We've, they've, Juniper, Salesforce, Antonio Neri, Pau Barrena, Neri, Sergio Letelier, hasn't, Letelier, Marc Benioff, It's Benioff's, Slack, Benioff, Derek Idemoto, who's, Idemoto, that's, Splunk, HPE's Letelier, it's, Harris, Trump Organizations: U.S . Federal Trade Commission, Justice, Brookings Institution, U.S, Senate, Getty, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Federal Trade Commission, iRobot, FTC, BlackRock, Thoma Bravo, KKR, Republican, CNBC, Democratic, Trump, Big Tech, Justice Department, DOJ, Apple, Meta, Adobe, European Commission, UK Competition, Markets Authority, Justice Department's Antitrust, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Mobile World Congress, MWC, AFP, Juniper, Markets, DOJ's Antitrust, European Union, EU, Software, Cisco, Activision, Foreign Investment, Regulators, Bloomberg, Tech Locations: Washington, Europe, Barcelona, Pau, Salesforce, United States

☆ Podcast: Samsung bets on the Galaxy Ring and AI as its next big thing
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +42 min

Along with its S24 series of smartphones, foldable devices, smartwatches and now the Galaxy Ring, Samsung is hoping to lock users into its world of products held together with its suite of artificial intelligence features, known as Galaxy AI. Arjun KharpalOne of the things Samsung said was look, the ring is one product, but we've got the watch, we've got the smartphone. I think that's the right approach for Samsung, I don't think they have unrealistic expectations for volumes on this. And you'd feel like if there was some sort of Apple ring, it would do pretty good volumes. Do you think Samsung is seriously looking at ways to monetize this via subscriptions or other kinds of service business model?

Persons: aren't, Tom Chitty, Ben Wood, Meta's Ray, Arjun, Tom Chitty I've, I've, we've, Arjun Kharpal, let's, It's, That's, it's, you've, they've, there's, they're, someone's, I'm, that's, you'll, Ben Wood It's, smartwatch, Arjun Kharpal Apple's, Ben Wood They've, Tim Cook, He's, who'd, Tom Chitty Diamond, somebody's, who've, wasn't, Samsung hasn't, we'll, Ben, they'll, Will, wearables, Kharpal, Arjun Kharpal Tom, Tom, Tom Chitty We'll Organizations: Samsung, South, Galaxy, CNBC, CCS Insight, Mobile, Apple, Garmin, Apple Watch, U.S, Vision, Samsung Electronics, Google, MWC Locations: South Korean, Paris, France, beyondthevalley@cnbc.com, There's, Finland, London

☆ Nvidia preparing version of new flagship AI chip for Chinese market, Reuters reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Nvidia is working on a version of its new flagship AI chips for the China market that would be compatible with current U.S. export controls, four sources familiar with the matter said. The AI chip giant in March unveiled its "Blackwell" chip series, which is due to be mass-produced later in the year. A version of a chip from Nvidia's Blackwell series for the Chinese market would boost the U.S. firm's efforts to fend off those challenges. Expectations are high that the U.S. will continue to keep up the pressure on semiconductor-related export controls. The U.S. wants the Netherlands and Japan to further restrict chipmaking equipment to China, sources have said.

Persons: Blackwell, Inspur, Nvidia's Blackwell, Biden Organizations: MWC Shanghai, Nvidia, Reuters, Huawei, Bloomberg News Locations: Shanghai, China, Washington, U.S, Netherlands, Japan

The Galaxy Ring is designed as a discreet health-tracking wearable for your finger, with features powered by Samsung's Galaxy AI, which we detail below. Samsung says the index finger is preferred for the Galaxy Ring, but this show unit could only fit my pinky. The Galaxy Ring's charging dock case can hold 1.5x the charge of the Galaxy Ring itself. AdvertisementAI-backed featuresSamsung's Galaxy AI for its latest wearables, including the Galaxy Ring, the Galaxy Watch 7, and the Galaxy Watch Ultra, focuses on two new features — Energy Score and Wellness Tips. The Galaxy Ring supports Samsung's Galaxy AI for two major features, including Energy Score and Wellness Tips.

