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Finance & Economics

Bank of England Reportedly to Resume Rate Cuts

Currently, it is becoming increasingly widely believed that this week the Bank of England will decide on a new interest rates cut.

Science & Technology

Google Says About Prospects of Commercial Quantum Computing Apps

Google plans to release commercial quantum computing apps within the next five years.

Science & Technology

Google Opens Its Most Powerful AI Models to Everyone

Google on Wednesday, February 5, released Gemini 2.0, its most capable suite of artificial intelligence models.

Science & Technology

Alphabet Shares Demonstrate Decline on Revenue Miss

On Wednesday, February 5, the value of shares of one of the world’s largest technology giants, Alphabet, showed a drop of more than 7% after this company, which owns Google, published information about its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2024, which fell short of Wall Street’s preliminary expectations and announced large-scale spending plans for […]

Science & Technology

AMD Reports Earnings

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) last Tuesday, February 4, published information about its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2024, which exceeded preliminary expectations.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Cashfree Payments Secures $53M to Boost Market Reach

The Indian fintech startup Cashfree Payments has raised $53 million in a Series C funding round to accelerate the market growth of its innovative payment solutions across multiple digital sectors.

Science & Technology

Chinese Tech Firms Integrate DeepSeek LLM

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is rapidly being adopted among domestic tech firms, particularly in the cloud services and semiconductor sectors.

Science & Technology

Panasonic to Restructure Century-Old Business Focusing on AI

Panasonic plans to restructure its operations to support a strategic shift towards artificial intelligence (AI).

Science & Technology

Juniper Networks Beats Quarterly Revenue Estimates

Juniper Networks on Tuesday, February 4, released information about its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2024, which exceeded analysts’ preliminary expectations, helped by steady consumer demand for the company’s networking gear amid the so-called artificial intelligence boom.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Fintech Firm Jack Henry Reports Earnings

Fintech company Jack Henry & Associates on Tuesday, February 4, reported a 6.4% increase in its profit for the second fiscal quarter, as consumer demand for this firm’s services in the financial technology area remained robust.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Worldpay Acquires Ravelin

Worldpay has agreed to acquire London-headquartered artificial intelligence-native fraud prevention platform Ravelin.

Finance & Economics

UBS Reports Earnings

The value of UBS shares turned out to be on a downward trajectory after this lender published its results for the fourth quarter of 2024 and disappointing $3 billion share buyback plans.

Finance & Economics

China Unveils Series of Retaliatory Measures Against US

China on Tuesday, February 4, announced a broad package of economic measures against the United States as part of retaliatory actions, which were decided by Beijing after US President Donald Trump imposed 10% tariffs on goods imported from the Asian country.

Science & Technology

Olas Secures $13.8M Funding to Launch AI Agent App Store

Olas has just secured $13.8M to unveil Pearl, the world’s first “agent app store” that lets anyone deploy and manage AI agents as effortlessly as downloading an app.

Science & Technology

SoftBank and OpenAI Unveil Japan Joint Venture

SoftBank Group chief executive officer Masayoshi Son on Monday, February 3, announced that he has agreed with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to set up a joint venture in Japan to offer artificial intelligence services to corporate clients.

Finance & Economics

Donald Trump Announces Pause on US Tariffs on Canada

President of the United States Donald Trump is pausing the imposition of planned tariffs on goods imported from Canada.