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Alipay leads China’s payments apps with tap-and-pay service amassing 100 million users
Alipay, launched 20 years ago by Alibaba Group, has proved to be a revolutionary product that changed the way Chinese people make payments.
Alipay leads China’s payments apps with tap-and-pay service amassing 100 million users
The Verge
Microsoft made an ad with generative AI and nobody noticed - The Verge
Dominic Preston is a news editor with over a decade's experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor. Microsoft has...
Microsoft made an ad with generative AI and nobody noticed - The Verge
PYMNTS.com
What Amazon, Meta, Uber, Anthropic and Others Want in the US AI Action Plan
Amazon, Anthropic, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, Uber, CrowdStrike and JPMorgan Chase are among the thousands that have voiced their views on how the...
What Amazon, Meta, Uber, Anthropic and Others Want in the US AI Action Plan
Bloomberg
Watch Tesla's Europe Sales Fall, IBM and ServiceNow Beat | Bloomberg Technology
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Reuters
Workers could save 122 hours a year by adopting AI in admin tasks, says Google | Reuters
... AI in administrative tasks ... The Reuters Daily Briefing newsletter provides all the news you need to start your day.
Workers could save 122 hours a year by adopting AI in admin tasks, says Google | Reuters
CNBC
Alphabet adds 2% as search, advertising units show resilient growth
Alphabet shares are down about 16% this year as markets face volatility from mounting trade war fears and worries about President Donald Trump's tariffs.
Alphabet adds 2% as search, advertising units show resilient growth
The Register
£136M govt grant saves Post Office from suboptimal tech - The Register
... tech house in order. Fujitsu promised to sit out UK deals ... Software5 months | 66 · Fujitsu claims 634-gram 14-inch Core i7 laptop is...
£136M govt grant saves Post Office from suboptimal tech - The Register
Bloomberg
Microsoft to Contract Out More Software Selling in the Age of AI - Bloomberg
Several big tech companies have re-evaluated their sales strategies in recent years owing to a tougher post-pandemic selling environment and the...
Microsoft to Contract Out More Software Selling in the Age of AI - Bloomberg
CNBC
Alphabet jumps 3% as search, advertising units show resilient growth
Alphabet shares are down about 16% this year as markets face volatility from mounting trade war fears and worries about President Donald Trump's tariffs.
Alphabet jumps 3% as search, advertising units show resilient growth
Reuters
US calls EU fines on Apple and Meta 'economic extortion' | Reuters
The White House said on Wednesday that fines on Apple and Meta Platforms by the European Union were a "novel form of economic extortion" that the...
US calls EU fines on Apple and Meta 'economic extortion' | Reuters
CNBC
Meta lays off employees working on VR in Reality Labs division - CNBC
Meta has laid off employees in the company's Reality Labs division that is tasked with developing virtual reality, augmented reality and wearable...
Meta lays off employees working on VR in Reality Labs division - CNBC
Quartz
Microsoft says AI coworkers are coming fast - Quartz
There won't be any gossipy coworkers here — AI will be all business.
Microsoft says AI coworkers are coming fast - Quartz
CNBC
Alphabet shares rise on stronger-than-expected revenue growth - CNBC
Google's YouTube advertising revenue came in just short of analysts' expectations at $8.93 billion. Overall advertising brought in $66.89 billion, up...
Alphabet shares rise on stronger-than-expected revenue growth - CNBC
Reuters
Google parent Alphabet beats quarterly revenue estimates - Reuters
Google parent Alphabet unveiled a $70 billion share buyback and beat quarterly revenue estimates on Thursday, benefiting from steady growth in its...
Google parent Alphabet beats quarterly revenue estimates - Reuters
The Verge
Adobe's new app helps credit creators and fight AI fakery | The Verge
Adobe's Content Authenticity app helps creatives prevent AI from training on their images and ensure they're credited when their work is reposted...
