Internet exchange operator DE-CIX has officially launched its Jakarta facility, marking a significant milestone in enhancing the digital ecosystem of Southeast Asia. The inauguration took place yesterday as PT DECIX Indonesia Pratama, a joint venture between DE-CIX and PT IDMarco Digital Solusi, a subsidiary of the Salim Group, unveiled the operations of DE-CIX Jakarta. DE-CIX …
Alibaba Group Holding’s cloud computing unit has slashed prices for international customers by up to 59 per cent, as the tech giant fights to woo users amid a global race for computing resources driven by rapid artificial intelligence (AI) development. The international cloud business of Alibaba, which owns the South China Morning Post, is facing …
There’s been no shortage of winners in the artificial intelligence (AI) boom thus far. The launch of ChatGPT has set off a new race in technology as big tech companies and start-ups are racing to tap into the power of generative AI and realize its potential. While investors are probably familiar with Nvidia and big …
Investors get excited about stock splits for two reasons. The most obvious reason is they reduce a company’s share price, making the stock more accessible. The less obvious reason is they often spotlight strong businesses. To elaborate, forward stock splits are only necessary after substantial share price appreciation, which rarely happens to mediocre businesses. Microsoft …
The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite gained some 43% in 2023. And investors are hopeful it will rally further as excitement continues to increase around generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Expectations about interest rate cuts should also push up the Nasdaq in 2024. Against this backdrop, it makes sense for retail investors to consider picking up small …
Sometimes it seems as if the cloud is swallowing corporate computing. Last year businesses spent nearly $230bn globally on external (or “public”) cloud services, up from less than $100bn in 2019. Revenues of the industry’s three so-called “hyperscalers”, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure, are growing by over 30% a year. …
TomTom just announced a “fully integrated, AI-powered conversational automotive assistant” which should start popping up in dashboard infotainment platforms in the near-ish future. The company has issued some bold claims for the AI, saying it’ll offer “more sophisticated voice interaction” and allow users to converse naturally to navigate, find stops along a route, control onboard …
(Reuters) – Digital mapping specialist TomTom said on Tuesday it has partnered with tech giant Microsoft to create an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered conversational assistant for vehicles. The assistant will allow users to “converse naturally with their vehicles” and enable voice interaction with infotainment, location search, and vehicle command systems, the company said. TomTom, which competes …