Category: Business
MoneyGram ongoing days-long outage
MoneyGram is the world’s second-largest money transfer provider, serving more than 50 million people in more than 200 countries and territories each year. MoneyGram says it processes more than $200 billion in transactions annually. In 2023, MoneyGram was purchased for $1 billion by private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners. U.S.-based money transfer giant MoneyGram has
AMD leverages AI in Computing
It is taking a holistic approach by integrating technology across CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs, creating a strong ecosystem that supports the development of powerful AI applications as it position itself as a key player in AI-enhanced personal computers (AIPCs) through strategic innovations on the hardware side to cater to powerful new-age applications. By optimising these
New Quantum Computer performance
Quantum computers can perform calculations in parallel thanks to the laws of quantum mechanics and entanglement between qubits, meaning the fates of different qubits can instantly change each other. A new quantum computer has broken a world record in “quantum supremacy,” topping the performance of benchmarking set by Google’s Sycamore machine by 100-fold. Using the
Apple intelligence Upgrade cycles for iPhone and iPad
Apple Intelligence could be a groundbreaking change to the way people use smartphones, but it does require users to be on newer devices.This new technology is being offered to “such a small cohort of users,” namely about 8% of iPhone and iPad users, the stars are aligning for a supercycle. To use Apple Intelligence, users
Boeing new failure
Boeing has been at the center of several high-profile malfunctions this year, including lost wheels, engine failures, and blown-out door plugs. The mishap comes just days after the Justice Department announced Boeing would plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge from two deadly crashes of its 737 Max planes that killed 346 passengers and
Dusty Rafah
An estimated 1.4 million Palestinians crammed into Rafah after fleeing fighting elsewhere in Gaza. The U.N. estimates that around 50,000 remain in Rafah, which had a pre-war population of about 275,000. Efforts to bring aid into southern Gaza have stalled. Israel’s incursion into Rafah closed down one of two major crossings into the south of
Meta Fine against European data privacy laws
Throughout most of the world, Meta monetizes its sites using targeted ads, which means it harvests your data to focus your ads on your interests. To attempt to appease the DMA’s privacy regulations, the company lets European users subscribe to an ad-free plan for €9.99 per month , but the region is now saying this
Perplexity AI data scrapping claims
Perplexity AI search startup has been a darling of prominent tech investors, including heavy hitters such as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. But in the past few weeks, the company has found itself in hot water amid accusations of plagiarism. Amazon is reviewing claims that the artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI is scraping content including from
Failing United Nations Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals Report highlights stark economic challenges, with per-capita gross domestic product (GDP) growth in half of the world’s most vulnerable nations slower than in advanced economies. Nearly 60 per cent of countries faced abnormally high food prices in 2022, exacerbating hunger and food insecurity. With just six years remaining to reach the
App security threats
The broad nature of web application and API threats requires specialized approaches to stop specialized attacks. However, a consolidated approach helps ensure better security, latency-free connectivity, and business growth. The distributed denial-of-service attacks, bot traffic, and accelerated exploitation of zero-day bugs have been the primary cybersecurity threats against web apps and APIs over a year-long.