Impact
Medium
Within the Impact facet, Medium impact intelligence highlights articles where the expected effect level, operational exposure, or decision relevance is comparable. Readers can use the page to separate routine market updates from higher-consequence governance, infrastructure, security, and investment signals that may affect planning, procurement, policy, or customer exposure. The page connects the consequence band to public evidence, related organisations, regional context, operating dependencies, service continuity, competition, investment timing, compliance, and customer risk. It helps readers decide which developments deserve deeper monitoring, which actors are most exposed, and how a signal may affect operations or market planning.

Global Cloud Services Trends
Apple Vision Pro’s Persona feature gets even more realistic
Apple has announced that beta spatial Persona support is coming to Apple Vision Pro. The feature expands on the existing Persona feature of Vision Pro but with an even more human-like experience. Apple Vision Pro Personas Spatial Personas allow Vision Pro users to “break out of…

Global Cloud Services Trends
Ethereum earnings tripled in Q1 2024, reaching $370M
Ethereum racked up $1.2 billion in revenue from transaction fees in Q1 2024, or 155% more than in the first quarter last year. Ethereum’s revenue surged in Q1 of 2024 In a groundbreaking first quarter of 2024, Ethereum, the leading blockchain network, showcased remarkable growth…

Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Israel chipmaker Hailo raises $120M, brings value to $1.2B
Israel-based chipmaker Hailo has raised $120 million in a new funding round, valuing it at $1.2 billion, and released a high-performance generative AI chip, the company said on Tuesday. Hailo raises funds with strong support from key players in the industry Israel-based…

Global Cloud Services Trends
Crypto giants unite in advocating for official bitcoin emoji
Crypto platform Nexo and over 35 organisations in the cryptocurrency industry have joined forces to advocate for an official bitcoin emoji.

Global Cloud Services Trends
Top tech stories today: April 4, 2024
Tech News Summaries Cloud computing and tech industry trends Amazon layoffs: hundreds of jobs cut in cloud computing unit Amazon initiates layoffs in its cloud computing division, affecting hundreds of employees, as part of a restructuring effort to optimize operations and…

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
HSBC and HKSTP collaborate to propel HK fintech development
HSBC and the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) have inked a three-year strategic partnership aimed at spurring innovation and fostering a more effective collaboration ecosystem between banks and fintech entities. The partnership, a first-of-its-kind…

Asia-Pacific National Telecom
Singtel’s SD-WAN: Future network for a century-old bookstore
With the increasing need for connectivity in the digital age, 100-year-old Singapore bookstore chain Popular sought robust connectivity to fuel its expansion. Partnering with Singtel, it secured a stable, secure, and centralized network, propelling growth worldwide. Business…

Global Cloud Services Trends
Amazon offers free credits to startups to use AI models
Amazon has expanded its free points program for startups to cover the cost of using its main artificial intelligence model.

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Digital asset inflows recover while ETF activity slows down
Despite a net positive flow into the crypto market, spot bitcoin ETF demand seems to have slowed since its peak in the first week of March. Digital assets came back while ETF slumps Surprisingly, digital asset inflows into cryptocurrency investment products have made a notable…

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Form3 partners with Feedzai to unveil APP fraud prevention tool
Form3, an account-to-account platform, has partnered with Feedzai, a market leader in anti-fraud and financial crime software. The partnership reorganises the fintech realm In a groundbreaking move that promises to reshape the landscape of financial technology, two industry…

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Telegram launches ‘business’ features challenging Meta
Telegram, the renowned messaging platform, has set its sights on challenging Meta’s dominant position in the messaging app market with its latest move: the introduction of ‘Business’ features and revenue-sharing model. Telegram took its strategic step, reaching its profitable…

Companies
ICANN announces details for Asia Pacific Domain Name System Forum 2024
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has unveiled the itinerary for the Asia Pacific (APAC) Domain Name System (DNS) Forum 2024. Scheduled to take place from July 23-24, this hybrid event will be hosted at The Westin Resort Nusa Dua in Bali, Indonesia.…

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
Intel discloses US$7 billion operating loss for chipmaking unit
Intel disclosed on Tuesday that operating losses in its foundry business have worsened. The company is trying to recapture the technological lead that has been taken away by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) in recent years. Intel’s operating losses Intel said the…

Global Cloud Services Trends
Apple working on a contextual AI language model called ReALM
Researchers at Apple have published a new paper on an artificial intelligence (AI) model called Reference Resolution As Language Model (ReALM) that is purportedly capable of understanding contextual language. Resolution As Language Model The AI model is named ReALM, which is an…

Global Cloud Services Trends
Copilot for Microsoft 365 gets GPT-4 Turbo, unlimited chats
Microsoft has announced a major upgrade to Copilot for Microsoft 365. The gist of the update is to prioritise access to the powerful GPT-4 Turbo model. This means that users can now receive a faster and more comprehensive response. GPT-4 Turbo GPT-4 Turbo offers a larger “context…

Leaders
Crypto to reach 1 billion users next year, Raoul Pal predicts
The number of cryptocurrency users is expected to top 1 billion, according to Raoul Pal, a financial journalist and co-founder and CEO of Real Vision, a financial media platform. Cryptocurrency developed at an astonishing speed these years According to Pal, the number of…

Global Cloud Services Trends
Bitcoin 5% flash crash leads to $165M in liquidations
Leverage traders are nursing losses of over $165 million, as the price of bitcoin tumbled 5%. The sharp decline of cryptocurrency price on Tuesday The cryptocurrency market witnessed a significant downturn on Tuesday, sending shockwaves through the trading community as bitcoin…

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services
Spot bitcoin ETFs triple to $111B in March ahead of halving
Spot bitcoin ETFs witnessed a surge in March, reaching a trading volume of $111 billion, over three times the activity seen in February.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
Major Thai crypto exchange bolsters workforce ahead of IPO
Thailand’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Bitkub, is preparing for its IPO and actively seeking financial advisors to support the process.

Global Cloud Services Trends
Global asset manager GoldenTree offloads crypto unit to Republic
Global asset manager GoldenTree sold its digital asset unit to investment firm Republic, aiming to seize opportunities in crypto market.
