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Regional ISP
Cross-IX: AMS-IX & Netnod streamline European peering connectivity
AMS-IX and Netnod have unveiled Cross-IX, a service designed to improve connectivity across European peering hubs. This collaboration allows Netnod IX clients to establish direct links with AMS-IX Amsterdam, facilitating data exchange with over 860 networks transmitting almost 12…
Cloud Service
Binance receives licence to serve retail customers in Dubai
The VASP licence not only enables Binance to facilitate the trading of crypto and fiat currencies but also margin trading products.
Cloud Service
Spreading like “forest fire”, Telegram platform to go viral
Compared with Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp with over 2 billion monthly active users, the messaging app Telegram is expected to cross 1 billion.
Cloud Service
Semiconductor toolmaker ASML ships 2nd ‘High NA’ EUV machine
The biggest semiconductor equipment maker ASML has shipped one of its newest “High NA” EUV lithography systems to a second customer.
Cloud Service
What’s the difference between static IP and dynamic IP?
IP addresses play a crucial role in our daily lives, often without us realising it. Whether we’re browsing the web, sending emails, streaming videos, or using social media, IP addresses enable communication and data exchange between these devices and the services we access…
Institutional
Which organisation is responsible for allocating public IP addresses?
The Internet Protocol (IP), a set of guidelines that control data transmission over networks, is the foundation upon which the Internet functions. An IP address is given to each internet-connected device, serving as a digital identity for it. Devices can send and receive data…
Cloud Service
Microsoft raises business application suite prices
Microsoft will raise the business application suite price starting October 1 as Copilot penetrates into Dynamics 365.
Institutional
Top tech news stories today: April 17, 2024
Bitcoin grapples with geopolitics, while ICANN ensures internet continuity. Microsoft’s Copilot reshapes enterprise solutions.
Cloud Service
Hong Kong regulators greenlight spot bitcoin and ether ETFs
The SFC of Hong Kong has granted licences to three ETF providers, including ChinaAMC, Harvest Global, and Bosera International.
Institutional
Pavlovsky exits DeFi platform Marginfi due to policy disputes
Marginfi confirmed Pavlovsky’s resignation, attributing his departure to disagreements with company policies as stated in official statement.
Institutional
US pressures Allies not to cooperate with China on chips
It has now become official U.S. policy to pressure Allies not to honor their chip kit service contracts with China.
Cloud Service
To train GPT-4, OpenAI transcribed more over a million hours of YouTube footage
The Wall Street Journal claimed earlier this week that AI companies are hitting a roadblock in collecting high-quality training data. The New York Times detailed some of the ways companies are dealing with this problem. OpenAI needs training data Desperate for training data…
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…
Cloud Service
Crypto exchange Upbit’s daily trading volume falls to $3.8B in April
South Korea crypto exchange Upbit witnessed its 24-hour trading volume decline to $3.8 billion in early April, down from a peak in March.
Cloud Service
Sam Altman quits OpenAI venture fund under new structure
OpenAI Startup Fund’s restructuring sees Sam Altman cede ownership and control, with Ian Hathaway assuming management.
Institutional
Who is Brian Armstrong? Coinbase CEO went from tutoring startup to billionaire crypto campaigner
Track Brian Armstrong’s journey from entrepreneurship to CEO of Coinbase, molding the cryptocurrency exchange and regulatory landscape.
Cloud Service
Canadian school boards sue social media giants for nearly $3B
Canadian school boards are seeking more than $2.96 billion from social media companies over allegations that their products hurt students.
North America cloud service
FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried receives 25-year jail term for fraud
Sam Bankman-Fried received a 25-year jail term after being found guilty of defrauding investors and consumers of his bankrupt company.
Cloud Service
Dell layoffs hit 13,000 in 2023, double the number claimed
Dell has 120,000 employees, about 13,000 fewer than at the start of 2023, meaning it has nearly doubled the number of layoffs as it claimed.
Cloud Service
PDD’s Colin Huang becomes China’s richest tech billionaire
Colin Huang, the founder of PDD Holdings, has become China’s richest technology entrepreneur after a surge in the value of its US-listed shares, allowing him to surpass the nation’s more illustrious tycoons Pony Ma Huateng of Tencent Holdings and Zhang Yiming of Bytedance. Huang…