Author: Art Ryan

📅 Dates: February 23-26, 2025📍 Location: Doha Exhibition & Convention Center, Qatar⏳ Countdown: Just 5 days to go! The countdown is on! Web Summit Qatar 2025 is just around the corner, bringing together visionary entrepreneurs, investors, and tech leaders to explore the future of AI, fintech, Web3, and emerging technologies. This game-changing event will provide unparalleled networking opportunities, groundbreaking insights, and a stage for startups to showcase cutting-edge innovations. 🌍 Why Web Summit Qatar 2025 is a Must-Attend Event 🔹 Keynotes from Global Tech Leaders Get ready for insightful discussions from the world’s most influential voices in AI, blockchain, cloud…

Network connectivity solutions provider, Canoga Perkins today announced that it has begun shipping evaluation units for its SyncMetra 100 transport solution, purpose-built to simplify the deployment, configuration, management, and expansion of low latency private 5G networks for industrial automation including TSN, enterprise AI, and AR/VR applications. In addition, the company announced its upcoming presence at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, March 3-6 (Hall 7 Stand 7C3Ex) and at Hannover Messe, March 31-April 4 where it will be demonstrating the SyncMetra solution. “As advancements in AI, automation and IoT accelerate the proliferation of use cases, the market has been constrained to deploy deterministic wireless networks,” said Malik Arshad,…

The Singapore government has announced a new S$150m (US$112m) Enterprise Compute initiative to empower enterprises with artificial intelligence (AI) tools and resources in its latest Budget. Recognising the critical role technology plays in bolstering competitiveness, Singapore prime minister and finance minister Lawrence Wong highlighted the need for businesses to embrace AI solutions tailored to their specific requirements. “Beyond a certain stage, enterprises will need AI solutions, which are tailored to their needs and integrated into their business processes and systems,” he said. The Enterprise Compute Initiative aims to bridge this gap by partnering eligible enterprises with leading cloud service providers. This collaboration…

Vultr, the world’s largest privately-held cloud infrastructure company, today announced the deployment of the AMD Instinct™ MI325X GPUs in its Chicago data center region, making it the first cloud provider to offer these cutting-edge AI solutions. This news comes on the heels of Vultr announcing its growth financing at a $3.5 billion valuation and the expansion of its collaboration with AMD(NASDAQ: AMD) to provide access to AMD Instinct™ MI300X GPUs and the ROCm™ open software ecosystem. This collaboration joins AMD’s revolutionary Instinct GPUs and supporting AI networking and software infrastructure with Vultr’s global cloud infrastructure platform to empower businesses to build and scale AI-native applications on robust cloud infrastructure, ensuring agility,…

South Korea is preparing to host the world’s largest AI data centre by capacity, setting its sights on global technological leadership. The monumental project, led by Fir Hills – a division of California-based Stock Farm Road, Inc. (SFR) – is expected to commence construction in winter 2025 and aims to generate an initial annual revenue of $3.5 billion. The facility, located in the Jeollanam-do Province, is the result of a strategic collaboration between seasoned innovators. SFR was co-founded by LG heir Brian Koo and Dr Amin Badr-El-Din, a veteran of successful ventures in technology, energy, and global public-private partnerships. “This is more than…

Former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati launched an AI startup called Thinking Machines Lab on Tuesday, with a team of about 30 leading researchers and engineers from competitors including OpenAI, Meta and Mistral. The latest entrant into the crowded AI startup space wants to build artificial intelligence systems that encode human values and aim at a broader number of applications than rivals, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday. It shows the ability of Murati, a longtime executive at OpenAI, to poach top researchers from her previous employer. Roughly two-thirds of the company comprises former OpenAI employees…

The inclusion of AI provisions in preferential trade agreements (PTAs) has been steadily rising. Since 2019, when the China-Mauritius Free Trade Agreement first mentioned AI, PTAs have progressively evolved to include elements addressing the broader implications of emerging technologies. While dedicated AI articles remain rare, AI-related provisions are often embedded in digital trade and data governance frameworks. These emphasize cross-border collaboration, ethical use of AI, algorithmic transparency and fostering trust in AI systems, demonstrating the potential of PTAs to drive not just economic growth, but also responsible and equitable technology adoption. A global leader in PTAs with AI provisions The…

Tiger Brokers said on Tuesday it embedded DeepSeek’s model into its AI-powered chatbot, as brokerages and money managers race to capitalise on the Chinese start-up’s artificial intelligence breakthrough, and develop use cases for the financial industry. The integration of the DeepSeek-R1 model into TigerGPT follows DeepSeek’s meteoric rise which stunned Silicon Valley and triggered a rally in Chinese tech shares on bets of an AI revolution sweeping across sectors from education to finance. Tiger Brokers , an online broker backed by shareholders including Chinese electronics maker Xiaomi and renowned U.S. investor Jim Rogers, is the latest to embrace DeepSeek. At least 20…

Applied Real Intelligence (“A.R.I.”), a leading provider of early-stage venture debt through the A.R.I. Senior Secured Growth Credit Fund, announced a strategic debt financing facility for Hypereon Labs, a strategic consulting and technology firm specializing in AI-driven enterprise solutions across fintech, energy, telecommunications, digital media, and precision medicine. Led by co-founders Ari Smith, Michael Spanos II, Dan Collins, and Andrew Elson, Hypereon Labs has earned a reputation for tackling the most complex AI challenges where conventional approaches fall short. Hypereon Labs leverages AI-driven innovation alongside a unique revenue-sharing and equity-based partnership model to help businesses unlock efficiencies, optimize decision-making, and drive…