Persons: pinky, Antonio Villas, It'll Organizations: Business, Samsung, Samsung's Galaxy, Galaxy, Boas, Galaxy Watch, —, Samsung Health, Energy, Galaxy AI

☆ Why the market shifted to defense, plus the lingering hangover of Dell's backlog
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

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Persons: Jim Cramer, that's, Cramer, Jim, Dell, Brown, Forman, we'll, Jim Cramer's, Michael Dell, Kike Rincon Organizations: CNBC, Labor, Procter, Procter & Gamble, Costco, May, Services, Jim Cramer's Charitable, Dell Technologies, MWC, Mobile World Congress, Fira, Gran, Europa Press, Getty Locations: Procter &, Costco, Eaton, Dover, CrowdStrike, Campbell Soup, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

☆ Shares of Dell fall 16% as AI servers are sold at 'near-zero margins'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Shares of Dell Technologies fell more than 16% Friday after investors were discouraged by the company's lower-than-expected artificial intelligence server backlog and an estimated decline in margins. Bernstein analysts said the "principle disappointment" in Dell's results was that operating margins for its Infrastructure Solutions Group compressed year over year. Additionally, operating profits were flat compared with the same period last year, even though the company brought in around $1.7 billion in incremental AI server revenues. The analysts said this resurfaced concerns that Dell's AI servers are being sold at "near-zero margins." Bank of America analysts said Dell reported a strong quarter, and they reiterated their buy rating on the stock.

Persons: Michael Dell, Dell, FactSet, Bernstein, — CNBC's Michael Bloom, Kif Leswing Organizations: Dell Technologies, MWC, Mobile World Congress, Fira, Gran, Dell, Infrastructure Solutions, Bank of America, JPMorgan Locations: L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

☆ A top secret meeting is kicking off in Madrid with the CEOs of Google DeepMind, Anthropic and Microsoft AI in attendance
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Google DeepMind co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Demis Hassabis gives a conference during the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecom industry's biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona on February 26, 2024. The CEOs of artificial intelligence heavyweights Google DeepMind, Microsoft AI, Anthropic and Mistral AI are among the elite list of business and political leaders attending a secretive meeting kicking off in Madrid, Spain, on Thursday. AI will once again dominate discussions at the annual Bilderberg Meeting after catapulting onto the agenda last year following the meteoric rise of the burgeoning technology. U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg are also among the political figures who will attend for geopolitical discussions including on China and Russia. According to its organizers, the closed nature of the event aims to foster "informal discussions about major issues."

Persons: Demis Hassabis, Jane Fraser, Eric Schmidt, Albert Bourla, Wael Sawan, Peter Thiel, Wally Adeyemo, Dmytro Kuleba, Jens Stoltenberg Organizations: Google, Mobile World Congress, MWC, Microsoft, Mistral, Citigroup, Pfizer, NATO, Chatham House, Economic Locations: Barcelona, Madrid, Spain, Ukrainian, China, Russia, Spanish, Chatham, Davos, Switzerland

☆ Oracle boosts its generative AI capabilities as cloud competition heats up
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Sheila Chiang | In Sheilachiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

(Photo by PAU BARRENA / AFP) (Photo by PAU BARRENA/AFP via Getty Images)U.S. cloud infrastructure provider Oracle is boosting its generative AI capabilities as cloud competition intensifies and more companies jump into AI. Oracle has been introducing generative AI capabilities into its cloud infrastructure and applications to complement the traditional AI already embedded in them. The generative AI capabilities can perform tasks such as generating financial reports and drafting job ads, improving productivity and reducing business costs, Oracle said. JPMorgan has said generative AI and AI could drive incremental IT spending and growth across the software landscape. "Generative AI services [are] basically a huge advantage comparing with our competition.

Persons: PAU BARRENA, ChatGPT, Rondy Ng, it's, Ng, Dan Ives, Ellison, Ives, Larry Ellison, Gartner Organizations: Mobile World Congress, MWC, Getty Images, Oracle, CNBC, Wedbush Securities, JPMorgan Locations: Barcelona, AFP, U.S

☆ It might be time to rethink the smartphone — for real this time
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Why do phones need apps? At this year's Mobile World Congress, the future of the smartphone and how we connect were firmly under the microscope. Deutsche Telekom and Brain.ai demoed one such instance at MWC: a smartphone with no apps. It's just an idea for now, but it's prompting an interesting question: Why assume the smartphone of the future has apps at all? But the smartphone industry is slumping, and there's a "need to invigorate the upgrade cycle," Milanesi told BI.

