News - page 140

Science & Technology

EU to Advance AI Act

As France and Germany withdrew their objections to the AI Act, the EU can proceed with the next steps required for implementing the regulation.

Finance & Economics

Jeff Bezos Plans to Sell Up to 50 Million Amazon Shares

Jeff Bezos intends to sell up to 50 million shares of Amazon.com Inc. over the next 12 months.

Finance & Economics

India to Review Tax on Online Gaming

India intends to review the national sales tax regime for companies that operate in the sphere of online gaming after March of the current year.

Finance & Economics

UniCredit Shares Demonstrate Growth

UniCredit SpA Bank reported revenue, which turned out to be the highest in more than eight years.

Fintech & Ecommerce

B2B Payments to Reach $124 Trillion Globally by 2028

A new study from Juniper Research, revealed that the value of B2B payments will grow 40% by 2028, up from $89 trillion in 2024, largely due to digital payment adoption in developing markets.

Fintech & Ecommerce

PayTabs Partners With Nearpay for SoftPOS Improvement

PayTabs and Nearpay aim to offer customers across Jordan and other regional markets an enhanced SoftPOS payment experience.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Numerous Paytm Bank Accounts Suspected of Money Laundering

Along with banning Paytm Payments Bank from all forms of banking services, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has passed information about thousands of suspicious bank accounts to the country’s financial crime-fighting agency.

Finance & Economics

IMF Chief Says About Advantage of Late Fed Rate Cuts

The head of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, said that the Federal Reserve and other major central banks face great risks if they decide to ease monetary policy too early.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey Embraces AI

Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey agrees with the opinion of the House of Lords that artificial intelligence should not be perceived as a risk to business.

Science & Technology

Apple Starts Vision Pro Headset Sales

Apple on Friday, February 2, launched sales of its new product, which is an augmented reality headset called Vision Pro, in the United States market.

Science & Technology

Google Maps to Add AI-Powered Recommendations

Google Maps will soon help customers discover new places by launching a new feature powered by generative artificial intelligence technology.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Amazon Beta Launches AI Shopping Assistant

Amazon has announced the launch of a beta version of a new virtual shopping assistant based on generative artificial intelligence.

Science & Technology

Lenovo’s Bad Week Highlights Fear Over US Sanctions

Lenovo Group spent last year in high spirits, influenced by a sense of unshakeable optimism about the prospects for artificial intelligence, but 2024 began for the company in a negative scenario, showing more reasons for pessimism against the background of geopolitical tensions, including in the context of a marked deterioration in relations between the United […]

Science & Technology

Apple Sales Boost Profits

Apple’s sales figures for the fourth quarter of 2023 signal that this giant of the technology industry, under the management of Tim Cook, is finally starting to take steps along roads of success, which was something like a natural environment for this company for a long time, but has recently become an inaccessible or hard-to-reach […]

Finance & Economics

Meta, Amazon Surge by $272 Billion

The e-commerce giant Amazon and one of the largest players in the global technological industry Meta have been focused over the past year on implementing measures aimed at reducing costs and reorienting their business.

Science & Technology

Genesys Acquires AI SaaS Startup Radarr

One of the leading US software companies, Genesys, has agreed to acquire Radar Technologies, which facilitates business decision-making, based on AI-driven real-time online conversation insights.