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Chinese automakers Nio and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group said on Wednesday they had signed a strategic partnership agreement on battery swapping that would see them work together on standards, technology and model development. The deal makes Geely (GEELY.UL), whose brands range from Volvo to Zeekr, the second automaker to sign a battery swapping partnership with...

The carrier-neutral, colocation Tier IV Onix Data Centre in Accra, Ghana, is joining the Angola Cables Global Data Centre Interconnect. This integration will enhance international connectivity in Ghana and Senegal, offering access to 66 additional data centres, 8 OTTs/CDNs, and 21 IXPs. Clients will benefit from a variety of secure digital solutions and managed services...

Chinese smartphone maker Honor Device Co. has begun preparations for an initial public offering, three years after it was spun off as an independent business from Huawei Technologies Co. The Shenzhen-based firm will adjust the composition of its board to meet diversity standards for a publicly listed company, it said in a statement Wednesday, without...

World Television Day, celebrated annually on the 21st of November, is an occasion to acknowledge the impact and significance of television in shaping global communication and culture. Established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1996, this day serves as a reminder of the power of television in promoting international exchange of cultural diversity, understanding, and...

Amazon.com (AMZN.O) on Friday announced it is trimming jobs at its Alexa voice assistant unit, citing shifting business priorities and a greater focus on generative artificial intelligence. The cuts affect several hundred employees working on Alexa, according to the email. A spokeswoman declined to elaborate on exactly how many were affected. “We’re shifting some of our efforts...

Spotify, on Thursday, expanded its partnership with Google Cloud to use large language models (LLMs) to help identify a user’s listening patterns across podcasts and audiobooks in order to suggest tailor-made recommendations. Artificial intelligence-powered LLMs such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google Bard, are trained on a massive amount of data to generate text and other...

US lawmakers are pressing Apple Inc. for information about its streaming show The Problem With Jon Stewart, which was reportedly cancelled following disagreements over how to handle topics such as China. Mike Gallagher, a Republican from Wisconsin, and Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Democrat from Illinois, sent a letter to chief executive officer Tim Cook about the decision...

Volkswagen has not made a decision on producing a 20,000-euro ($21,714.00) electric car yet, but Chief Executive Oliver Blume is convinced that the company can get there by the second half of the decade, he said at a conference on Wednesday. The main lever to reduce prices of electric cars is reducing battery costs, Blume said...

Apple’s recent software development delay underscores the need to get ambitious 2024 updates right. Also: Initial thoughts on Apple’s latest MacBook Pros and iMac, and what an M3 Ultra chip could look like.  Late last month, Apple Inc. head of software engineering Craig Federighi made a rare call. He decided to freeze development workon the company’s next major software...

Invest Africa will return to the Africa Tech Festival next week, convening a high-level fireside chat on advancing Africa’s digital infrastructure in partnership with DLA Piper. Featuring Google’s Managing Director for Africa Alex Okosi, Cassava Technologies President and Group Chief Executive Officer Hardy Pemhiwa, and DLA Piper’s Partner Livia Dyer, the event will shed light...