News - page 148

Blockchain & Crypto

Bitpanda Launches Institutional Crypto Platform

Austrian fintech unicorn Bitpanda has launched Bitpanda Wealth – a cryptocurrency trading platform catering to the growing demand for institutional crypto services in the EU.

Blockchain & Crypto

China to Revise AML Regulations With Crypto Transaction Cases

The revised law on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) practices in China will take into account the prevention of cryptocurrency use for such illegal purposes.

Science & Technology

OpenAI GPT-4 Poses Little Risk of Helping Create Bioweapons

OpenAI reported that its most powerful artificial intelligence software, called GPT-4 poses a degree of risk in the framework of a potential scenario for its use by humans to create biological weapons.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Walmart Expands Virtual Try-On Tech

Walmart has decided to expand the use of augmented and virtual reality technologies, spreading this offer on eyewear.

Science & Technology

Microsoft Revenues Rise 18%, but Investors Unimpressed With AI Operations Boost

Tech giant Microsoft has announced positive quarterly financial results, but coupled with Alphabet’s earnings data, the numbers left investors unimpressed and wiped off $190B in market value for AI-related companies.

Finance & Economics

German Prices Ease More Than Expected

At the beginning of the current year, inflation in Germany showed a slowdown, the pace of which turned out to be more significant than initial expectations for the dynamic of the decrease in the intensity of growth in the cost of goods and services.

Finance & Economics

Probability of Interest Rate Cut by Bank of England Grows

The Bank of England on Thursday, February 1, is likely to keep the interest rates at 5.25%, keeping this indicator within what can be described as sustainable stability.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Visa and Transak to Enable Crypto-to-Fiat Withdrawals

Cooperation between the Visa payment network and Web3 infrastructure provider Transak will facilitate crypto-to-fiat withdrawals without centralised exchanges involved.

Science & Technology

India Cuts Tariffs to Entice iPhone Manufacturing

The Indian leadership has decided to reduce taxes on the import of several components for mobile devices.

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.