Persons: —, Sam Altman, There's, Altman, Jony, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Carolina Milanesi, Milanesi, Tom Butler, I'm, Butler, Lenovo's Butler, it's Organizations: Service, Congress, MWC, Las, CES, Deutsche Telekom, Brain.ai, Qualcomm, Bloomberg Locations: Carolina, PAU, AFP

☆ New AI and 5G advancements will usher in the era of edge computing on smartphones, autonomous cars, and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The AI boom is breathing life into edge computing, which moves data processing away from the cloud. Artificial intelligence is driving us into the era of edge computing — two words you should expect to hear more in the coming months and years. Now they're expanding to edge computing, which refers to moving more of the computation closer to the user (the "edge" of the network). Amazon had eyed edge computing as a billion-dollar business, Business Insider previously reported. Jillian Kaplan, the head of global 5G at Dell, said during an MWC panel that edge computing will be a "huge energy saver."

Persons: —, Jim Poole, Poole, Aly Song, MediaTek, Tom Butler, I'm, Jillian Kaplan, Kaplan Organizations: Service, Tech, 5G, Business, Mobile, Congress, MWC, China, Lenovo, Google, Dell Locations: Barcelona, Equinix, Shanghai

☆ Telcos are barely done rolling out 5G networks — and they're already talking about '5.5G'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

And yet bosses of major carriers are already talking about building something called "5.5G," or "5G Advanced." Carriers in China, South Korea, the United States, and Europe, properly got underway with launches of 5G networks in 2019. 5G Advanced, or the name for the next stage of 5G, is the next evolution of mobile networks. 5G advanced — 5G standalone, that's absolutely fine. Telcos haven't yet revealed how much more a 5G Advanced data plan will cost compared with 5G.

Persons: Angel Garcia, it's, GSMAi, Milind Kulkarni, Howard Watson, 5.5G, Watson, execs, Mats Granryd, Granryd, Karen Tso, Telcos, Philip Song Organizations: Bloomberg, Getty, Spain — Telecom, Mobile, Congress, MWC, Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica, BT, Vodafone, Facebook, YouTube, Netflix, Apple, Apple Vision, Meta Quest, Telecommunications, 3GPP, CNBC, telco, Huawei, 5G, 5.5G Locations: BARCELONA, Spain, Barcelona, Orange, China, South Korea, United States, Europe, East, Asia Pacific, America

☆ The smart ring era is here and tech companies are fighting for your finger. Will you wear one?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The smart ring era is here. Honor, the mobile business spun out of Huawei, also announced this week that it's working on a smart ring. Avi Greengart, president and lead analyst at Techsponential, told Business Insider at MWC that Samsung's Galaxy Ring "validates the smart ring category." Rumors of an Apple smart ring have been simmering for over a decade — mostly due to a string of patents the company has filed for. There's another good reason tech companies are eyeing smart rings right now, according to IDC analyst Francisco Jeronimo: subscriptions.

Persons: —, Prince Harry, Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, Jennifer Anniston, Jimmy Kimmel, Smart, they've, Oura, Avi Greengart, Apple, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Jeremy Liew, Liew Apple, Greengart, Francisco Jeronimo, Jeronimo Organizations: Samsung, Service, Mobile, Congress, MWC, Huawei, IDC, Apple, Venture, Business Locations: Barcelona, Cupertino

☆ Companies are already trying to put AI features on consumer-facing products at MWC: Research firm
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCompanies are already trying to put AI features on consumer-facing products at MWC: Research firmNicole Peng, senior vice president of mobility at Canalys, discusses the role that artificial intelligence is playing at the Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona.

Persons: Nicole Peng Organizations: Companies, MWC, Research, Mobile Locations: Barcelona

☆ As AI takes hold of your smartphone, the end of the app era could be in sight
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Smartphone makers flooded Mobile World Congress to show off new AI features. More AI tools are moving on to devices, which would make them faster and cheaper to run. Now, as the industry looks to capitalize on the AI boom and galvanize a stagnating mobile market, phone makers want the AI tools to run locally on the phone itself. The company attended MWC to tout how it's helping phone makers such as Samsung and Honor run more AI tools on their phones. Samsung was also there, previewing some of the AI tools it's begun to roll out on its phones, including a nifty live-translation feature.

