Time Horizon
Medium
Within the Time Horizon facet, Medium time-horizon intelligence organises articles by the period over which a signal is expected to matter. The page helps readers distinguish immediate operational changes from longer-cycle governance, investment, standards, and infrastructure shifts that may unfold across quarters or years. It connects timing assumptions with public evidence, related actors, market context, customer exposure, policy pressure, and infrastructure planning so readers can judge whether a development is urgent, strategic, or still waiting on confirming evidence. The page also explains how time horizon changes the meaning of a signal, which organisations may be exposed, and which infrastructure decisions require short-term action or long-cycle monitoring.

Asia-Pacific Institutional Trends
China intends to use AI misinformation to sabotage elections
According to Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence team, the Chinese government is expected to step up sophisticated AI-generated disinformation campaigns to influence several high-profile elections in 2024. China’s strategy Microsoft issued a warning, stating that this year’s…

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Facebook adds ‘reverse passthrough’ 3D eyes to VR headsets
Facebook is developing a new technology that projects the wearer’s 3D eyes onto VR headsets, making social interactions feel more natural and less jarring. Enhancing social interactions with real 3D eyes Holoeyes Secures 400 Million Yen to Expand Medical Virtual Reality Facebook…

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Binance stops bitcoin NFT support to streamline offerings
Binance ceases support for bitcoin NFTs shortly after introducing them to its marketplace, aiming to streamline offerings.

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Sony Bank trials cryptocurrency for gaming, sports IP payments
Sony Bank in Japan partners with SettleMint, a Belgian blockchain firm, to trial its stablecoin linked to the Japanese yen on blockchain.

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Google introduces new JPEG image compression technology
Google unveils Jpegli, an open-source image encoding library, offering improved compression ratios without sacrificing quality.

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Google uses AI to create search answers in UK trial
Google trials AI search answers in UK, sparking publisher concerns on site visits, while prioritising accuracy to combat bias.

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X changes course, gives away blue ticks to popular users for free
X offers free premium features like blue checkmarks, diverging from prior criticism of Twitter’s practices.

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Apple cuts jobs after dropping self-driving car plans
Apple cuts 600+ jobs, ceasing self-driving car project, signalling a strategic shift towards AI, despite historic avoidance of mass layoffs.

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Instagram temporarily disables AI-generated Asians
Meta’s AI image generator faced a temporary glitch, failing to generate accurate images of Asian individuals, following a previous issue of consistently portraying everyone as Asian, regardless of specified race. Instagram AI image generator glitch Meta’s standalone AI image…

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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…

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Meta to integrate AI into Ray-Ban smart glasses
Meta will bring AI capabilities to its Ray-Ban smart glasses, enabling features like entity and language recognition. The smart assistant, activated by saying “Hey Meta,” struggled with some tasks, but the company plans to improve the features over time. Meta Ray-Ban glasses: Do…

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Spotify to raise prices by $1-2 in key markets
Spotify is set to increase prices by $1 to $2 per month in key markets, including the UK and Australia, to support audiobooks and unveil new subscription options for users. Spotify’s plan for enhanced profitability Spotify plans to raise the price of its popular audio service in…

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AI models trained on YouTube videos by Google and Open AI
Both OpenAI and Google have turned to transcribing YouTube videos to further train their AI models, which could infringe on creators’ copyrights. The two tech giants cut corners on Meta to get as much data as possible to train their AI models. Infringement of creator’s video…

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Telit Cinterion unveils GNSS module with centimetre-level accuracy
Telit Cinterion unveils the SE868K5-RTK, a game-changing GNSS receiver module with centimeter-level accuracy, setting new standards in IoT precision. Top tech news stories today: April 8, 2024 Revolutionizing precision in IoT solutions with the SE868K5-RTK IoT solutions provider…

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Companies
Apple services face widespread outrages
Apple faced significant disruptions as several of its services encountered outages, impacting users in the United States, Britain, India, China, and Australia, without further explaination. Scope of outage across various platforms Apple reported problems with several of its…

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Garmin introduces innovative fitness solutions at CES 2024
Garmin unveiled innovation fitness solutions: HRM-Fit, Lily 2 and the Garmin connect app, which can smarten your fitness. HRM-Fit Garmin unveils the $149.99 HRM-Fit, a chest strap designed to prioritize comfort and wearability, particularly for users wearing sports bras. The…

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Nvidia and Alphabet: tech giants experience market cap surge
Nvidia announced a ready-to-release flagship AI processor last month, bringing a increase in its market cap from February, while Alphabet’s shares rose due to Apple’s interest in Google’s Gemini AI engine. Market cap growth in March: Nvidia and Alphabet lead the way Nvidia Corp…

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Top tech news stories today: April 7, 2024
Binance’s saga launch, Ripple’s stablecoin venture and South Africa’s Microsoft probe showcase innovation in the tech world. Also, AI advances with Nvidia, Meta, but Instagram faces controversy. What else? scroll down to browse more! Fintech 1. Binance launches Saga (SAGA) on its…

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Nvidia and Indosat to invest $200M in AI center in Indonesia
Nvidia and PT Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison plan to invest $200 million in an AI center in Central Java, Indonesia. The center, slated for completion by 2024, will likely focus on telecom infrastructure and HR development. Surakarta’s Mayor and President-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka…
