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Global Datacenter Trends
nLighten acquires 7 data centres from Exa Infrastructure
nLighten has acquired seven edge data centres from its sister company Exa Infrastructure. Acquisition bolsters nLighten’s European presence The company says this move strengthens its position as a frontrunner in the European data centre market and expands its footprint and…

Global Institutional Trends
FixedFloat suffers second crypto breach, $2.8M lost
The cryptocurrency exchange FixedFloat has fallen victim to a second security breach, resulting in a loss of $2.8 million. Another blow to the crypto world FixedFloat’s incident, detected on April 2, involved the transfer of various digital assets, including ETH, USDT, WETH, DAI…

Global Regional ISP Trends
Everything you need to know about Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI)
OUR TAKE:RPKI represents a monumental leap forward in Internet routing security, utilizing cryptography to provide a standardized and scalable solution to the persistent challenges posed by BGP vulnerabilities.–Fei Wang, BTW Reporter Why do we need RPKI? When it comes to network…

Asia-Pacific Institutional Trends
FlexM and 6G Digital: revolutionising banking through strategic partnership
6G Digital Private has entered a significant partnership by acquiring a 25% stake in FlexM Global, a trailblazing FinTech firm based in Singapore, for an impressive sum of $12.5m, according to a report from IBS Intelligence. The digital bank realm is facing an innovative era In…

Global Cloud Services Trends
Yahoo acquires Artifact, AI news platform by Instagram founders
Yahoo announces its acquisition of Artifact, an AI news platform founded by Instagram co-founders, signaling the challenges faced by media startups against Big Tech dominance. The deal aims to integrate Artifact’s technology into Yahoo’s news services. Acquisition and integration…

Global Cloud Services Trends
Chat app Telegram challenges Meta with the launch of new ‘business’ features
Telegram, the popular messaging app, is taking on Meta’s WhatsApp and Messenger with the launch of its new ‘Business’ features. Telegram Business features Telegram Business was officially launched over the weekend, introducing features such as customising the start page, setting…

North America National Telecom Trends
AT&T admitted that a data breach affected 73 million active and returning subscribers
AT&T's March 2024 disclosure is a telecom customer-account exposure case, not a generic breach-count headline. The company said a data set released on the dark web appeared to be from 2019 or earlier and affected about 7.6 million current account holders and 65.4 million former…

North America Cloud Services Trends
US and UK announce partnership on science of AI safety
The U.S. and UK signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Monday, which will see them work together to develop tests for the most advanced AI models, following through on commitments made at the AI Safety Summit last November. The new partnership Following commitments…

Global Institutional Trends
Google and Stanford researchers launch AI fact-checking tool
Google DeepMind and Stanford University’s SAFE enhance AI chatbots’ responses by fact-checking with 76% accuracy.

North America Institutional Trends
Coinbase partially wins appeal, but still faces US regulator’s lawsuit
US Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against Coinbase to move forward, but dismissed one of the regulator’s charges.

Global Cloud Services Trends
Chase wealth planning tool hits 1 million personal plans since launch
JPMorgan Chase says its free Wealth Plan digital money coach has helped customers create more than a million personalised plans in just a year since launch. Wealth plan offers financial private customisation Available in the Chase Mobile app and on Chase.com, Wealth Plan gives…

Europe and Middle East Institutional Trends
Musk’s xAI to launch an improved version of the chatbot Grok
Elon Musk’s AI startup is set to unveil an upgraded version of Grok, a competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, as the global AI race intensifies further with growing interest in chatbots. xAI’s chatbot Grok In December, the startup rolled out Grok for Premium+ subscribers of X. According…

Global Cloud Services Trends
Amazon adds $2.75 billion investment to AI company Anthropic
Amazon injects $2.75 billion into Anthropic, leveraging its Trainium and Inferentia chips to advance generative AI on AWS cloud.

North America Institutional Trends
Amazon fined $7.8m by Polish consumer regulator
E-commerce giant Amazon has been hit with a hefty fine of 31 million zlotys (US$7.8 million) by Poland’s consumer protection watchdog, UOKiK, for deceptive practices related to product availability and delivery commitments. Amazon offers misleading dates “The average consumer has…

Global Institutional Trends
IoT Community announces the launch of GenAIoT with enterprise in mind
The Internet of Things (IoT) Community comprising 49,000 IoT practitioner members, announces the launch of GenAIoT, relating to the intersection of generative AI and the Artificial Internet of Things (AIoT). IoT Community Launches GenAIoT At the IoT Day Slam 2024 Conference The…

North America Cloud Services Trends
0G Labs raises US$35M pre-seed funding from crypto leaders
0G Labs, a web3 infrastructure firm, secured $35m in pre-seed funding from over 40 leading crypto institutions, including Hack VC and Stanford Builders Fund. Fundings from other companies As the crypto space heats back up, so has funding for new startups. 0G Labs, known as the…

Africa Institutional Trends
Thunes and Visa extend digital wallet partnership to Asia and Africa
International payments company Thunes extends Visa partnership to Asia and Africa, over 108 digital wallet types, and bank accounts.

Asia-Pacific Institutional Trends
Apple antitrust lawsuit: Prices manipulated, development stifled says DoJ
US DOJ, 16 states sue Apple for smartphone market monopoly, while Apple defends actions amid US and EU regulatory scrutiny.

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…

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.
