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Netflix Announces Price Increase
Science & Technology

Netflix Announces Price Increase

Netflix has announced another increase in the cost of its services.

13th Africa Bank 4.0 Summit – West Africa Concludes with Resounding Success
Fintech & Ecommerce

13th Africa Bank 4.0 Summit – West Africa Concludes with Resounding Success

Lagos, Nigeria – October 13, 2023 – The 13th Africa Bank 4.0 Summit – West Africa, presented by ICPS an HPS company, recently took place from October 10th to 12th, 2023 at EKO Hotels and Suites in Lagos, Nigeria. The event brought together leading experts, innovators, and influencers from the banking, fintech and payments sector, […]

US Tightens Rules on Chip Exports to China
Science & Technology

US Tightens Rules on Chip Exports to China

The administration of the President of the United States Joe Biden has reduced the number of types of semiconductors that local companies can supply to China.

OpenAI Develops Tool to Detect AI-Generated Images
Science & Technology

OpenAI Develops Tool to Detect AI-Generated Images

OpenAI is currently working on creating a tool to detect images that have been created using artificial intelligence.

Meta Product Chief Says About Ability of AI Chatbots to Lure Advertisers
Science & Technology

Meta Product Chief Says About Ability of AI Chatbots to Lure Advertisers

Meta Platforms Director of Products Chris Cox said that, in his opinion, chatbots with artificial intelligence will gradually become a more attractive tool for advertisers and believes that these digital products will gradually go beyond the status of a way to stimulate interaction with a particular digital platform.

Goldman Sachs Reports Q3 Earnings
Finance & Economics

Goldman Sachs Reports Q3 Earnings

Goldman Sachs last Tuesday, October 17, published an earnings report for the third quarter of this year.

SBF’s Crypto Market Manipulations
Blockchain & Crypto

SBF’s Crypto Market Manipulations

The trial of Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), once a cryptocurrency billionaire now accused of orchestrating multibillion-dollar fraud, is under way in Manhattan’s federal court. Customers of FTX, Bankman-Fried’s collapsed crypto exchange, lost billions in dollars when the firm declared bankruptcy after an $8 billion liquidity shortfall was exposed. The court will decide whether this deficiency is […]

PayPal Launches Package Tracking Feature
Fintech & Ecommerce

PayPal Launches Package Tracking Feature

PayPal has announced the launch of a parcel tracking feature in its app.

China’s Economy Shows Growth
Finance & Economics

China’s Economy Shows Growth

By the end of September, China’s economy showed a dynamic of recovery.

Mistral AI Partners With Google Cloud to Enhance Vertex AI Offering
Science & Technology

Mistral AI Partners With Google Cloud to Enhance Vertex AI Offering

Mistral AI’s AI model will be integrated within Google Cloud’s Vertex AI enterprise-ready machine learning (ML) platform to accelerate AI adoption and make it easy for businesses of all sizes to launch AI products or services.

X Tests ‘Not A Bot’ Subscription System
Society & Lifestyle

X Tests ‘Not A Bot’ Subscription System

In a new experiment with subscription, X, formerly Twitter, requires unverified accounts to pay $1 annually to be able to post & interact with other posts.

Aani Instant Payments Platform Launches in UAE
Fintech & Ecommerce

Aani Instant Payments Platform Launches in UAE

Aani, an instant payments platform, aims to transform the landscape of digital payments in the UAE, ushering in a new era of seamless, secure, and instant digital payments.

Amazon to Open Retail Business in South Africa
Fintech & Ecommerce

Amazon to Open Retail Business in South Africa

Amazon plans to launch its online retail business in South Africa next year.

Alibaba and Tencent Invest in AI Startup
Science & Technology

Alibaba and Tencent Invest in AI Startup

Alibaba Group Holding and Tencent Holdings have joined to $300 million financing for Baichuan, a Chinese startup operating in the sphere of artificial intelligence and seeking, like many other local firms, to benefit from the rapid growth of interest in developing AI-based services like ChatGPT.

Research Finds Flaws in GPT-4
Science & Technology

Research Finds Flaws in GPT-4

A scientific article related to Microsoft and published on GitHub contains information about the shortcomings of GPT-4 from OpenAI.

Reality Defender Raises $15 Million to Detect  Deepfakes
Science & Technology

Reality Defender Raises $15 Million to Detect Deepfakes

Reality Defender, a startup developing tools for detecting deepfakes and other content created by artificial intelligence, announced that it managed to raise investments for $15 million.