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Google Maps No Longer Shows Gas Stations
Google Maps has taken a significant step towards catering to the needs of electric vehicle (EV) owners by prioritising features that revolve around electric mobility. Notably, the application will no longer display petrol stations as prominently to EV drivers. EV-Centric Features…
Companies
ZetaChain Secures $27M for Interoperability
ZetaChain has recently concluded an equity funding round, amassing a substantial $27 million. Notable entities in this funding endeavour include well-known entities such as Blockchain.com, Human Capital, VY Capital, Sky9 Capital, Jane Street Capital, VistaLabs, CMT Digital…
Companies
Lenovo Commits $1 Billion to Push AI Advancements
Yuanqing Yang, the CEO of Lenovo, recently revealed an audacious plan to invest $1 billion into AI development and application over the forthcoming three years. This ambitious endeavour anticipates incorporating AI enhancements into the company’s smart devices as early as the…
Global Institutional
Privacy Nightmares Over AI & VR
Recent research conducted at the University of California, Berkeley has highlighted concerning implications: By analysing the movement patterns of individuals wearing VR headsets, a machine learning model accurately predicts personal attributes like height, weight, age, and…
Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
SK Telecom's Anthropic investment turns telco AI strategy into a capital partnership
SK Telecom's Anthropic investment is an event about capital, model access and telecom-specific AI control. SK Telecom announced an additional USD 100 million investment in Anthropic and a partnership agreement to build a large language model customized for telecom operators. The…
Global Cloud Services
Android 14 Introduces Enhanced Security Tool: IT Admins Can Now Disable 2G Networks
Google’s Android 14 introduces the capability to disable 2G networks and refined encryption controls. Find out how this makes your phone safer. Android 14 Introduces Enhanced Security Tool: IT Admins Can Now Disable 2G Networks Android 14 recently added the capability to…
Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
KRAFTON pledges $150 million investment in India gaming and tech
KRAFTON's India pledge is a strategic investment event aimed at gaming, content, creator and technology startups.
Global Cloud Services
Former Biscuit Factory Now a Lab for AI-Powered Revolution in Antibody Discovery
LabGenius pioneers AI-powered antibody discovery, revolutionising medical treatments. about the future of medicine Former Biscuit Factory Now a Lab for AI-Powered Revolution in Antibody Discovery In a South London facility that once churned out biscuits, a advanced transformation…
Companies
Renowned Director Stephen Chow Ventures into Web3+AI with OKX Collaboration
Renowned director Stephen Chow partners with OKX to explore Web3+AI projects, aiming to create an AI counterpart. New possibilities on the way.. Celebrated filmmaker Stephen Chow has announced his foray into the Web3+AI landscape, teaming up with OKX for potential groundbreaking…
Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
Brilliant Labs' arGPT launch moves wearable AI onto Monocle and iOS
Brilliant Labs' arGPT launch is a wearable-AI distribution event: an open-source AR hardware company moved ChatGPT-style interaction onto Monocle through an iOS app. The relevant signal is not the headline phrase; it is the control path between Brilliant Labs' clip-on display…
Companies
Tenstorrent, An AI Chip Startup, Raised $100 Million
Tenstorrent secures £100M in VC funding led by Hyundai and Samsung. provider of AI processors and licensable IP, poised for accelerated growth. Tenstorrent has closed a strategic financing up-round, raising £100 million in capital. The VC funding round was spearheaded by Hyundai…
North America Cloud Services Trends
Meta's AudioCraft release put generative audio tooling into public research circulation
Meta Platforms' August 2023 AudioCraft release is best read as an open research infrastructure event, not as a standalone product entity. Meta put code, model weights and documentation around MusicGen, AudioGen and EnCodec into public circulation, giving researchers and…
North America Institutional
Uniswap Removes HEX Token, Spurred by SEC’s “Unregistered Security” Verdict
Uniswap delists HEX due to SEC’s “unregistered security” label. Value drops 12%. Debate over decentralisation. Regulatory challenges impact DeFi. Uniswap Removes HEX Token, Spurred by SEC’s “Unregistered Security” Verdict Uniswap, the leading decentralised exchange, has taken…
North America National Telecom Trends
Verizon Partners With Metropolitan Museum Of Art To Launch AR App Replica For Roblox
Verizon teams up with Metropolitan Museum of Art for a groundbreaking AR app on Roblox, offering an immersive art experience like never before. Verizon, a leading telecommunications company, has recently joined forces with the Metropolitan Museum of Art to introduce a…
North America Institutional Trends
OpenAI's GPT-5 trademark filing became an early product-roadmap signal
OpenAI OpCo, LLC's July 2023 trademark filing for GPT-5 was a evidence-led filing event, not proof of a finished model. The filing matters because it put a future model name into a public trademark system before launch, tying OpenAI's product-roadmap signaling to software…
Global Cloud Services Trends
Virtuix Ends Recent Round with a Confidence-Boosting Investment, $4.7M
VR fitness company Virtuix bags $4.7 in its latest crowd-funding round. Find out how this may kickstart the next step towards fitness trends. Virtuix, the visionary force behind the groundbreaking Omni VR Treadmill, has recently celebrated a remarkable achievement in its latest…
Leaders
Google’s Search Box: Redefining the Meaning and Access to Information
Since its inception in 1998, Google has forever transformed how we seek information on the Internet. At the core of this revolution lies the unassuming yet potent tool that has become synonymous with Google: the search box. Since its inception in 1998, Google has forever…
Global Cloud Services
Tweetdeck’S New ‘Xpro’ Branding Is Starting To Show Up
Discover TweetDeck’s fresh XPro branding, elevating social media management with a sleek interface and advanced features. Excitement and mixed reactions abound. Meet TweetDecks New, Shiny XPro TweetDeck, the well-known social media management tool, has recently taken the wraps…
Leaders
Microsoft Lets the Word Out: TLS 1.0 and 1.1 Will Soon Be Unplugged
Microsoft plans to disable TLS 1.0 and 1.1 on Windows for enhanced security. Prepare for potential disruptions & ensure compatibility with newer TLS versions. Microsoft has made an official announcement regarding its plan to disable TLS versions 1.0 and 1.1 on the Windows…
Leaders
China’s AI Ascendancy: A Stealthy Journey to Global Prominence
Discover China’s stealthy rise to global AI leadership, reshaping industries with strategic innovation. Implications, challenges, and its future impact explored. China has stealthily emerged as a dominant force in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI) over the past decade.…