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Prosus acquires 10% stake in Ixigo marking first investment in listed Indian company
Prosus, which recently made its first investment in a listed Indian company Le Travenues Technology, the parent firm of online travel aggregator Ixigo, will continue to explore opportunities across both private and public markets, Gaurav Kothari,...
Xi Gifts Xiaomi Phones to South Korean Leader, Jokes About Backdoor in Tech Rivalry
In a moment that blended diplomacy with a dash of tech humor, Chinese President Xi Jinping presented South Korean President Lee Jae Myung with a pair of Xiaomi smartphones during a state visit in Gyeongju, South Korea. The exchange, which occurred...
Why Australia could miss next trillion-dollar tech boom
Exclusive: Australia is at risk of missing out on its share of artificial intelligence economic opportunities worth $100 trillion globally unless efforts to host massive data centres needed to train and power models are turbocharged to capture the...
Palantir Q3 earnings set to test AI defense tech stock's rally
Palantir (PLTR) is slated to release third quarter earnings after the bell Monday in a test of the AI stock's recent run-up. Palantir stock has risen more than 28% since its last quarterly report in August, ahead of the nearly 20% upswing seen in...
World-class motor tech you didn’t know were Aussie
Australia’s reputation for ingenuity in motoring is stuff of legends. The first coupe ute was invented by Ford Australia’s young designer Lewis Bandt in 1933 in response to a letter sent by Victorian farmer’s wife asking the company to make a...
Tech upgrade paves way for Electric Heating Company growth
Chief executive David Barrett The Electric Heating Company (EHC) is targeting sustained growth after a significant tech investment. The Glasgow-based electric heating and hot water products supplier has ploughed six figures into a new website and...
National Veteran Small Business Week and the SBA: A Starting Place for Veterans
Every November, the nation pauses to recognize the grit, resilience, and leadership of those who’ve traded military uniforms for business ownership. National Veterans Small Business Week (NVSBW), celebrated this year from November 3–7, honors the...
Roche Piles $55M Into Blood-Brain Barrier Tech With Manifold
Roche is offering $55 million up front to work with Manifold Bio to develop blood-brain barrier (BBB) shuttles for multiple targeted neurological and neurodegenerative disease therapies. The licensing deal could top $2 billion in milestones if all...
Trump Imposes Export Ban On Nvidia Blackwell AI Chip — China's Tech Dreams Face a Setback
The US-China tech rivalry just escalated. President Donald Trump's new export ban on Nvidia's cutting-edge Blackwell AI chip has sent a shockwave through the global technology sector. This significant restriction directly targets the heart of...
Expanded partnership between Hazel Technologies and QFresh Lab
Hazel Technologies Inc. announced an expanded partnership arrangement with QFresh Lab. In its new and expanded role, the latter will continue to support the packaging film side of Hazel's business, including its flagship Breatheway product, but...
Mallusk technology company expands into GB hospitality market
Mallusk-based retail technology firm Henderson Technology, which currently services 1,100 customers globally, has acquired GB-based business PowerEPOS, creating a new company Power EPOS Technologies. PowerEPOS, with offices in London and...
Business-friendly cities like Las Vegas and Nashville are fueling Musk's tunnel plans
Elon Musk's Boring Company is proposing a "Music City Loop" tunnel project in Nashville after finding success in Las Vegas. Previous tunnel projects in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Baltimore failed due to political opposition, environmental concerns,...
Karnataka announces Rs 600 crore to build deeptech capital ahead of Bengaluru Tech Summit
The Karnataka government on Monday announced a Rs 600-crore investment plan to support entrepreneurs working on technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), quantum computing, advanced manufacturing, robotics and...
Tech Giants Tackle Major AI Security Threat
Tech companies are reportedly increasing efforts to combat a security flaw in their AI models. Google Deepmind, Microsoft, Anthropic and OpenAI are among the companies working to stop indirect prompt injection attacks, the Financial Times (FT)...
OnePlus 15 will pack new tech to take your mobile gaming experience to the next level
What’s happened? After unveiling the OnePlus 15 in China last month, OnePlus is now gearing up for its global launch on November 13. Ahead of the event, the company has announced a new gaming improvements set to debut with the flagship that...
After the Saudi-backed EA buyout, OG Sims director says diversity isn't just 'critical,' it's 'existential for the business': 'Love is love and people are people'
The future of EA has looked, well, uncertain since it got picked up in the biggest leveraged buyout in private equity history. For one thing, it's now on the hook for $20 billion in debt. For another, the buyout came from a group of investors that...
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Trump says he 'won't be extorted' by Democrats, shuns negotiations as shutdown drags on WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he “won’t be extorted” by Democrats to reopen the government, making clear that he has no plans to negotiate as...
Volcanologists Turn to a High-Tech Suitcase to Study Eruptions
When hundreds of volcanologists gathered in Geneva last July for the world’s largest volcanology conference, Italy’s Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) drew particular attention. INGV was presenting results from five years of...
UAE’s first AI-designed business complex in Sharjah
Strategically located on Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road (E311) near major residential communities, the airport, and University City, the project integrates strategic location, smart technologies, sustainability, and business efficiency within a...
Dahua Technology Unveils Regional Hub in Budapest, Strategically Elevating Global AIoT Ecosystem and Localized Value Creation
Dahua Technology, a world-leading video-centric AIoT solution and service provider, successfully hosted the grand opening ceremony of the Dahua Technology Central Eastern Europe, Nordic and Türkiye regional showroom (the “Showroom”) on October 23...