A New Era in Digital Government Payments to Launch on February 7th
The initial step in the digitalisation of government services, ‘GovPay’, will be officially launched under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on February 7th, 2025. This ground-breaking initiative will streamline and modernize how government institutions handle payments, enabling seamless transactions through a secure and efficient digital platform.
Google drops pledge on AI use for weapons
Alphabet, the parent company of technology giant Google, is no longer promising that it will never use artificial intelligence (AI) for purposes such as developing weapons and surveillance tools. The firm has rewritten the principles guiding its use of AI, dropping a section which ruled out uses that were “likely to cause harm”. In a blog […]
Apple and SpaceX Link Up to Support Starlink Satellite Network on iPhones
Apple Inc. has been secretly working with SpaceX and T-Mobile US Inc. to add support for the Starlink network in its latest iPhone software, providing an alternative to the company’s in-house satellite-communication service. The companies have been testing iPhones with the Starlink service from Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp., according to people with knowledge […]
What is DeepSeek and why did it cause tech stocks to drop?
An AI-powered chatbot by the Chinese company DeepSeek has quickly become the most downloaded free app on Apple’s store, following its January release in the US. The app’s sudden popularity, as well as DeepSeek’s reportedly low costs compared to those of US-based AI companies, have thrown financial markets into a spin. Silicon Valley venture capitalist […]
Tech giants announce $500bn ‘Stargate’ AI plan in US
The creator of ChatGPT, OpenAI, is teaming up with another US tech giant, a Japanese investment firm and an Emirati sovereign wealth fund to build $500bn (£405bn) of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in the United States. The new company, called The Stargate Project, was announced at the White House by Donald Trump who billed it […]
Inovartic Leads UAE-Sri Lanka Breakthrough in Nano Technology Commercialisation
Aligned with Sri Lanka’s ‘National Initiative for R&D Commercialization’ launched by H.E President of Sri Lanka and the UAE’s ‘Make it in the Emirates’ strategy, the partnership sets a global precedent for sustainability and innovation. Inovartic Investment Lanka, a joint venture between Inovartic Investment LLC and Apex Asia Holdings, has acquired advanced nano-technology to transform […]
Meta cuts 5% of jobs to lose ‘lowest performers
Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is preparing to cut about 5% of its global workforce, as the company looks to drop “low performers faster”. In a memo to staff, boss Mark Zuckerberg said he had made the decision to speed up the firm’s regular performance-based cuts in anticipation of an “intense […]
Nvidia unveils robot ambitions and powerful new gaming chips
The boss of US chip giant Nvidia has unveiled the firm’s next-generation of gaming chips and pledged the “ChatGPT moment for general robotics is just around the corner”. The announcements were part of CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote address at CES, the major annual technology show in Las Vegas. The new family of gaming chips will […]
Kaspersky products achieve top performance across all quarters in 2024
mall offices, and enterprises – achieved unparalleled success in SE Labs’ rigorous testing. Across all four quarters, they earned a perfect 100% Total Accuracy Rating. Kaspersky products have once again earned the highest scores in independent testing throughout 2024. In rigorous evaluations conducted by prestigious cybersecurity testing organizations, Kaspersky Plus (starting in Q4 2024, Kaspersky […]
Dialog unveils Sri Lanka’s first AI Assistant for local developer community
Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s #1 connectivity provider, announced the launch of its AI-powered assistant through the IdeaBiz platform, providing support for developers, IT teams, and IdeaBiz partners. As the first of its kind in the country, the IdeaBiz AI Assistant is set to transform how users interact with technical information, access onboarding assistance, and […]