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The Riyadh construction tech group plans to use the cash to widen Saudi and Gulf expansion, as contractors seek faster materials procurement.
The funding will help the Hong Kong-based fintech expand lending to online merchants across Asia and the US as demand for trade finance grows.
Support response times have fallen as the sports technology company lets AI triage routine queries for teams across 139 countries.
Safety fears are deepening as more AI staff warn regulators may not keep pace with systems they say could soon outrun human control.
Digital wallet users will gain wider cross-border acceptance as Mastercard links Wallet Pay to Alipay+ and regional providers worldwide.
The top-end iPhone range gains AI features and a variable-aperture camera, as Apple targets better photos, battery life and performance.
Travellers using 15 African wallets will soon be able to scan and pay at more than 150 million overseas merchants via Alipay+.
Businesses onboarding customers abroad may benefit, as Shufti's document checks now cover more than 10,000 identity types in 240 countries.
Demand for databases that can handle AI and hybrid cloud workloads has lifted OceanBase to the top of Asia and Oceania, Omdia said.
Users of right-to-left scripts will see better layout and editing, as the open-source suite adds broader text support and preserves more files.
Engineers now open CAD files in seconds instead of minutes, after a global file system reduced version conflicts across three continents.
Asia Pacific buyers are replacing ageing storage to ready data systems for AI, helping Hitachi Vantara lift product revenue 52% in the region.
Operators can cut cabling costs and improve fault detection as Semtech pushes LoRa for remote monitoring across vast solar farms.
The extra cash will widen internet access, digital skills training and job pathways for underserved communities across Equinix's global footprint.
Fears are mounting that unchecked AI could unleash cyberattacks, market shocks and job losses long before any extinction event.
Shares slipped as Apple bet its first foldable iPhone on productivity buyers, pricing the passport-sized Duo at USD $1,999.
Off-market deals are drawing local millionaires into New Zealand's priciest suburbs, even as overseas buyers still compete for luxury homes.
Patients moving between Hong Kong and mainland China could get simpler treatment, claims and payments as the firms test services across the border.
Aiming to lure overseas capital, the country's six-year plan also targets 5,000 trained specialists and fresh cross-border payment links.
Australia's manufacturing push could stall unless public and private funding closes the gap with rivals investing heavily in AI and robotics.
