Bitcoin’s short-lived breakout lacks momentum August 9, 2023 The cryptocurrency markets saw a brief breakout yesterday, with the price of Bitcoin popping back above $30k for the first time in two weeks.
John Lewis hires Google Cloud to supercharge digital revamp in £100m deal August 9, 2023 John Lewis is trying to get back on its feet by partnering with Google to drive its digital revamp, and shift away from high-street reliance. Valued at £100m, the partnership aims to improve the efficiency of John Lewis and Waitrose employees, enabling them to provide a better customer experience. Struggling high street favourite John Lewis [...]
Softbank reports mixed quarter as it ‘timidly’ restarts investment August 8, 2023 Japan’s Softbank Group posted a surprise loss but said it was dipping its toes back into new investments after its Vision Fund unit returned to the black for the first time in six quarters. The Vision Fund unit booked an investment gain of about 160 billion yen ($1.1 billion) for the April-June period, helped by [...]
Bitcoin and co showing more sideways movement – but its shuffling into the green August 8, 2023 Bitcoin continues to trade for around $29k, up by 0.6%, while Ethereum is changing hands for $1.8k, in the green by a marginal 0.05%.
I’ll be right there – or my hologram will be. The weird future of your lifesize AI boss August 8, 2023 A hologram powered by AI? There's a company that does that and more, from holograms of birds to a hologram of yourself to save you from board meetings, writes Elena Siniscalco
Data attacks set to enter new era under ‘FraudGPT’, warn cybersecurity execs August 8, 2023 A new breed of malicious AI models are “heralding an era of AI-enabled data attacks” on businesses, Darktrace VP of strategic cyber AI Nicole Carignan has warned. Speaking to City A.M., Carnigan said data attacks will become “faster and harder to defend against in the next few years” as new AI systems make attacks more [...]
Tech bosses and finance CEOs are using holograms to be in two places at once August 8, 2023 C-suite execs have started using holograms powered by artificial intelligence to attend board meetings and events while remaining physically in other locations – for as much as £35,000. Mike Blackman, the managing director of Integrated Systems Europe, an annual audiovisual conference, was one of the first to test the technology. While at a conference in [...]
Bitcoin continues with horizontal price movement August 7, 2023 Bitcoin starts the week in familiar territory around the $29k level, where it’s been hovering for almost a month.
Unlocking what makes AI tick – part one August 4, 2023 Dr Chris Kacher with part one of his epic overview on how artificial intelligence works, and its future within blockchain technology.
Amazon forecasts bright third quarter on resilient cloud sales and shopping trends August 4, 2023 Amazon reported sales growth and profit that beat expectations as the company delivered goods faster and more cheaply to shoppers while recent cloud-computing headwinds began to subside. Amazon’s Wall Street shares surged nine per cent on the news, extending its stock market value more than $120 billion in after-hours trading. On the FTSE 100 index, [...]