Chinese EV maker Xpeng to hire 4,000, invest in AI
By Zhang Yan, Sarah Wu, and Brenda Goh SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng said it would hire 4,000 this year and invest millions in artificial intelligence, as…
20 years of Facebook, merits and many flaws of a colossus immune to crisis
20 years of Facebook have changed the world like few other digital revolutions. Mark Elliott Zuckerberg’s intuition in creating a site in two weeks to facilitate meetings and acquaintance among Harvard students…
What “Global Trends” Will MWC Barcelona Reveal?
With MWC just two weeks away, everyone in the GSMA Intelligence team is beyond busy. We are far from being alone on that front; across the mobile ecosystem, people are…
Meet the talent: Cristina Ielo, Social Media Specialist
Please describe a day in your life Cristina Ielo: I’m quite an early riser. I wake up early, read the main news online, drink lots of water and then off…
Indonesia issues more tax incentives for EV sales
By Fransiska Nangoy JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has announced new incentives to encourage sales of locally produced and imported electric vehicles (EVs), in its latest bid to boost take-up of…
Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg to visit South Korea
By Joyce Lee and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – Meta‘s CEO Mark Zuckerberg is planning to visit South Korea and is scheduling key meetings during his trip, Meta said in…
Apple secures top position in the thriving Chinese smartphone market
The latest data from Q4 2023 reveals a significant milestone for Apple as it claims the top spot in the fiercely competitive Chinese smartphone market. With an impressive shipment of…
Lockbit cybercrime gang faces global takedown with indictments and arrests
By James Pearson and Karen Freifeld LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – An international law enforcement operation led by Britain’s National Crime Agency and the FBI has arrested and indicted members of…
Microsoft to expand its AI infrastructure in Spain with $2.1 billion investment
By Juveria Tabassum (Reuters) – U.S. software giant Microsoft will expand its artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud infrastructure in Spain through an investment of $2.1 billion in the next two…
Virtual humans extend their stage to the real world
There is more than one title to call virtual avatars – virtual humans, digital beings. Introductions of generative technologies in recent years have paced the emergence of virtual people. People…