Shift Bioscience, a biotech company using an AI powered virtual cell to fight age-related diseases, today announced the establishment of a new North American team and facilities to advance development of the Company’s platform for discovery of rejuvenation gene targets. Based in Toronto, Canada, the team will be led by Lucas Camillo, Head of Machine Learning, with Professor Bo Wang appointed as Senior Advisor. By expanding into this AI hub, the Company gains access to top machine learning talent, enabling it to further strengthen its IP portfolio and develop new capabilities for its virtual cell platform. With an estimated 2024…

-Last week in New Delhi, the Future Crime Summit 2025 brought together over 1,000 experts, law enforcement officials, and defence leaders to discuss the growing challenges posed by cybercrime and the latest AI-driven solutions. Key topics included AI-enabled attacks, ransomware, crypto fraud, blockchain vulnerabilities, and the risks of quantum computing. The founder of the Future Crime event, Professor Dr. Triveni Singh, also attended the summit. Iqbal Hassan, Deputy Director General at the Ministry of Electronics and IT and Founder of the Future Crime Research Foundation (FCRF), provided insightful inputs on how the government is taking concrete steps to counter cyberattacks.…

When Anthony Moufarrege speaks about accessibility, his words carry the weight of lived experience. As Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator at Australia Post and someone who has Cerebral Palsy as well as mild dystonia and dyslexia, Moufarrege understands that even small workplace adjustments can make a world of difference. “There’s a common misconception that workplace adjustments need to be large or complex, but small changes can also have a profound impact for someone with a disability,” he says. “These changes can provide equal opportunities and enable them to thrive alongside their able-bodied peers.” For example, everyone can experience the more obvious…

Kyocera Corporation (President: Hideo Tanimoto) (TOKYO:6971) today announced that it has officially begun the full-scale development of an AI-powered 5G virtualized base station, with plans to commercialize the technology. As digital transformation (DX) accelerates globally, 5G mobile networks have become a critical societal infrastructure. Kyocera is leveraging its proprietary, globally developed telecommunications and virtualization technologies to bring base station functionality to general-purpose servers using the NVIDIA GH200 Grace HopperTM Superchip. Using AI, Kyocera’s 5G virtualized base stations will enhance performance, reduce power consumption, and streamline both operations and maintenance. By offering these 5G virtualized base stations as an optimized solution to…

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, showed off the updated Grok-3 model, showcasing a version of the chatbot technology that the billionaire has said is the “smartest AI on Earth.” Across math, science and coding benchmarks, Grok-3 beats Alphabet’s Google Gemini, DeepSeek’s V3 model, Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s GPT-4o, the company said via a live stream on Monday. Grok-3 has “more than 10 times” the computing power of its predecessor and completed pretraining in early January, Musk said in a presentation alongside three of xAI’s engineers. “We’re continually improving the models every day, and literally within 24 hours, you’ll see…

Attributed to Courtney Gregoire, Chief Digital Safety Officer, Microsoft Every year, Safer Internet Day provides an opportunity to pause and reflect on the state of online safety – how far we’ve come and how we can continue to improve. For almost a decade, Microsoft has marked the occasion by releasing research on how individuals of all ages perceive and experience risk online. Last year, we highlighted the growing importance of AI. This year, in our ninth Global Online Safety Survey, we’ve dug deeper to understand how people view and are using this technology, plus how well they can identify AI-generated content. …

The use of AI is still up for debate, especially for traditional media publications where issues like copyright are among the main issues. There are good use cases for AI and The New York Times, one of the most respected media publications in the world, acknowledges that. This is why it came as a surprise to the staff of The New York Times when they received an email announcing the debut of its new internal AI summary tool called Echo. This essentially means that the esteemed publication will allow its product and editorial teams to utilize AI tools with their work according to Semafor.…

Doha, Qatar, is set to welcome Web Summit 2025, one of the world’s most influential technology conferences, further cementing its position as a leading global hub for innovation and excellence in the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) industry. This milestone event underscores Qatar’s ability to host world-class gatherings, reinforcing its reputation for excellence in technology, tourism, and infrastructure. With previous editions held in major cities like Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro, the arrival of Web Summit in Doha marks a significant moment for the Middle East, reflecting the region’s growing influence in the global tech ecosystem. The summit will…

Dream, an AI company providing cyber resilience for nations and critical infrastructure, today announced a $100 million Series B led by Bain Capital Ventures at a $1.1 billion valuation. Additional investors include Group 11, Tru Arrow, Tau Capital and Aleph. With this funding, Dream will further enhance its product capabilities and global market reach. Cybersecurity is no longer just a security challenge; it’s a massive data problem. Governments must navigate complex environments that include legacy systems, cloud infrastructure, and hybrid architectures, all while managing vast amounts of security data. At the same time, cyberattacks are becoming more advanced, with attackers…

The Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, in collaboration with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), has launched a consultation on Egypt’s Readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM) for artificial intelligence (AI). This initiative evaluates Egypt’s preparedness for adopting AI sustainably and responsibly while supporting national policies and strategies in this vital field. The first national consultation sessions for stakeholders have commenced, focusing on four key areas where AI plays a pivotal role: policies and legislation, cultural and social domains, scientific research and infrastructure, and the economic sector. These sessions include participation from diverse stakeholders and experts, including…

In this article, we are going to take a look at where Vistra Corp. (NYSE:VST) stands against the other AI stocks. Even amidst the DeepSeek frenzy, artificial intelligence remains the most prevalent theme in the market today. Surging enterprise adoption, expanding use cases, and increasing artificial intelligence infrastructure have led to the AI surge. DeepSeek’s claims that its AI models are more efficient and less costly have now been deemed “largely understated” by several analysts and investors in the tech world. More importantly, tech giants continue their AI investment sprees, demonstrating that the global AI arms race is far from…