Month: September 2024

Apache Kafka has become an essential tool in Agoda for building resilient and scalable architectures. Its inherently distributed nature facilitates seamless data streaming and processing, which is essential for handling…

Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, has ended talks with Oracle on a potential $10 billion server deal, opting instead to build its own system using Nvidia’s H100 GPUs. Musk’s shift…

PayPal is expanding into U.S. point-of-sale payments by integrating its debit card with Apple Pay, offering 5% cashback to attract in-person consumers.  CEO Alex Chriss is driving this push as…

Northern Data AG is exploring a U.S. initial public offering of its artificial intelligence (AI) cloud computing and data center unit ata valuation of up to $16 billion. The company,…

The US venture capital funding surged to $55.6 billion in Q2, driven by significant investments in AI companies, reversing a previous decline. The resurgence in venture capital funding highlights the…

A little more than two years ago, Dmitry Rogozin, the bellicose former head of Russia's space agency, nearly brought the International Space Station partnership to its knees. During his tenure…

"Legislation has been adopted and now needs to be enforced." If the past five years of EU tech rules could take human form, they would embody Thierry Breton. The bombastic commissioner,…

Speaking Saturday at the UN Summit of the Future, Google CEO Sundar Pichai described AI as “the most transformative technology yet” and announced a new fund for AI education and…

While OpenAI pursues yet another monster fundraise, it is not stealing all the oxygen in the room: AI startups building promising foundational models can still open doors, and checkbooks. Multiple sources…

Meta Platforms announces the launch of AI Studio, a tool that allows users to create and share personalised AI chatbots. It can act as an extension of Instagram creators and handle…