Samsung, one of the leading manufacturers in the smartphone industry, is gearing up to launch its latest line of foldable devices, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5. The market for foldable devices has become increasingly competitive in recent years, with companies such as Huawei, Motorola, and Xiaomi all releasing…
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Tencent Cloud Launches Digital Human Production Platform for High-Definition Deepfakes
Tencent Cloud, a subsidiary of Chinese multinational conglomerate Tencent, has launched a new service called the “digital human production platform,” which is essentially a Deepfakes-as-a-Service (DFaaS) offering. The platform allows users to create high-definition digital humans using just three minutes of live-action video and 100 spoken sentences, along with a fee of $145. The digital…
JetBlue to Launch New Daily Flights from New York JFK and Boston to Amsterdam
JetBlue announces additional Thanksgiving Flying to support holiday demand Amsterdam Schiphol Will Have Up To 40 Daily US Flights With JetBlue’s Arrival JetBlue has announced plans to expand its European network by offering daily flights from New York JFK to Amsterdam starting on August 29th and Boston to Amsterdam on September 20th. Amsterdam will be…
Ripple Reports Strong Q1 2023 Growth with Over 114,000 New Wallets Added
Ripple, the cryptocurrency firm, has reported tremendous growth in the first three months of 2023, according to Q1 2023 XRP Markets Report. The report highlights that Ripple has been experiencing rapid adoption during this time period, which is a remarkable achievement given that other cryptocurrencies were seeing a decline in new users and adoption. One…
Ryanair adds three Boeing 737 MAX 8200 aircraft to London Luton Airport
Ryanair will add three additional Boeing 737 MAX 8200 aircraft to its London Luton Airport (LTN) base during the summer of 2023 in order to deliver “sustainable growth” as part of Ryanair’s joint growth strategy with LTN airport. The announcement of three new 737 MAX 8200 planes means that the airport will have increased capacity,…
BP to acquire Shell’s 27% stake in Browse joint venture, expanding Australian gas resources
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: BP has agreed to acquire Shell’s 27% stake in the Browse joint venture, thus extending its holding in Australia’s largest untapped gas resource. This deal may improve the development prospects for the long-stalled project. The Browse project, which is estimated to cost $20.5 billion, has been stuck on the drawing board for years…
Polygon Labs and Google Cloud partner to boost Ethereum scaling protocol’s tools and infrastructure
Polygon Labs and Google Cloud have announced a multi-year partnership to enhance the development of Ethereum scaling protocol tools and infrastructure. The partnership aims to streamline the integration of developers to build and launch Web3 products and decentralized applications on Polygon. Polygon’s core protocols, including Polygon proof-of-stake (PoS), Polygon zkEVM, and Polygon Supernets, will benefit…
Sony’s PS5 sales soar to 20 million units, boosting overall PlayStation market share
Sony’s financial report shows that the company experienced a surge in sales of its latest console, the PlayStation 5, during the financial year of 2022. The report revealed that Sony started the financial year with 2.4 million units of the PS5 sold worldwide in Q1, and by the end of Q2, it had sold 3.3…
UK-based fintech Paysend opens EU office in Dublin to expand into European market
UK fintech Paysend has announced the opening of its EU office in Dublin to drive its expansion into the European market. The office will be used to expand the card-to-card payment service provided by digital payments company Paysend into new European corridors. Paysend recently received an Electronic Money Institution licence from the Central Bank of…
Binance NFT launches the Sandbox NFT staking program on Polygon Network
Binance NFT, a top global cryptocurrency exchange and non-fungible token (NFT) platform, has introduced The Sandbox NFT Staking Program to engage the SAND community. The program permits users to stake their LAND NFTs on the Polygon network and earn daily rewards without requiring them to hold SAND tokens. The program’s flexible term subscriptions offer SAND…
California Bans Sale of New Diesel Big Rigs by 2036 and Requires Zero-Emission Trucks by 2042
The California Air Resources Board has voted unanimously to approve the Advanced Clean Fleets rule, which bans the sale of new diesel big rigs by 2036 and requires all trucks to be zero-emissions by 2042. This puts California at the forefront of mitigating national tailpipe pollution. This is the state’s second zero-emissions trucks rule and…
Mastercard to Expand Cryptocurrency Payment Card Program despite Regulatory Scrutiny and Bank Caution
Mastercard plans to increase its cryptocurrency payment card programme by establishing more partnerships with cryptocurrency companies, despite the industry’s increased scrutiny from banks and regulators. The company’s head of crypto and blockchain, Raj Dhamodharan, said that Mastercard has already collaborated with crypto exchanges such as Nexo, Gemini, and Binance to offer payment cards linked to…