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Microsoft to Invest in Data Centre Infrastructure, Global Accessibility and AI Skilling in 2025
Microsoft shared its artificial intelligence (AI) vision for the fiscal year 2025, highlighting the key areas for the company. Instead of focusing on its AI product roadmap, the company shared details about its investment plans in AI infrastructure, skilling, and developing accessibility of the technology globally. Among other efforts, the Redmond-...
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GTA 6 Reportedly Expected to Collect Over $1 Billion From Pre-Orders Alone
Grand Theft Auto 6 is undoubtedly set to become a sales juggernaut when it launches later this year, but the game could outsell most other major titles through pre-orders alone. A research firm has predicted that GTA 6, one of the most anticipated games of all time, will likely collect over $1 billion from pre-purchases before it arrives on PS5 and...
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Santa's Speed On Christmas Eve - And What It Would Do To Rudolph's Nose
With billions of children around the world anxiously waiting for their presents, Father Christmas (or Santa) and his reindeer must be travelling at breakneck speeds to deliver them all in one night.
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Remittances To India As Much As Pakistan, Bangladesh Budgets Combined: 5 Facts
India has, for years, been the country receiving highest remittances globally, and this year was no different. India retained the number one spot of being the country which saw the maximum amount of monetary inflow - $129 billion - from its diaspora.
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"One In A Billion" Perfect Sphere Egg Sold For Around Rs 21,500 In England
The rare egg was originally discovered by a woman in a box from her neighbourhood grocery in Ayr, Scotland
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Greenland Glacier Outburst Flood Releases 3,000 Billion Litres of Meltwater
A glacial lake outburst in East Greenland unleashed 3,000 billion litres of meltwater into the Scoresby Sound fjord. The flood, caused by the collapse of Catalina Lake under the Edward Bailey Glacier, is one of the largest ever recorded. University of Copenhagen scientists monitored the event in real time. Experts warn such floods are becoming more...
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Elon Musk Spent Over A Quarter Billion Dollars To Help Elect Donald Trump
Elon Musk spent over a quarter of a billion dollars to help Donald Trump win November's presidential election, according to new filings, underscoring the influence one of the world's wealthiest people had on this year's White House race.
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How Nvidia CEO, One Of The World's Richest, Is Avoiding $8 Billion In Taxes
Jensen Huang, the 61-year-old co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, is the 10th wealthiest individual in the US with a net worth of $127 billion.
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Elon Musk's xAI Raises $6 Billion To Expand Artificial Intelligence capabilities
Elon Musk's AI company xAI has raised $6 billion, as it plans to expand its supercomputer to house at least one million graphics processing units (GPUs).
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Volkswagen India Unit Faces $1.4 Billion Tax Evasion Notice
India has issued a notice to German automaker Volkswagen for allegedly evading $1.4 billion in taxes by "wilfully" paying lesser import tax on components for its Audi, VW and Skoda cars, a document shows, in what is one of the biggest such demands.
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Key Abu Dhabi Fund, Sri Lanka Port Authority, Tanzanian Government Reaffirm Support For Adani Group
Abu Dhabi's International Holding Company (IHC), one of the largest sovereign funds that manages assets close to $100 billion, has reaffirmed its support to the Adani Group, saying its outlook on investments in the group remains unchanged
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Meet Ananda Krishnan, Malaysian Tycoon Whose Son Gave Up $5 Billion Empire To Become Monk
Ananda Krishnan is one of Malaysia's most influential and wealthiest individuals. In the past week, Mr Krishnan, also known as AK, has been in the limelight because of his son Ajahn Siripanyo, who gave up the world's riches to become a Buddhist monk.
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Lightricks Introduces Open-Source LTX Video AI Model With Real-Time Video Generation Capability
Lightricks, a software company focused on image and video editing, released an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) video model in preview last week. Dubbed LTX Video, the AI model can generate medium-resolution videos in real time. While real-time video generation capability exists in a few large language models (LLMs), this is the first one t...
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Court Respite For Musk After Market Regulator's Probe Into $44 Billion Twitter Takeover
A judge in the United States has rejected the request of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to sanction tech billionaire Elon Musk for skipping a meeting with the regulator, to watch one of his rockets launch.
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Google Chrome Worth Up To $20 Billion If Judge Orders Sale
Alphabet Inc's Chrome browser could go for as much as $20 billion if a judge agrees to a Justice Department proposal to sell the business, in what would be a historic crackdown on one of the world's biggest tech companies.
