European Union antitrust regulators have charged that Apple breached the bloc’s tech rules, a charge that could result in a hefty fine for the iPhone maker which also faces another investigation into new fees imposed on app developers. The European Commission, which is also the EU’s antitrust and technology regulator, said it had sent its
Heading the technological team of a data processing company is no mean feat. But it comes easily to Jorge Allen Adajar, Chief Technology Officer of KA1ROS Data Processing Services, a company that helps its clients adopt digital innovation in a very short span of time and even became the number one IT service provider in
Donna, an AI-based assistant that enables sales professionals on the go to focus on selling, has raised €1.6 million from US and European investors. The round includes investments from Pitchdrive, Everywhere ventures, Fortino, Syndicate One, WeLoveFounders, among others. This pre-seed funding will help the Belgian serial entrepreneurs behind Donna to attract new talent and further accelerate
Forward earth, an AI-powered environmental software company, has raised €3.2 million to simplify the process for hundreds of thousands of companies worldwide to meet stringent environmental requirements and drive sustainability in global supply chains. The funding will help the company to enhance its AI-powered technology and expand across North America, Europe, and Asia. The round
Temus was founded to help build the digital future for Singapore and beyond through holistic transformation enabled by technology. Established by Temasek, a global investment company headquartered in Singapore, in strategic partnership with UST, a global digital services firm for Fortune 500 companies in April 2021, Temus catalyses digital transformation capabilities in a holistic manner.
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has moved to dismiss his lawsuit accusing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman of abandoning the startup’s original mission of developing artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity and not for profit. Attorneys for Musk asked the California state court to dismiss the lawsuit, originally filed in February, without
Data analytics software maker Databricks has said that it’s acquiring Tabular, a startup that helps optimise data stored in the cloud. The gesture could help Databricks more quickly bring out products as it faces competition from Snowflake and other entities. Databricks is paying over $1 billion to buy Tabular, Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi said. Snowflake
Apple has unveiled a long-awaited AI strategy, integrating its new ‘Apple Intelligence’ technology across its suite of apps including Siri and bringing OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT to its devices. In the nearly two-hour long presentation at Apple’s annual developer conference, executives including CEO Tim Cook touted how voice assistant Siri would be able to interact with
Abu Dhabi-based satellite operator Yahsat has contracted Airbus to make two geostationary satellites in a procurement package worth around 3.9 billion dirhams ($1.1 billion) as it aims to replace older versions of the telecommunications satellites. Airbus Defence and Space SAS will design and build the AY4 and AY5 satellites based on the Eurostar Neo platform.
Virgin Galactic flew four tourists to the edge of space and back aboard its spaceplane, marking the second flight this year, the Richard Branson-founded company has said. The Galactic 07 mission carried Turkish, USA and Italian passengers to an altitude of about 55 miles (88.51 km) on a flight lasting slightly more than an hour.
