Dubai International Chamber attracts 31 MNCs to Dubai in H1
Dubai, UAE -- Dubai International Chamber, one of the three chambers operating under the umbrella of Dubai Chambers, has announced...Business
Musk clashes with Altman after accusing App Store of favoring OpenAI
San Francisco, United States -- Elon Musk has accused Apple of unfairly favoring ChatGPT on its App Store and threatened...Technology Business
Apple in talks to invest in OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT: report
Washington, United States - iPhone juggernaut Apple is in talks to invest in OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT and the biggest...The company founded by Steve Jobs is at the funding table as OpenAI raises more money to help meet the heavy costs of building new technology
Reports said that OpenAI is in talks to reach a valuation of $100 billion in the funding round led by venture capital firm Thrive Capital, which will pump in one billion dollars
2024 Crypto Crime Update Part 2: China-based cybercrime networks on the rise
In part 1 of our mid-year crime update, we discussed trends related to ransomware and stolen funds. While aggregate illicit...43% of YTD scam inflows have gone to wallets that became active this year
Huione Guarantee, appears heavily used for illicit crypto-based activities, including pig butchering, investment fraud, and money laundering
Nvidia’s forecast dampens AI enthusiasm in other tech stocks
Shares of Nvidia and other technology heavyweights fell late on Wednesday, a discouraging sign for investors betting that a strong...Nvidia loses $200 billion in market value
Investors' high expectations led to disappointment despite Nvidia's strong earnings
Durov: Father of 100 children is a mysterious and controversial Telegram founder
Paris, France - Russian-born tech entrepreneur Pavel Durov has founded wildly popular social networks, cryptocurrencies, amassed a multi-billion-dollar fortune and locked...Durov, 39, who preaches the virtues of ice baths for health and has fathered 100 children through sperm donations, is a controversial as well as enigmatic figure
A self-avowed libertarian, Durov has championed confidentiality on the internet and freedom of speech, defiantly refusing to allow the moderation of messages on Telegram
Chinese EV company Xpeng shares up 6% post mass-market car launch
Xpeng shares rose after the Chinese electric car company launched its new mass-market Mona brand on Tuesday with prices starting...Orders for the Mona M03 electric coupe exceeded 10,000 just 52 minutes after formal launch
Chinese automaker BYD and U.S. giant Tesla cemented their dominance in H1 2024.
Qatar strikes new 15-year 3 mtpa LNG supply deal with Kuwait
Qatar agreed on Monday to supply Kuwait with 3 million tons per annum (mtpa) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for...Kuwait has been boosting its reliance on imported gas to meet power demand
Qatar this year announced a further expansion of its North Field project
ExxonMobil expects global oil demand near current levels in 2050
New York, United States - Global oil demand is unlikely to fall by 2050 despite progress on renewable energy, the US...In a new report, ExxonMobil said it "sees a plateau in oil demand beyond 2030, remaining above 100 million barrels per day through 2050."
This would be roughly in line with oil demand last year of 102.2 million barrels per day, according to the International Energy Agency
Asia shares edge up and dollar down; oil gains
Asian shares crept cautiously higher on Monday, while the dollar and bond yields were on the wane ahead of inflation...Oil prices climbed 0.8% after Israel and Hezabollah traded rocket salvos
The dollar slipped a further 0.5% to 143.64 yen, having fallen 1.3% on Friday
Telegram chief Pavel Durov arrested at French airport: officials
Paris, France - French police arrested Telegram chief executive Pavel Durov on Saturday at an airport near Paris for alleged offences...The Franco-Russian billionaire, 39, was detained at Le Bourget airport north of the French capital on Saturday evening, one of the officials told AFP
"Enough of Telegram's impunity," said one of the investigators, adding they were surprised Durov came to Paris knowing he was a wanted man
China’s robot makers chase Tesla to deliver humanoid workers
Beijing, China - China dominates the market for electric vehicles. Now it's chasing in the race to build battery-powered humanoids...Annual global market for humanoid robots could reach $38 billion by 2035
Tesla, reiterated it expected to move beyond prototypes to start producing Optimus in small volumes next year
