French advertising giant Publicis said on Thursday it has reached an agreement to acquire data and ID technology group Lotame and plans to wrap it into targeted marketing unit Epsilon, its main business driver.
Microsoft will invest an additional 5.4 billion rand ($296.81 million) by the end of 2027 to expand its cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure in South Africa to meet the growing demand for the company’s Azure services in the region.
Technology company Corning has struck a deal with U.S. solar manufacturers Suniva and Heliene to produce what will be the only solar panel composed of all American-made components, the companies said on Thursday.
Shares in Franco-British satellite operator Eutelsat rose on Thursday, bringing gains over four days to near 650% in a rally that bears the hallmarks of retail traders amplifying moves on a highly shorted stock.
China said on Wednesday it would boost support for the application of artificial intelligence (AI) models and the development of venture capital investment, in a bid to foster more technology breakthroughs and become more self-reliant.
South Korea will establish a $34 billion policy fund to provide financial support to companies involved in strategic technologies such as chips and autos amid intensifying global competition and protectionism, the government said on Wednesday.
Amazon’s cloud services provider, Amazon Web Services, will invest about $8.2 billion in India’s western state of Maharashtra over the next few years, the information technology ministry said on Monday.
General Motors on Monday announced the hiring of its first chief artificial intelligence officer as the automaker looks to use the technology more in its vehicles and in other parts of its business.
Chinese smartphone maker Honor will spend $10 billion over the next five years on developing AI for its devices as the former Huawei unit prepares for a public listing, its CEO James Li said on Sunday.
India’s Paytm received a show cause notice from India’s financial crime fighting agency on Saturday for allegedly violating the country’s Foreign Exchange Management Act.
HP Inc beat first-quarter revenue estimates on Thursday, driven by strength in its personal systems segment and growing demand for artificial intelligence-capable systems.
Recently in Tokyo an AI-driven robot leaned over a man lying on his back and gently put a hand on his knee and another on a shoulder and rolled him onto his side -- a manoeuvre used to change diapers or prevent bedsores in the elderly.
Apollo Global Management is in talks to lead a roughly $35 billion financing package for Meta Platforms to help develop data centers in the U.S., Bloomberg News reported on Thursday citing people with knowledge of the matter.
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed eight major technology companies, including Alphabet, Meta, Apple and X Corp, seeking details about their communications with other countries over fears of foreign censorship, it said on Thursday.