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.

Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Micropayment and Tink join forces to expand payment options in Europe
Micropayment, a Berlin-based payment services provider, has forged a partnership with Tink, a platform specialising in payment services.

Global Cloud Services Trends
Digital Realty directs $6B in green bonds for sustainable growth
Digital Realty, one of the largest global provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data centers, colocation, and interconnection solutions, has successfully allocated $6.0 billion in green bonds to support sustainable growth. The latest allocation, completed in January 2024…

Asia-Pacific Regional ISP
DE-CIX CTO Thomas King: 5 tech trends for 2024 in Malaysia
DE-CIX, a global Internet Exchange operator, forecasts a transformative year for Malaysia’s tech landscape in 2024, with advancements such as generative AI, Quantum computing, and more. Dr. Thomas King, DE-CIX’s Chief Technology Officer, outlines 5 pivotal tech trends set to…

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services
ARENA-PAC enables volumetric live performance Sydney-Tokyo
Arterial Research and Educational Network in the Asia Pacific (ARENA-PAC), in collaboration with research and educational networks across the Asia Pacific region, played a crucial role in facilitating high-speed connectivity for an interactive volumetric video-based live…

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
World’s longest internet shutdown: How it wreaked havoc in Manipur
Disruption in Manipur: What happens when the Internet shuts down? When the Internet goes dark, its absence casts a profound shadow over communities. In early May 2023, in Manipur, a state in northeastern India, life was upended by outbreaks of violence between communities…

North America Institutional Trends
Biden to give $8.5billion to Intel to build more chip factories
Intel expects to receive $8.5 billion in funding from the U.S. government and an $11 billion loan to expand its chip manufacturing capacity.

Global Cloud Services
Microsoft hires nuclear expert to fuel its data centres
Microsoft hires a expert as its director of nuclear technology to develop atomic reactors to power data centres to replace fossil fuels.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
China’s Zhipu looks to Sora to chase artificial general intelligence
Beijing Zhipu Huazhang Technology says they are developing Sora-like technologies as a way to achieve artificial general Intelligence (AGI). Impact of sora OpenAI’s text-to-video generator Sora, will be available to the public later this year, prompting many firms in China…

Global Cloud Services Trends
Chinese AI chatbot Kimi handles 2 million characters, up from 200k
Alibaba-backed Moonshot AI claims breakthrough in expanded Chinese-character prompt for Kimi chatbot. The chatbot Kimi Chinese artificial intelligence company Moonshot AI claims that its Kimi chatbot can now handle up to 2 million Chinese characters in a single prompt. The…

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
Dutch chipmaking firm VDL to build semiconductor parts factory in Vietnam
Dutch high tech firm VDL will build a new factory to make semiconductor manufacturing components in Vietnam, it said on Wednesday, as the Asian country grows in importance as an assembly and packaging hub in the chipmaking industry. Why in Vietnam Against the background of the…

Global Cloud Services Trends
New crypto ecosystem to showcase promising blockchain projects
XT.COM and Cobak are to create a new crypto ecosystem, helping Cobak expand its business areas and enhancing the full support of XT.COM for the growth of promising Korean crypto projects. XT.COM and Cobak will create a new crypto ecosystem together On 15 March, XT.COM, a global…

Global Cloud Services
AI for corner kicks: Google Deepmind teams with Liverpool FC
Google DeepMind develops TacticAI, designed to provide soccer managers with insights into player formations and corner kick strategies.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
Alipay launches blockchain vouchers at milk tea shops in Asia
Alipay has joined forces with Avalanche, a smart contract blockchain platform, to introduce a voucher program powered by Web3 technology.

Global Cloud Services Trends
Shipping industry to go paperless with blockchain bill of landing
The Global Shipping Business Network has recently unveiled its electronic bill of landing prototype product in collaboration with Ant Group.

Global Cloud Services Trends
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak wins fake video lawsuit v YouTube
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has secured a legal victory in the latest round against YouTube over 2020 bitcoin scam.

Global Cloud Services
Neuralink livestream shows patient playing chess with mind control
Neuralink’s breakthrough livestream demonstrates quadriplegic control of games via thought, advancing brain-machine interface tech.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services
Apple CEO Tim Cook visits Shanghai as China iPhone sales fall
Amidst falling iPhone sales, Apple CEO Tim Cook emphasises China’s vital supply chain role, engaging with key suppliers and media.

Global Cloud Services Trends
Samsung Electronics eyes sales of over $100M for advanced chip packaging business
Samsung Electronics expects revenue to exceed $100 million from its advanced chip packaging business, maintain competitive edge in AI field.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
Top tech news stories today: March 21, 2024
Keep up with the latest tech trends, exploring the future with us together. You will see Hong Kong’s CBDC trial, SpaceX building US spy satellites, Nvidia expanding their partnership, and Intel’s investment in the US. 1. Apple co-founder wins against YouTube in bitcoin scam…

Global Cloud Services Trends
Robinhood expands its crypto wallet access to Android users
Robinhood has expanded its crypto wallet access to Android users, available on Google Play. Crypto wallet from Robinhood is now available on Google Play, whose iOS version has got a great amount of users According to the March 20 announcement, the Robinhood Wallet app is now…
