As the world comes to terms with the recent seismic events in the tech industry, the true aftershocks are yet to be fully understood. In a recent analysis, Gabriel Debach, Market Analyst at eToro, highlights how the arrival of DeepSeek, a cutting-edge language model, has shaken the foundations of tech stocks globally and raised questions
BOW, the Sheffield-based universal robotics software company, has announced closing a €4.7 million seed round to reduce the cost and complexity of programming robots and fuel the development of portable robotics applications. The round was led by Northern Gritstone, the investment business focused on science and technology businesses in the North of England, with co-investors
Microsoft’s LinkedIn has been sued by Premium customers who said the business-focused social media platform disclosed their private messages to third parties without permission to train generative artificial intelligence models. According to a proposed class action filed on behalf of millions of LinkedIn Premium customers, LinkedIn quietly introduced a privacy setting last August that let
Chinese tech companies face more risks in expanding their businesses overseas this year after Donald Trump returns to the White House later this month, with more policies expected to curb the expansion of the industry, according to a UBS analyst. “As the new US government takes office, we expect that there will be more policies
Apple clarified recently that it has never sold the data collected by its Siri voice assistant or used it to create marketing profiles, just days after settling a case in which it faced such accusations. The iPhone maker last week paid $95 million to settle a class action lawsuit in which plaintiffs alleged it routinely
A seasoned cybersecurity leader and visionary in the world of digital security, Alexandre Horvath specializes in ethical hacking, blockchain, and Web3 technologies. As the Group Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) & Data Protection Officer (DPO) of the cybersecurity firm Cryptix AG, he has played a pivotal role in safeguarding high-profile clients against emerging cyber threats
A seasoned consultant with a wealth of experience in business process transformation and ERP systems, Sho Muraki has dedicated his career to optimising business operations across various industries. After graduating from Keio University, Sho began his career at ABeam Consulting Ltd., where he successfully led projects focused on business standardisation and global implementation in the
Korea’s semiconductor exports face growing threats from China, Taiwan and Malaysia amid intensifying global competition in advanced industries, an industry report showed. The report from the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, better known as Kotra, on the export similarity index (ESI) for semiconductors showed China as being Korea’s top competitor in the sector, with an ESI
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said his office launched investigations into over a dozen technology platforms over their privacy and safety practices for minors. Those being probed included artificial intelligence chatbot startup Character.AI and fourteen other platforms like Reddit, Instagram (META.O), and Discord, the Texas attorney general added. Tech platforms have come under increasing scrutiny
A Brisbane startup bootstrapped for six years by its father and son cofounders has raised $22 million in its first venture round backed by several startup unicorn startup founders. The raise for Askable, which values the market research software company at $100 million, was led by Sydney VC AirTree with support from Kim Jackson’s Skip
