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☆ Cisco to focus on security, AI projects in new Taiwan, Vietnam investments
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCisco to focus on security, AI projects in new Taiwan, Vietnam investmentsGuy Diedrich, Senior Vice President & Global Innovation Office of Cisco signaled that the company's "country digital acceleration" program is aimed at addressing skills gaps present within countries as they prepare for an AI-driven economy.

Persons: Guy Diedrich Organizations: Cisco, Global Innovation Locations: Taiwan, Vietnam

☆ CNBC Pro Talks: Beyond Nvidia: Outperforming fund manager to reveal the AI stocks to buy
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

As the hype surrounding artificial intelligence shows no signs of abating, one tech fund manager is set to reveal her top ways to play the AI theme. On Wednesday's Pro Talks, Pleydell-Bouverie — who co-manages Lionstrust's global tech, innovation and dividend funds — will name companies that are "selling the picks and shovels for AI" and are "already making money." Pleydell-Bouverie manages the Liontrust Global Innovation, Liontrust Global Dividend and Liontrust Global Technology funds. Over the year to the end of March, all three funds have beaten their benchmark indexes, with the Liontrust Global Technology Fund rising 51.9%, compared to the MSCI World Information Technology Index's 39.1%. Learn more from our previous Pro Talks: Should investors buy the dip in Lululemon?

Persons: Clare Pleydell, Bouverie —, Bouverie Organizations: Liontrust, Management, Big Tech, Tech, Liontrust Global Technology, Liontrust Global Technology Fund, Technology, CNBC, Nvidia Locations: London, Singapore

☆ Here are RBC's favorite stocks as the second quarter gets underway
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

RBC Capital Markets has refreshed its top stock picks for the second quarter, adding a few new names that could be poised to rise. To that end, RBC made updates for the second quarter to its list of top 30 global ideas, which includes "high-conviction, long-term" stock picks. Fintech firm PayPal is a new addition to the RBC list for 2024. GFL Environmental is also a new addition to the RBC list, and the waste management stock has climbed 2.5% in 2024. GFL YTD mountain GFL Environmental stock.

Persons: Graeme Pearson, Daniel R, Perlin, GFL, Sabahat Khan, Khan Organizations: RBC Capital Markets, RBC, PayPal, Mastercard

☆ Arm is at the forefront of the AI revolution. Here's how it's powering billions of devices, from smartphones to cloud servers.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Arm With Insider Studios | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In 1990, Arm (NASDAQ: ARM), then a startup based in Cambridge, UK, filled the void with high-performance, power-efficient, and small form-factor processor technology for battery-run products. The processor architecture was so robust that AI functions could be built into the devices themselves – voice, touch, and facial recognition. Delivering the right compute, from cloud to edgeEnormous cloud data centers process most of the world's big AI workloads today because they can do so more efficiently at scale. Arm technology is also designed to follow and support AI workloads as they increasingly get distributed outside the cloud to edge devices. As the most pervasive CPU architecture ever, Arm is at the forefront of the AI/ML revolution, powering billions of devices from smartphones to cloud servers.

Persons: Grace Hopper, We're Organizations: NASDAQ, ARM, Intel, NVIDIA, Insider Studios Locations: Cambridge, UK

☆ How the tech sector in Israel is navigating the war
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

London CNN —Israel’s vast tech sector has seen its fair share of crises, from financial downturns and the Covid-19 pandemic to periodic flare-ups in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “This is different than anything we’ve faced before,” said Avi Hasson, the CEO of Start-Up Nation Central (SNC), a non-profit that promotes Israel’s tech industry globally. “Seasoned investors with experience backing Israeli startups are not backing away due to the war,” said Samid of TechAviv. For many in Israel’s tech industry, the devastating circumstances have only served to underscore the sector’s famed resilience. “Israeli [tech] hasn’t stopped,” Hasson noted.

