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Read moreAWS launches S3 Express One Zone, promises 10x write speed improvement
At its annual re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, Amazon AWS cloud arm today announced a major update to its S3 object storage service: AWS S3 Express One Zone, a new high-performance and low latency tier for S3. The company promises that Express One Zone offers a 10x performance improvement over
Read moreCoffee Briefing Nov. 28 – Canadian 5G users will pay more for quality experience; Holiday shoppers on board with GenAI; KPGM and Chainalysis partner; and more
Coffee Briefings are timely deliveries of the latest ITWC headlines, interviews, and podcasts. Today’s Coffee Briefing is delivered by IT World Canada’s editorial team! Missed last week’s Coffee Briefing? We’ve got you covered. Canadian 5G users want the best quality of experience and will pay more for it A new
Read moreCompel social media apps to toughen their privacy, trust practices, Parliament told
Social media platforms should be forced by the Canadian government to toughen their privacy practices, an expert told a parliamentary committee looking into illicit data harvesting by apps like China-based TikTok for foreign governments on Monday. Ottawa banned federal employees in February from using TikTok on government-owned internet-connected devices following
Read moreUnlocking Financial Inclusion: USSD Technology in African Mobile Money
In the ever-evolving landscape of mobile technology, one innovation has stood out as a catalyst for financial inclusion in Africa: Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD). This technology, while sounding technical, plays a crucial role in powering mobile money transactions, particularly in regions where smartphone adoption is not yet ubiquitous. Mobile
Read moreSolving a triangle the size of Argentina
The numbers in today’s date—11, 28, and 23—make up the sides of a triangle. This doesn’t always happen; the two smaller numbers have to add up to more than the larger number. We’ll look at triangles with sides 11, 23, and 28 in the plane, on a sphere, and on
Read moreSafeguarding the Future: Nigeria Signs AI Safety Agreement along with 17 other nations
On November 1, Nigeria, along with 28 other nations, signed the historic Bletchley Declaration, marking a pivotal moment in global efforts to shape the responsible development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This landmark agreement, reflects a shared vision among nations, acknowledging both the immense opportunities and the significant risks
Read morePika Labs, which is building AI tools to generate and edit videos, raises $55M
The generative AI hype hasn’t died down yet. Case in point, Pika Labs, a startup creating an AI-powered platform to edit and generate videos from captions and still images, today announced that it raised $55 million in a funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Homebrew, Conviction
Read moreCandex lands $45M infusion to grow its procurement management business
Candex, a startup that aims to simplify procurement — specifically vendor management and payment processes — for businesses, today announced that it raised $45 million in a Series B investment led by Goldman Sachs with participation from WiL (World Innovation Lab), Altos, NFX, Craft, JP Morgan, American Express and Edenred.
Read moreSolve Intelligence helps attorneys draft patents for IP analysis and generation
Many legal tech startups streamline manual workflow for lawyers, and some legal tech companies provide tech solutions centered around intellectual property (IP). Among them is a startup called Solve Intelligence, which builds AI software specialized for patent attorneys to write drafts for IP analysis and generation. Solve Intelligence, a Delaware-based
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