Apple has struck a deal with Tencent to process payments for WeChat mini-apps and games in China. The iPhone maker will take a 15% cut, a significant concession from its usual 30% fee. This could generate hundreds of millions in annual revenue from WeChat’s massive user base.
Marketing leaders are learning to navigate the fine line between healthy tension that drives business results and toxic tension that alienates customers. According to Autodesk CMO Dara Treseder, great work must always create conversation. The challenge is ensuring that tension moves the brand forwar
The world’s five richest people lost nearly $46 billion combined in a single day as markets plunged. Tesla’s Elon Musk saw the biggest drop at $17.1 billion, while Oracle’s Larry Ellison lost $12.5 billion. The sell-off hit tech stocks particularly hard amid economic uncertainty.
TD Synnex is launching an agentic AI assistant that integrates directly into Microsoft Teams and Outlook. The tool aims to boost partner sales in high-growth areas like security, cloud, and AI. It’s being described as having an “AI powered superstar consultant” whispering advice during customer conv
LinkedIn is launching AI-powered people search that understands natural language queries about finding specific expertise. The move aims to unlock the professional network’s hidden value beyond simple name searches. This represents a strategic shift toward leveraging LinkedIn’s unique human network
Gaming accessibility has seen remarkable innovations from major studios and third-party developers alike. Yet disabled players face ongoing challenges from hardware restrictions to industry layoffs that threaten progress.
China is aggressively pushing domestic AI chips from Huawei, Alibaba, and Baidu to replace Nvidia’s restricted GPUs. These companies are building everything from single chips to basketball court-sized supercomputing clusters. But catching Nvidia’s ecosystem remains the real challenge.
Intel has updated its XeSS SDK to bring frame generation support to Meteor Lake integrated graphics. The chips use DPAS AI units instead of full tensor hardware, requiring optimization work. This should help boost performance on laptops and handhelds that struggle with frame rates.
The Abu Dhabi-listed company has activated the first phase of its Ethiopian operations using renewable energy from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. This marks a significant expansion of Bitcoin mining infrastructure in Africa with state utility cooperation.
India’s wealthy next generation is transforming family offices by moving from physical assets to startup investments. Venture capital firms are seeing massive inflows from family money, with some funds getting nearly half their capital from these sources. The shift represents a fundamental change in