Persons: we’ve, ”, Avi Hasson, wasn’t, Leah Walters, Monday.com, Rafael Henrique, Yaron Samid, Jensen Huang, Jon Medved, “, Hillel Fuld, it’s, hasn’t, ” Hasson Organizations: London CNN, Hamas, Nation Central, CNN, Tech, SNC, Nasdaq, Tel, Nvidia, Israel Innovation Authority, ” Tech, Microsoft, Google Locations: Israel, Tel Aviv, “, Israeli

☆ A.I. can 'augment humanity in a very positive way,' says family office investor Peter Bordes
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Despite the focus on tech giants like Microsoft , Google and Meta when it comes to A.I., Bordes said family offices are uniquely positioned to invest in emerging A.I. He said family offices' long time horizon, entrepreneurial experience make them ideal investors in A.I. And that's one of the things that family offices don't really think leverage up as much as they should. but all the disruptive global innovation that's happening because all family offices, family businesses, those businesses have far reach into industries where they can have influence and helping these companies really accelerate." He said family offices that do invest with first-time founders should provide their experience and expertise along with their capital.

☆ Space, Life Science, and Quantum Computing Innovations
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With The Uk'S Department For Business | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

According to the Global Innovation Index 2022, global government R&D investment is growing and the UK is ranked fourth for global innovation (and third most innovative economy in Europe). "Space observation is vital for our planet — the UK invests in the European Space Agency and at the Space Cluster at Harwell, a significant science and innovation park." Jo Hawley, deputy director for aerospace, space and automotive at DBT, reported that the UK space sector spent £836 million on R&D in 2021. The company has reported strong growth of its life science research tools business, reflected in the international footprint of its commercial and distribution operations. The Department for Business and Trade can connect you with dedicated, professional assistance to locate R&D investment opportunities and support.

☆ Open-source software braces for trade war
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Pete Sweeney | Thomson Reuters | Asia Economics Editor Pete Sweeney Joined Reuters Breakingviews In Hong Kong In September Previously He Served As Reuters' Chief Correspondent For China Economy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

HONG KONG, Feb 27 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The open-source software movement has been an unprecedented driver of global innovation and productivity growth. As with most Chinese handset makers, founder Ren Zhengfei relied on Android’s open-source code to run his company’s smartphones. Beijing has reciprocated, per a Nikkei report, by instructing its own tech companies not to incorporate ChatGPT into their platforms - a rare example of a mutual firewall. Dividing the world into competing open-source camps would mark another reverse for free trade. Follow @petesweeneypro on TwitterCONTEXT NEWSRegulators have told major Chinese tech companies not to offer ChatGPT services, the Nikkei news service reported on Feb. 22 citing sources with direct knowledge, causing shares in Chinese companies building chatbots to fall.

☆ Singapore's venture capital scene looks set for a 'pretty decent' 2023, investment firm says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Singapore's tech start-up scene has grown in recent years, and the city-state ranked seventh in the latest Global Innovation Index 2022. Global venture dollars may have dropped in 2022, but Singapore's government-owned tech investment firm is optimistic about 2023. "2023 is probably going to be a pretty decent year for venture capital in Singapore," Hsien-Hui Tong, executive director of investments at SGInnovate, told CNBC's "Squawk Box Asia" Wednesday. Unlike global markets more generally, the venture capital scene in Singapore is "still very active," Tong said. Global markets, on the other hand, tend to be at the "more mature" stages of Series B and C, where venture capital has "dried up a little bit."

☆ Israel targets 'smart' cities with new 5G mobile auction
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Steven Scheer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JERUSALEM, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Israel urged mobile firms to expand the deployment of fifth-generation sites to allow for 'smart' stadiums and hospitals on Wednesday, as the country launched its second 5G tender. Communications Ministry director general Liran Avisar Ben Horin said in a statement that smart traffic lights using 5G would prevent congestion and accidents, while patients will be able to receive immediate medical care remotely. "I call on the cellular companies to deploy 5G sites all over the country to improve the quality of life of their customers and place Israel at the forefront of global innovation," she said. The ministry said it will allocate advanced frequencies to mobile operators in the ultra-fast 26 GHz range "to respond to the various needs of cellular communication in Israel." Israel allocated three 5G frequencies - 700 MHz, 2.6 GHz and 3.5 GHz - in an auction in 2019 which have since been deployed by mobile operators and are all marginally profitable.