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Microsoft to Invest in Data Centre Infrastructure, Global Accessibility and AI Skilling in 2025
Microsoft shared its artificial intelligence (AI) vision for the fiscal year 2025, highlighting the key areas for the company. Instead of focusing on its AI product roadmap, the company shared details about its investment plans in AI infrastructure, skilling, and developing accessibility of the technology globally. Among other efforts, the Redmond-...
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GTA 6 Reportedly Expected to Collect Over $1 Billion From Pre-Orders Alone
Grand Theft Auto 6 is undoubtedly set to become a sales juggernaut when it launches later this year, but the game could outsell most other major titles through pre-orders alone. A research firm has predicted that GTA 6, one of the most anticipated games of all time, will likely collect over $1 billion from pre-purchases before it arrives on PS5 and...
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Santa's Speed On Christmas Eve - And What It Would Do To Rudolph's Nose
With billions of children around the world anxiously waiting for their presents, Father Christmas (or Santa) and his reindeer must be travelling at breakneck speeds to deliver them all in one night.
-
Remittances To India As Much As Pakistan, Bangladesh Budgets Combined: 5 Facts
India has, for years, been the country receiving highest remittances globally, and this year was no different. India retained the number one spot of being the country which saw the maximum amount of monetary inflow - $129 billion - from its diaspora.
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"One In A Billion" Perfect Sphere Egg Sold For Around Rs 21,500 In England
The rare egg was originally discovered by a woman in a box from her neighbourhood grocery in Ayr, Scotland
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Greenland Glacier Outburst Flood Releases 3,000 Billion Litres of Meltwater
A glacial lake outburst in East Greenland unleashed 3,000 billion litres of meltwater into the Scoresby Sound fjord. The flood, caused by the collapse of Catalina Lake under the Edward Bailey Glacier, is one of the largest ever recorded. University of Copenhagen scientists monitored the event in real time. Experts warn such floods are becoming more...
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Elon Musk Spent Over A Quarter Billion Dollars To Help Elect Donald Trump
Elon Musk spent over a quarter of a billion dollars to help Donald Trump win November's presidential election, according to new filings, underscoring the influence one of the world's wealthiest people had on this year's White House race.
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How Nvidia CEO, One Of The World's Richest, Is Avoiding $8 Billion In Taxes
Jensen Huang, the 61-year-old co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, is the 10th wealthiest individual in the US with a net worth of $127 billion.
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Elon Musk's xAI Raises $6 Billion To Expand Artificial Intelligence capabilities
Elon Musk's AI company xAI has raised $6 billion, as it plans to expand its supercomputer to house at least one million graphics processing units (GPUs).
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Volkswagen India Unit Faces $1.4 Billion Tax Evasion Notice
India has issued a notice to German automaker Volkswagen for allegedly evading $1.4 billion in taxes by "wilfully" paying lesser import tax on components for its Audi, VW and Skoda cars, a document shows, in what is one of the biggest such demands.
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Key Abu Dhabi Fund, Sri Lanka Port Authority, Tanzanian Government Reaffirm Support For Adani Group
Abu Dhabi's International Holding Company (IHC), one of the largest sovereign funds that manages assets close to $100 billion, has reaffirmed its support to the Adani Group, saying its outlook on investments in the group remains unchanged
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Meet Ananda Krishnan, Malaysian Tycoon Whose Son Gave Up $5 Billion Empire To Become Monk
Ananda Krishnan is one of Malaysia's most influential and wealthiest individuals. In the past week, Mr Krishnan, also known as AK, has been in the limelight because of his son Ajahn Siripanyo, who gave up the world's riches to become a Buddhist monk.
-
Lightricks Introduces Open-Source LTX Video AI Model With Real-Time Video Generation Capability
Lightricks, a software company focused on image and video editing, released an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) video model in preview last week. Dubbed LTX Video, the AI model can generate medium-resolution videos in real time. While real-time video generation capability exists in a few large language models (LLMs), this is the first one t...
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Court Respite For Musk After Market Regulator's Probe Into $44 Billion Twitter Takeover
A judge in the United States has rejected the request of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to sanction tech billionaire Elon Musk for skipping a meeting with the regulator, to watch one of his rockets launch.
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Google Chrome Worth Up To $20 Billion If Judge Orders Sale
Alphabet Inc's Chrome browser could go for as much as $20 billion if a judge agrees to a Justice Department proposal to sell the business, in what would be a historic crackdown on one of the world's biggest tech companies.
