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Science & Technology

Samsung Electronics Posts Drop in Operating Profit

Samsung Electronics on Wednesday, January 31, published data according to which the company’s operating profit for the fourth quarter of last year showed a decline of 34.57% compared to the result for the same period in 2022.

Science & Technology

Germany to Back EU AI Act

Germany intends to support the proposals of the European Union on the regulation of artificial intelligence after the Ministry of Transport and Digital Affairs abandoned its position of disagreement with the Law of this bloc of countries on AI.

Science & Technology

Nvidia Joins Funding for AI Chatbot Maker Kore.ai

Nvidia Corp. joined the $150 million capital infusion into the chatbot creator Kore.ai.

Finance & Economics

IMF Lifts World Economic Outlook

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has improved its forecast for global economic growth in 2024.

Fintech & Ecommerce

BlueLayer Works on Operating System for Carbon Project Developers

BlueLayer is currently working on creating a software platform designed to be used by developers of carbon projects.

Science & Technology

AI Chip Startup Rebellions Secures $124 Million

The South Korean startup Rebellions Inc. announced that it managed to raise $124 million in financing from investors, including KT Corp., to accelerate work on the development of a new generation artificial intelligence chip, which is a kind of example of the growing interest in hardware that drives AI.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Amazon to Offer BNPL in Mexico

Amazon.com Inc. has started working with Mexican fintech company Kueski, which specializes in the providing of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) service and personal loans, to offer consumers the opportunity to make payment transactions in installments every two weeks in the space of Latin America’s second-largest economy.

Blockchain & Crypto

PayPal Funds Crypto Payment Startup Mesh With PYUSD Stablecoin

PayPal has invested in Mesh, a crypto-friendly embedded finance solution, almost completely funding the investment with PayPal USD (PYUSD) – Ethereum-based stablecoin.

Science & Technology

Italy Claims OpenAI Breaks GDPR Laws

The Italian data protection authority (DPA) has concluded that OpenAI and its popular AI chatbot ChatGPT do not comply with the European Union GDPR provisions.

Science & Technology

China Approves 14 Large Language Models

In China, local authorities have approved the launch of the first batch of large language models (LLM) this year.

Finance & Economics

Amazon Terminates iRobot Deal

Amazon.com Inc. refused to implement the deal for the acquisition of iRobot Corp.

Science & Technology

AI Startup Sierra Reportedly Plans to Raise $85 Million

The media reports that Sierra startup, which is focused on enterprises and operates in the sphere of artificial intelligence, is approaching the status of a unicorn with new investments.

Finance & Economics

Evergrande Approaches Liquidation

The Chinese Evergrande Group received a liquidation order from the Hong Kong court, which marked the beginning of a complex process to carve up one of the main casualties of the largest property crisis, which had a widespread negative impact on the state of the world’s second-largest economy.

Blockchain & Crypto

Spot Bitcoin ETF Application Registered in Hong Kong

Following the approval of several spot Bitcoin ETF applications in the U.S., regulators in Hong Kong see the first financial institutions trying to jump on the crypto ETF bandwagon.

Finance & Economics

Reliance Stock Hits Record High, Market Cap Crosses INR 19,5T

Reliance Industries (RIL) stock, the top contributor to the Nifty 50 index, has surged over 7% in the last day and keeps growing. Hitting a record high, the most valued company in the Indian stock market has reached a market cap of INR 19,5T.

Finance & Economics

Texas Bans Barclays From Local Municipal Bond Market Over ESG Commitments

Texas legal representatives blocked Barclays from working on local municipal bond deals after the bank didn’t respond to requests about its carbon emission commitments.