Month: January 2025
Surge in RedNote Popularity
RedNote has been described as a TikTok alternative, but it functions like a cross between Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest. Seemingly overnight, RedNote became the most downloaded app on the Apple app store and has reached over 10 million downloads on the Google Play store.Its sudden surge in popularity in the West appears to be in
Pearson and Microsoft Partnership
By combining Pearson’s expertise in learning and assessment with Microsoft’s cloud and AI technologies, this partnership will play a foundational role in helping organizations realize the full value of AI through reskilling. skilling for the era of AI. The partnership will focus on providing employers, workers and learners with new AI-powered products and services to
Biden Final Crackdown on Chinese EV
One of Biden’s last parting gifts for Beijing is bound to stir up controversy in the auto industry. The administration is set to finalize rules on Tuesday that effectively ban nearly all Chinese cars and trucks including EVs from U.S. roads. Cars with hardware and software sourced from China are the subject of the ban,
Poland Invites Elon Musk to buy Glogowek castle for his operations
The Glogowek castle in southwestern Poland boasts a rich history going back to the Middle Ages, briefly serving as Poland’s capital in the 17th century. It has also hosted composer Ludwig van Beethoven, who wrote music there. A town in Poland is encouraging Elon Musk to buy its vast 13th-century castle and turn it into
Transdniestria travel to Moscow after Gas crisis in the region
Transdniestria has suffered widespread power cuts since Jan. 1 when Russia’s Gazprom suspended gas exports to the region, citing an unpaid Moldovan debt of $709 million that Chisinau does not recognise as valid. Moscow blames the suspension of gas supplies on Moldova and Ukraine, which refused to extend a five-year gas transit deal that expired
Binance reshaping the future
The future of money is changing in unexpected ways. Cash is becoming redundant, physical credit cards are starting to feel outdated, and digital payments are becoming mainstream. Worldwide, this shift is gaining momentum, with cryptocurrency transforming from a mere curiosity to a viable alternative to traditional financial systems. Binance’s remote-first approach has been key to
Chinese Space Station Researches
China’s space station will organize in-depth interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research collaborations in the coming decade, aiming to produce significant scientific and technological achievements and accelerate their application. China’s space station will conduct more than 1,000 research projects, promote science popularization and enhance international cooperation over the next 10 to 15 years, according to the Technology
new Outlook app on Windows 10 PC
The new Outlook app will be pushed to Windows 10 PCs as part of the operating system’s monthly security updates. Microsoft is understandably not making a big fuss about this and has only made this measure known via an announcement in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center.For several months now, Microsoft has been urging Windows users
US restricts Export of AI chips called GPUs (graphics processing units)
The White House said the rule would cap the number of AI chips called GPUs (graphics processing units) that can be ordered by most countries, without a special license, to 50,000. Smaller orders of 1,700 or fewer GPUs would not count toward the export cap. Some 18 US allies, including the UK, Netherlands, and Taiwan,
Nvidia’s Overheating AI Chips
The first shipments of racks with Blackwell chips have been overheating and exhibiting glitches in the way chips connect to one another.Major customers Microsoft, Amazon.com’s cloud unit, Alphabet’s Google, and Meta Platforms have cut some orders of Nvidia’s Blackwell GB200 racks. The company is on track to exceed an earlier target of recording several billion