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Science & Technology

Ethiopian Eco Startup Kubik Gets Fresh Funding for Pan-African Growth

Kubik is turning plastic waste into eco-friendly interlocking building materials like bricks, columns, beams and jambs.

Finance & Economics

Global Situation Provides Advantages to Mexico’s Manufacturing Sector

Centuries-old historical experience, in the vast, but perhaps not infinite space of which human life dissolves, at best leaving behind a trace, over time, with a high degree of probability, significantly fading or completely disappearing under the pressure of new times, indicates that changes in global processes are a kind of phenomenon that creates winners […]

Fintech & Ecommerce

IFC Invests $7M in Philippine Fintech Salmon

IFC has joined a $25 million Series A extension round for the Philippine fintech firm Salmon Group Ltd to enable consumer fintech to develop new credit products and boost access to banking among the underserved.

Blockchain & Crypto

Ukraine Is the Fourth Most Crypto Friendly Nation Worldwide

Ukraine is behind only Argentina, the U.S. and Colombia in the global crypto adoption ranking based on the CryptoCasinos research.

Science & Technology

Snap Says Augmented Reality Drives User Engagement

Snap, which owns the popular Snapchat virtual platform, believes that augmented reality will be one of the most significant advances in the area of computing ever seen in the world.

Science & Technology

CEOs of OpenAI, Google and Microsoft to Join Federal AI Safety Panel

The United States government has asked companies operating in the artificial intelligence industry for advice on how to use advanced technology to protect utilities, airlines, and other critical infrastructure from hacker attacks applying AI.

Science & Technology

Alphabet’s Value Exceeds $2 Trillion Mark

The market capitalization indicator of Alphabet Inc. on Friday, April 26, significantly exceeded the historical mark of $2 trillion.

Science & Technology

Elon Musk’s xAI Reportedly Close to Raising $6 Billion

The media reports that Elon Musk’s startup xAI, which operates in the sphere of artificial intelligence, is close to raising funds for $6 billion from investors.

Science & Technology

Intel Shares Fall Due to Weak PC Chip Demand

Intel’s share price on Friday, April 26, at the premarket showed a significant decline of more than 7% after the company’s pessimistic sales forecast for the second quarter of 2024 testified that the so-called artificial intelligence boom reduces consumer spending on microcircuit for traditional data centers and computer chips.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Banking-as-a-Service Platform Revenue to Reach $94 Billion Globally by 2028

A new study from Juniper Research forecasts that global BaaS (Banking-as-a-Service) platform revenue will grow by 158% by 2028.

Finance & Economics

Chinese Companies Boost Investing Abroad

Chinese companies are currently actively increasing investments in their business development in other countries, as a result of which the indicator of corresponding financial injections is approaching the mark equivalent to an eight-year high.

Blockchain & Crypto

Square Merchants Can Convert 1%-10% of Sales to Bitcoin via Cash App

Square merchants can now allocate a portion of their daily sales to Bitcoin, with an on-demand payouts feature via CashApp.

Blockchain & Crypto

Stripe Returns Crypto Payments With USDC Stablecoin

After the company postponed BTC transactions in 2018, Stripe is ready to bring back a crypto payment option in the form of stablecoin transfers this summer.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Airwallex Expands to U.S.

U.S. businesses can now use Airwallex to accept cards, mobile wallets, and local payment methods for cross-border transactions.

Science & Technology

Nvidia to Acquire Israeli Startup Run:ai

AI workload management and orchestration software provider Run:ai has fruitfully collaborated with Nvidia since 2020.

Science & Technology

Amazon to Invest $11 Billion in Indiana

Amazon.com ‘s cloud computing unit has announced plans to invest $11 billion in projects to build data centers in Indiana.