Persons: —, chipmakers, it's, Morgan Stanley, Francisco Cheng, Hugh Langley, Cheng, Siri, Francisco Jeronimo, Jeronimo Organizations: Congress, Service, Mobile, Companies, Qualcomm, Samsung, Hugh Langley Qualcomm, MWC, Google, Motorola, IDC, Insider, Deutsche Telekom, Brain.ai Locations: Barcelona

☆ From expanding screens to see-through displays: How tech giants are trying to jazz up their gadgets
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Motorola's "adaptive display concept" was on display at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. See-through screens, phones that wrap around your wrist and expandable displays — these are all concept tech that gadget makers showed off this week, in a bid to stand out from competitors in a cut-throat hardware market. At the world's largest mobile trade show, the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, some of the biggest companies in the world showed off some unusual screen technology. "As a result we are seeing a proliferation of weird and wonderful new designs such as wrist worn phones, rollable screens, virtual 3D displays and more." Here's some of the screen tech on display at MWC:

Persons: Ben Wood Organizations: Mobile, MWC, Apple, Samsung, CCS Insight, CNBC Locations: Barcelona

☆ Huawei spinoff Honor developing a smart ring after Samsung debuts its own wearable
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

BARCELONA — Chinese electronics maker Honor is working on a smart ring, its CEO told CNBC on Tuesday, just a day after Samsung took the wraps off of its own offering in the product category. Samsung debuted the Galaxy Ring on Monday after teasing it earlier this year. The device, which is the company's first foray into the product category, has multiple sensors that can track health markers, such as the wearer's heart rate. Honor is developing its own smart ring, company CEO George Zhao told CNBC at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. "Internally, we have this kind of solution, now we are working on that part, so in the future you can have the Honor ring," he said.

Persons: George Zhao Organizations: Mobile World Congress, MWC, CNBC, Samsung, Mobile Locations: Barcelona, BARCELONA

☆ Smartphone giants like Samsung are going to talk up 'AI phones' this year — here's what that means
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Companies like Qualcomm and MediaTek have launched smartphone chipsets that enable the processing power required for AI applications. Large language models are huge AI models trained on vast amounts of data that underpin applications like the widely popular chatbots. The other big part of the AI smartphone puzzle is the term "on-device AI." Previously, many AI applications on devices were actually partly processed in the cloud, then downloaded onto the phone. Smartphone makers say on-device AI improves the security of gear, unlocks new applications and also makes them faster, since the processing is done on the handset.

Persons: SeongJoon Cho, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Bryan Ma, Ma, Ben Wood, Wood Organizations: Samsung Electronics Co, Samsung, Bloomberg, Getty, Mobile World Congress, MWC, IDC, CNBC, Qualcomm, MediaTek, CCS Insight Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Barcelona, Spain

☆ China's Xiaomi launches high-end phone in Samsung challenge and debuts EV in Europe
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

In this article 1810-HK Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTThe Xiaomi 14 Ultra. XiaomiBARCELONA — Xiaomi launched its flagship smartphone globally on Sunday as it looks to keep up its recovery momentum, while also debuting its electric vehicle for the first time in Europe. The Chinese electronics giant launched the Xiaomi 14 for global markets at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, after debuting it this week in China. Last year, Xiaomi launched its first electric vehicle, the SU7, opening up a new product category for the Chinese giant. The company also launched the Smart Band 8 Pro, Xiaomi Watch S3, and Xiaomi Watch 2 – a smart fitness band and two smartwatches.

Persons: Xiaomi Organizations: HK, Mobile, Apple, Samsung, IDC, Huawei, MWC, Smart Locations: BARCELONA, Europe, Barcelona, China

☆ Huawei spin-off Honor shows off tech to control a car with your eyes and chatbot based on Meta's AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Honor demonstrated how its smartphone eye-tracking technology could be used to control a car. One demo involved an app to control a car. As part of its press conference, Honor demonstrated eye-tracking technology in the smartphone. BARCELONA — Chinese firm Honor on Sunday showed off technology that allows a user to control a car just by using their eyes. In a video about the feature, Honor showed how a person could stare at one of the commands and the car would carry out the function such as moving forward.

Organizations: Mobile, Huawei, MWC Locations: Barcelona, Spain, BARCELONA, China

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