☆ Kigali is building its way to becoming ‘the Silicon Valley of Africa’
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Rachel Wood | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Among its most recent and most impressive designs is a start-up hub called Norrsken Kigali House, commissioned by the Swedish Norrsken Foundation, which supports entrepreneurship globally. A rendering of entrepreneurship hub Norrsken Kigali House. This rendering shows an aerial view of Norrsken Kigali House. A study pod at the African Leadership University in Kigali, Rwanda. Some of these graduates, like Minuifuong Nghombombong, founder of international home rental platform Bongalo, are already using Norrsken Kigali House as their base and helping to grow the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the city.

☆ Taiwan touts $900 mln in new business from Silicon Valley meetings
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Taiwan Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua speaks during an interview with Reuters in Taipei, Taiwan, September 30, 2021. REUTERS/Ann WangTAIPEI, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Taiwan's economy minister has drummed up new business worth T$30 billion ($940 million) in meetings with top executives at four major tech firms in California's Silicon Valley, the ministry said on Saturday. Taiwan is a major semiconductor producer, home to the world's largest contract chip maker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp (2330.TW), , and supplies most the world's major tech firms. "The visits are expected to bring back U.S. research and development investment and orders in Taiwan worth more than T$30 billion," it said, without elaborating. Wang said on Tuesday that if Taiwan remains safe, global supply chains of vital semiconductors would also be secure.

☆ Молдова заняла 59 место в мировом рейтинге инноваций – Цензура МД
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-18 | by ( ) cenzura.md time to read: +1 min

Общество Молдова заняла 59 место в мировом рейтинге инновацийМолдова занимает 59 строчку в рейтинге стран мира по индексу инноваций (Global Innovation Index 2020). Исследование проводится ежегодно, начиная с 2007 года и на данный момент представляет наиболее полный комплекс показателей инновационного развития по различным странам мира. Глобальный индекс инноваций составлен из 82 различных переменных, которые детально характеризуют инновационное развитие стран мира, находящихся на разных уровнях экономического развития. Поэтому Индекс рассчитывается как взвешенная сумма оценок двух групп показателей:Располагаемые ресурсы и условия для проведения инноваций (Innovation Input). Достигнутые практические результаты осуществления инноваций (Innovation Output).

Organizations: инновацийМолдова, показателейРасполагаемые Locations: Общество Молдова, Швейцария, Швеция, США, Молдова, Украина, Румыния, Россия

☆ Top cinci oratori la Moldova Startup Week. Unul dintre ei a dezvoltat trei startup-uri cu o valoare de peste 1 miliard de dolari
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-10 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +6 min

Top cinci oratori la Moldova Startup Week. În ultimii 10 ani, a susținut dezvoltarea a câteva mii de startup-uri și a verificat zeci de oferte de capital de risc în „TMT Investments”. Levan a fost lucrat la „IQ Investment Ltd” și „TradeMatic Ltd”, unde a fost responsabil de supravegherea tehnică și financiară a unor aplicații rusești și internaționale și elaborarea business planurilor și a modelelor financiare. De asemenea, el a lansat câteva startup-uri și a activat ca manager de proiect și director de proprietate intelectuală în mai multe companii IT. „Techstars Startup Week” este organizat de Startup Moldova cu sprijinul Agenției Statelor Unite pentru Dezvoltare Internațională (USAID) și a Suediei în cadrul Proiectului Tekwill.

Persons: Kamran, Moshe Porat, Israel ., Levan, Antonio Nasuto, Antonio, El, Simon Zagaynov, Simon Organizations: filantropia, Științe Politice, Universitatea din, IT, IBM, Forbes China, Agenției, Agenției Statelor Unite Locations: Moldova, Iran, SUA, Japonia, China, India, Israel, Singapore, Universitatea din Tel - Aviv, Modiin, Moshe, Rusia, Republica Cehă, Europei Centrale, Est, Week, Agenției Statelor, Suediei

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