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Finance & Economics

US Retail Sales Demonstrate Decline

In the United States, retail sales showed a decline in January, which turned out to be the largest in almost two years.

Science & Technology

OpenAI Seeks to Grand Expansion

OpenAI is currently one of the leading players in the global artificial intelligence industry, which since 2015 has gone from being one of the Silicon Valley startups with only a name and a very ambitious goal to perhaps the main source of transformation of the technological environment, now striving to scale its activities.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Affinity Africa Raises $8M to Expand Affordable Banking for Individuals and MSMEs

Affinity Africa, a Ghana-based digital banking platform, raised seed funding to provide affordable and accessible financial services to underserved and unbanked individuals and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

Science & Technology

Baidu Democratizes Access to Ernie AI Model

Chinese AI pioneer Baidu wants to make its Ernie 4.5 model open-source and free to use as the industry competition surges.

Science & Technology

ServiceNow Launches AI Transformation Suite for US Federal Agencies

As the US federal government is focused on improving agencies’ workflows and legacy systems, ServiceNow underscores its dedication to transforming public sector operations through advanced technology with the new Government Transformation Suite.

Science & Technology

Apptronik Raises $350 Million

Apptronik, a University of Texas spin-out specializing in building humanoid robots, on Thursday, February 13, announced a $350 million Series A round of financing.

Finance & Economics

Donald Trump to Impose Reciprocal Tariffs as Soon as April

President of the United States Donald Trump has ordered his administration to consider imposing reciprocal tariffs on Washington’s numerous trading partners.

Finance & Economics

UK Escapes Recession Threat

At the end of 2024, unexpected growth was recorded in the economic system of the United Kingdom, which is because the increase in public spending provided the Labour government with a kind of reprieve after negative indicators.

Science & Technology

Apple Reportedly Partners With Alibaba in AI

Apple and its competitors in the Chinese smartphone market are currently actively fighting for the fastest possible adoption of rapidly improving artificial intelligence models in the Asian country, including from local developers of digital intelligence systems such as DeepSeek and Alibaba Group Holding.

Finance & Economics

Hong Kong to Ease IPO Rules for Mainland Chinese Companies

Hong Kong’s financial regulators have pledged to ease the listing requirements for companies based in mainland China, noting that these firms view the city’s stock market as a source of funding to support their ambitions to operate globally.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Stripe Reportedly Plots $85 Billion Employee Share Sale

The media published information according to which Stripe is currently in talks about selling stocks of employees at an $85 billion valuation.

Blockchain & Crypto

Visa and Fold to Launch Credit Card

Visa and Fold have collaborated to launch a credit card that offers bitcoin rewards.

Science & Technology

Workday Launches Tool for Managing AI Agent Fleets

Workday has launched a tool that helps companies manage their artificial intelligence agents.

Fintech & Ecommerce

DoorDash Says Digital Experiences Drive More Orders of Retail Goods

DoorDash announced an increase in the number of consumers who order from not only its initial offering-restaurants but also in new verticals that include a growing variety of retailers.

Science & Technology

Lam Research to Invest Over $1 Billion in India

United States-based chip toolmaker company Lam Research said it will invest more than 100 billion rupees ($1.2 billion) in the southern Indian state of Karnataka in the next few years.

Finance & Economics

Donald Trump Readies Reciprocal Tariffs

On Wednesday, February 12, the trade advisors of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, were finalizing plans for the reciprocal tariffs.