Adobe's new app helps credit creators and fight AI fakery | The Verge
TechCrunch
Adobe releases new Firefly image generation models and a redesigned Firefly web app
Adobe on Thursday launched the latest iteration of its Firefly family of image generation AI models, a model for generating vectors, and a...
CNBC
Amazon and Nvidia say AI data center demand is not slowing down - CNBC
Amazon and Nvidia executives said they only see power demand rising due to artificial intelligence. Kevin Miller, Amazon's vice president of...
Amazon and Nvidia say AI data center demand is not slowing down - CNBC
TechCrunch
Flex acquires a16z-backed Maza for $40M as fintech M&A heats up - TechCrunch
Flex's software and payments infrastructure is to help business owners ... tech stack. Examples included landscapers, cleaning services, and...
The Information
Half of Tech Workers Report Staff Cuts, Hiring Pullbacks: The Information Subscriber Survey
Tech companies are rethinking their hiring and spending on key areas including software and marketing, amid fast-changing tariff policies and...
TechCrunch
Dropbox adds new features to Dash, its AI-powered search tool - TechCrunch
As AI vendors release new AI models, companies working in the ... TechCrunch Daily News. Every weekday and Sunday, you can get the best of...
Dropbox adds new features to Dash, its AI-powered search tool - TechCrunch
Reuters
Google says deep AI investments powering ad sales, soothing anxious investors - Reuters
The Reuters Tariff Watch newsletter is your daily guide to the latest global trade and tariff news. Sign up here. Alphabet reaffirmed its ambitious AI...
Google says deep AI investments powering ad sales, soothing anxious investors - Reuters
Reuters
Databricks to boost hiring, invest $250 million in India for AI expansion | Reuters
The Reuters Tariff Watch newsletter is your daily guide to the latest global trade and tariff news. Sign up here. The multimillion-dollar investment...
Databricks to boost hiring, invest $250 million in India for AI expansion | Reuters
Reuters
Wall Street extends rally on tech boost, easing tariff tensions - Reuters
Not all guidance was downbeat. ServiceNow's profit was better than analysts expected due to resilient demand for AI-powered software. Its shares...
Wall Street extends rally on tech boost, easing tariff tensions - Reuters
CNBC
Alphabet to report Q1 earnings results after the bell
The Google parent company and search giant faces an online ad market that’s on edge due to concerns about how Trump’s tariffs will affect the economy and business spending.
Alphabet to report Q1 earnings results after the bell
The Register
We're calling it: Agentic AI will win RSAC buzzword Bingo - The Register
... tech giants, along with other software vendors, have eagerly jumped aboard the agentic AI bandwagon. "Last year, it was about building GenAI...
We're calling it: Agentic AI will win RSAC buzzword Bingo - The Register
The Verge
Adobe adds more image generators to its growing AI family | The Verge
Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Adobe has launched two new versions of its text-to-image generative AI model...
Adobe adds more image generators to its growing AI family | The Verge
CNBC
Analysts are hiking their price targets on this software stock after a blowout earnings report
Analysts praised the report as a reassuring sign to technology and software investors who have been focused lately on prospects for an economic...
Analysts are hiking their price targets on this software stock after a blowout earnings report
The Verge
Apple and Meta hit with the EU's first DMA antitrust fines - The Verge
Apple and Meta are the first companies to be fined for violations under the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA).
Apple and Meta hit with the EU's first DMA antitrust fines - The Verge
VentureBeat
Amazon's SWE-PolyBench just exposed the dirty secret about your AI coding assistant
Amazon launches SWE-PolyBench, a groundbreaking multi-language benchmark that exposes critical limitations in AI coding assistants across Python,...
Amazon's SWE-PolyBench just exposed the dirty secret about your AI coding assistant
Reuters
Adobe adds AI models from OpenAI, Google to its Firefly app | Reuters
... news. Sign up here. But last year, Adobe said it was open to also offering third-party models from ChatGPT creator OpenAI and others to its user base.
Adobe adds AI models from OpenAI, Google to its Firefly app | Reuters