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The US Treasury Department has issued a Final Rule restricting US investments in foreign technologies deemed to pose a “national security concern,” specifically targeting sectors like semiconductors, quantum technology, and AI. -
Elon Musk has announced that xAI, his AI startup rivalling OpenAI, plans to double the size of its Colossus supercomputer cluster, which currently consists of 100,000 Nvidia GPUs.
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SK Telecom and Samsung have developed AI technology capable of optimising 5G base stations.
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Open source has been a driving factor behind the ever-continuing rise in AI. From the early days of OpenAI (before it closed its doors) and Meta’s ever-growing herd of llamas, open source AI has powered tools and technologies used by industries all over the world.
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Meta has partnered with Lumen Technologies to “significantly increase” its network capacity to meet the increased demand for its AI models and services.
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Tech Mahindra has opened a Centre of Excellence (CoE) powered by Nvidia AI Enterprise and Omniverse platforms.
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David Noguer Bau, director of service provider solutions at Juniper Networks, writes about the convergence of business and residential networks and the dramatic implications for service providers.
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American Tower is to acquire Telxius Towers following a deal with its parent company Telefónica, S.A.
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Domestic shipments of smartphones in China fell by 20.4% last year, according to figures from the China Academy of Information and Communications (CAICT).
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Almost half the world's population will use RCS messaging by 2025, as users of the technology more than double over the coming four years.
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Deutsche Telekom is reportedly preparing to sell its Dutch subsidiary T-Mobile Netherlands.
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The Orange Digital Ventures portfolio has been folded into Orange Ventures as the latter was confirmed as a legally independent entity with a multi-million Euro budget.
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It's been a challenging week for China's TMT players, but it looks like things will get worse before they get better.
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The 15 largest telco service providers each announced at least one green energy initiative in the 12 months to November.
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Goldman Sachs has promoted two company veterans to jointly head its TMT activities, following the departure of Nick Giovanni.
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IHS Holding Limited has completed the acquisition of Brazil's Skysites Holdings S.A the specialist provider of small cells and urban telecommunications infrastructure.
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Global Cloud Xchange CEO Carl Grivner has said the company is looking forward to a "new era of growth" having concluded its financial restructuring.
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The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is to investigate Nvidia Corp’s US$40 billion deal to buy UK-based chip designer Arm Holdings.
