OpenAI files counterclaims against Musk as feud deepens
San Francisco, United States -- Artificial intelligence giant OpenAI has filed counterclaims against multi-billionaire Elon Musk, accusing its former co-founder...Business
Stocks sink again as Trump holds firm on tariffs
Trading floors across the globe were overcome by waves of further selling after last week's sharp losses, with Trump telling...Business Economy
Bayanat, Yahsat shareholders to vote on merger and creation of SPACE42 on April 25
ABU DHABI, UAE – Bayanat AI PLC and Al Yah Satellite Communications Company each issued a circular on Thursday calling...The respective shareholders of each entity will vote on the proposed merger of the two Abu Dhabi-headquartered and ADX-listed entities.
The proposed would create one of the most valuable publicly listed space companies in the world with potential for significant global growth.
Meta, Microsoft slam Apple over app store policy
The four companies filed a rare joint amicus brief in a California court in charge of applying a ruling that...The Apple Plan comports with neither the letter nor the spirit of the Court's mandate," Meta, Microsoft, X and Match said in their joint filing on Wednesday, in support of Epic
The plan's "new restrictions are plainly designed to render alternatives to Apple's in-app purchases impractical for developers, and inaccessible to consumers," the companies said
Gold hits fresh record above $2,200 on rate cut hopes
The gains have been helped by a weaker dollar and the gold's attraction as a safe haven as geopolitical tensions...Equity markets in New York and across Asia surged and the dollar retreated
Gold traders also joined the party to push the precious metal to as high as $2,220 per ounce
Reddit to make trading debut on NYSE
It comes amid a slowdown in the tech sector IPOs.The company is set to debut Thursday on the NYSE under the ticker RDDT after an IPO priced at $34 dollars a share
It was created in 2005 and was quickly sold to Conde Nast, the publisher of Vogue and the New Yorker magazine
Saudi Arabia to donate US$40m for UN agency in Gaza
The funds, according to the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), would support UNRWA's "humanitarian relief efforts in...Israel accused some of UNRWA's employees of involvement in the October 7 Hamas attack
The UN has said that Israel has not provided it with any evidence for the allegations
Microsoft hires DeepMind co-founder to lead AI unit
Of all the tech giants, Microsoft has moved the fastest into adopting generative AI, integrating its powers into a whole...Suleyman is one of the biggest names in the artificial intelligence revolution that is taking the technology world by storm and his hiring is a major move by Microsoft
Suleyman said that some key collaborators at Inflection, including co-founder Karén Simonyan, had "chosen to join" his team at Microsoft
Google hit by US$272m fine in France
It breached an agreement on terms for paying media firms.French regulators said the fine was for "failing to respect commitments made in 2022" and accused it of not negotiating in "good faith" with news publishers
France has been a test case for the rules and after initial resistance Google and Facebook agreed to pay some French media for articles shown in web searches
ADX partners with Eureeca
The collaboration will bolster accessibility to ADX IPOs.The partnership between ADX and Eureeca capitalises on the exchange’s robust e-IPO investor portal, highlighting its commitment to simplifying the IPO process
The tie up will take advantage of Eureeca’s international investor base, giving regional and international retail and HNWIs the opportunity to participate in ADX IPOs
Federal Reserve begins two-day talk on interest rates
Washington, United States - The US Federal Reserve began two days of discussions on Tuesday at which policymakers are expected to...It will culminate on Wednesday afternoon with the publication of the interest rate decision, along with an updated summary of economic projections (SEP)
The Fed has raised interest rates to a 23-year high of between 5.25 and 5.50 percent as it looks to return inflation firmly to its long-term target of two percent
Google’s new AI for corner kick tactics gets Liverpool approval
PARIS, FRANCE – Liverpool football analysts have given their seal of approval to a new artificial intelligence tool from Google that...Many clubs across the world already deploy experts to comb through video and data to carefully plan corner kick scenarios ahead of matches.
Google DeepMind, the AI arm of the US tech giant, also targeted corners for its new TacticAI system in research.