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VivaTech 2025 sees record turnout & surging AI innovation
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VivaTech 2025 attracted 180,000 global visitors, highlighting a 40% surge in AI exhibitors and fostering 640,000 business connections across 171 nationalities.
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Amplified intelligence: Smart business governance in the AI-age
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Australian businesses are urged to adopt responsible AI governance to harness innovation while ensuring ethical, secure, and inclusive technology use in the AI age.
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Macron, tech leaders to debate Europe's AI future at VivaTech
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French President Emmanuel Macron will join NVIDIA and Mistral AI leaders at VivaTech in Paris to debate Europe’s AI future, focusing on competitiveness and sovereignty.
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Alibaba releases VACE, an open-source AI video editor
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Alibaba launches Wan2.1-VACE, an open-source AI model combining video generation and editing, streamlining content creation for various media platforms.
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Global X launches China Tech ETF on ASX for local investors
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Global X launches the DRGN ETF on ASX, giving Australians targeted exposure to 20 leading Chinese tech companies, focusing on AI, automation, and semiconductors.
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Alibaba launches Qwen3, open-source AI for global developers
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Alibaba has open-sourced Qwen3, a new large language model series with up to 235B parameters, supporting 119 languages and advanced hybrid reasoning.
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Alibaba chair Joe Tsai advocates for open-source AI future
Fri, 14th Feb 2025
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Joe Tsai, Chairman of Alibaba, has urged a focus on open-source AI models, predicting their role in driving economic growth and accessibility in tech.
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Denodo unveils Agora, a cloud solution to transform data management
Fri, 25th Oct 2024
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Denodo has unveiled Agora, a revolutionary cloud solution designed to simplify data management for global organisations, enhancing agility and security.
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etaily appoints Lester Cuneta to lead Southeast Asia growth
Wed, 9th Oct 2024
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etaily has appointed Lester Cuneta as Chief Growth Officer to lead its expansion into Singapore and Southeast Asia, backed by USD $17.8 million funding.
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Topsort appoints umer paracha as new Head of Marketing
Wed, 2nd Oct 2024
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Topsort appoints Umer Paracha as Head of Marketing. With expertise from Daraz and Lansinoh, he’s poised to drive growth amid Topsort’s USD $20m funding boost.
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Microsoft leads in Australia's booming IaaS market, surpassing Amazon
Wed, 24th Jul 2024
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The Australian IaaS market surged by 20.76% in 2023 to reach AUD $3.3 billion, with Microsoft dethroning Amazon as the leading provider, Gartner reports.
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Alibaba platforms boosts UK exports to China by 54% since 2019
Wed, 21st Feb 2024
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Alibaba Group's platforms have seen a 54% surge in UK exports to China since 2019, pointing to a robust demand for UK brands and the growing role of digital platforms in global business.
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E-commerce giants betting on low pricing, genAI for Double 11 success
Mon, 6th Nov 2023
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For this year's Double 11 shopping festival, e-commerce giants are expected to focus on low pricing and use genAI to aid sales.
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Mainland China’s cloud market grew moderately in Q2 2023
Fri, 22nd Sep 2023
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The main players in mainland China’s cloud infrastructure market remain unchanged in Q2 2023, with Alibaba Cloud, Huawei Cloud and Tencent Cloud at the top.
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Alibaba unveils AI image generation model Tongyi Wanxiang
Fri, 14th Jul 2023
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The generative AI model is now available for enterprise customers in China for beta testing and aims to help businesses unleash creativity and productivity.
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Report: Who is leading the global cloud project race?
Fri, 23rd Jun 2023
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The Global Cloud Projects Report and Database 2023 reveals the distinct market footprints of major cloud vendors, according to IoT Analytics.
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AGI announces first global edition of Netpreneur Masterclass
Wed, 21st Jun 2023
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Alibaba Global Initiatives launches global edition of Alibaba Netpreneur Masterclass to support business leaders in the digital era.
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FMI finds earphone and headphone market to expand by billions
Thu, 27th Oct 2022
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The earphones and headphones market is estimated to be worth USD$ 22.3 billion in 2022 and is projected to close in on a valuation of $35.2 billion by 2028.
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Alibaba unveils latest chip development platform, Wujian 600
Fri, 26th Aug 2022
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The platform has been created to help global developers in the design of high-performance Systems-on-Chip for edge-AI computing.
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Alibaba named Major Player in commercial CDN by IDC
Thu, 21st Apr 2022
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Alibaba has been named a Major Player in global commercial content delivery network services in the latest IDC MarketScape report.