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Mar 23, 20231 min read
Apple to Spend $1 Billion a Year on Films to Break Into Cinemas
In a bold move to boost its reputation in Hollywood and entice customers to its streaming service, Apple Inc. plans to invest $1 billion...
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Mar 22, 20231 min read
Tencent says focus on cost-cutting, core business after first revenue fall
HONG KONG, March 22 (Reuters) - Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) on Thursday said it would restrict its focus to its core business, while...
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Mar 22, 20231 min read
Canva’s new generative AI tools are now the ones to beat
Party invitations. Social media posts. Sales decks. T-shirts. Canva has won over 125 million people with an intuitive user interface that...
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Mar 21, 20231 min read
Google starts rolling out Bard chatbot
Google on Tuesday began the public release of its Bard chatbot, seeking users and feedback to gain ground on Microsoft in a fast-moving...
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Mar 16, 20231 min read
TikTok says US threatens ban if Chinese owners don't sell stakes
WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - The Biden administration has demanded that TikTok's Chinese owners divest their stakes in the popular...
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Mar 15, 20231 min read
Stripe slashes valuation to $50 billion in new $6.5 billion funding round
Payment processor Stripe raised $6.5 billion at a $50 billion valuation, the company said Wednesday, a sharp discount from its record...
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Mar 14, 20231 min read
New breed of bitcoin NFTs sell for millions
The coloured balls form part of TwelveFold, a collection of 300 images of 3D objects rendered in a square grid, from NFT developers Yuga...
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Mar 8, 20231 min read
Singapore’s Sea Group turns profitable for the first time
Singapore-based Sea Limited closed more than 20% higher on Tuesday after the tech giant posted its first-ever positive net income since...
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Mar 8, 20231 min read
ChatGPT is coming to Slack
New York (CNN)Next time you're wondering how to respond to a colleague on Slack, you may be able to ask ChatGPT for help. Salesforce, the...
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Mar 1, 20231 min read
SwipeRx swipes right on $10M for SEA's pharmacies
Meet SwipeRx! SEA's largest network of pharmacies and pharmacists has just raised $10M in a Series B2 round. 1 in 3 pharmacists in SEA is...
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Mar 1, 20231 min read
SLoan: Shopee is now offering personal loans in Malaysia for selected users
Shopee is gradually expanding its digital financial services with the rollout of SLoan. This is a Shopee personal loan product with a...
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Mar 1, 20231 min read
Amazon to buy One Medical for approximately £3.3bn
Amazon is set to acquire primary care tech provider, One Medical, for approximately £3.3billion ($3.9billion). One Medical’s mission is...
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Mar 1, 20231 min read
Grab aims to hit adjusted EBITDA breakeven sooner than expected
Grab logged a revenue of US$502 million in the fourth quarter of 2022 – a 310% jump from the same period a year ago. The regional tech...
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Feb 23, 20231 min read
Why is ChatGPT making waves?
Ever since OpenAI officially launched ChatGPT, a new model for conversational artificial intelligence (AI), social media has been abuzz...
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Feb 22, 20231 min read
Tencent Cloud targets overseas growth
Tencent Cloud, a division of the Chinese tech giant, is gearing up to expand its media solutions to capitalise on growth in...
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Feb 7, 20231 min read
Top cyberthreats to small business
Attackers resort to different sources to perform acts on organisations such as banks, media assets or retailers.
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Feb 7, 20231 min read
China's Baidu 'developing AI chatbot'
A user interacts with a smartphone app to customise an avatar for a personal artificial intelligence chatbot, known as a Replika, in San...
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Feb 7, 20231 min read
Google to release ChatGPT-like bot named Bard
SAN FRANCISCO: Google said on Monday it will release a conversational chatbot named Bard, setting up an artificial intelligence showdown...
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Feb 2, 20231 min read
Amazon Reports Almost No Profit and Slowing Growth
Amazon on Thursday reported almost no profit in the latest quarter, with unexpected weakness in its big cloud computing businesses...
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Jan 31, 20231 min read
Samsung Opens Biggest Store In North India, Weeks Within Apple Preps For Big Retail Push
Samsung inaugurated its biggest retail store in north India in Connaught Place, New Delhi on Saturday (January 28), within two weeks of...
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