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Fintech & Ecommerce

FIS Launches Networking Program

Technology company FIS, which specializes in providing financial services, announced the launch of the FIS Fintech Hangouts 2024 series.

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.

News

Amazon Terminates iRobot Deal

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

News

Intel Issues Outlook for First Quarter of 2024

Intel’s share price fell in the premarket on Friday, January 26, after the chip manufacturer published an outlook for the first quarter of the current year, which turned out to be worse than analysts’ expectations, although the company’s results for the last three months of 2023 exceeded Wall Street estimates.

News

OpenAI Introduces Additions to Its Artificial Intelligence Models

OpenAI has presented several additions to its artificial intelligence models and services.

Science & Technology

NVIDIA & U.S. National Science Foundation Join Efforts for Responsible AI Development

NVIDIA and the National Science Foundation are launching the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot to advance responsible AI discovery and innovation.

News

US Economy Demonstrates Growth

The United States economy demonstrated what can be described as shocking resilience in the fourth quarter of last year.

Science & Technology

Meta Builds New AI-Focused Data Center in Indiana

Meta Platforms Inc. is currently implementing a project to build a data center in the US state of Indiana.

News

Mastercard Extends RTP Partnership With The Clearing House

The extended multi-year partnership prolongs Mastercard’s role as the exclusive instant payments software provider for TCH’s RTP network, enabling partners to integrate new instant payment use cases.

News

Fintech Klarna CEO Signals Possibility of IPO

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, Chief Executive Officer of Klarna Bank AB, during a conversation with media representatives, stated a high level of probability that the initial public offering (IPO) of this Swedish fintech giant in the United States will take place shortly, noting that there is no specific time frame for the implementation of the relevant intention.

Science & Technology

Netflix to Stream WWE Raw

Netflix Inc. has become the owner of the exclusive rights to Raw and other programming from World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which is the first major step by the media industry giant towards live streaming of events.

Finance & Economics

Goldman’s Jan Hatzius Sees US Soft Landing

Chief Economist at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Jan Hatzius on Tuesday, January 23, during a conversation with media representatives in Hong Kong, said that the Federal Reserve System is currently on track to achieve a soft landing of the United States economy.

Blockchain & Crypto

Crypto’s Terraform Files for Bankruptcy

Terraform Labs Pte., a company specializing in digital assets and co-founded by Do Kwon, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States.

Fintech & Ecommerce

India Is Among Top Fintech Cluster Hubs Globally

The World Economic Forum emphasised the role of thriving fintech hubs hosting clusters of fintech corporate headquarters and providing significant operating markets such as Singapore, the UK, the US, Mexico and India for the global growth of the fintech industry.

Science & Technology

Amazon Portfolio Reaches Over 500 Solar and Wind Projects Globally

Amazon invested in more than 100 new solar and wind energy projects in 2023, expanding its portfolio to a size big enough to power 7.2 million U.S. homes annually.