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Kraken updates maker fee program

The crypto platform is reallocating maker rebates across trading pairs to optimise liquidity incentives.

Novo Nordisk to invest €400m to manufacture Wegovy weightloss pills in Ireland

The Danish drug giant is investing in an upgrade and retrofit of its Athlone, Ireland manufacturing site to boost production capacity for oral GLP-1s outside the US.

Digital asset funds saw US$1bn of inflows in last week of February - CoinShares report

CoinShares says weekly fund flows reversed a multi‑week outflow, led by Bitcoin and US investors.

Apple launches iPhone 17e, with pre-orders opening on Wednesday

Apple has unveils a new lower-priced iPhone 17 model, shipping with A19 performance, 256GB base storage, and a $599 price tag.

Xiaomi launches Leica-branded camera phone and accessories range ahead of MWC

The Xiaomi 17 Ultra arrives with a 200-megapixel telephoto camera and a special centenary edition honouring 100 years of the German lens maker

NVIDIA partners with Lumentum to develop next-gen AI data centers using advanced optics

NVIDIA and Lumentum announce a multi-year agreement to develop optics and silicon photonics for artificial intelligence data centers.

AMD expands Ryzen AI 400 series to power more capable personal AI computers

AMD said an expanded Ryzen AI 400 series portfolio will give consumers and businesses more options for artificial intelligence (AI)-capable personal computers.

Android AI demos to showcase Nanobana, Veo and XR at Barcelona trade event

Android is presenting hands-on artificial intelligence features and prototype hardware across the Android ecosystem at MWC Barcelona.

OpenClaw gets access to Crypto.com trading with new API integration

Crypto.com has added OpenClaw API access to its app, allowing users to deploy personal artificial intelligence trading agents using an Agent Key.

OpenAI strikes classified AI deal with US military and calls for industry-wide terms

The company says its agreement carries stricter safeguards than previous national-security AI deployments, including those made by rival Anthropic

Nvidia takes AI-powered mobile network technology from lab to live field trials

Multiple operators have demonstrated working over-the-air deployments ahead of the annual Mobile World Congress showcase in Barcelona.

OpenAI announces $110bn funding round backed by Amazon and NVIDIA

The $110bn funding round, pitches the AI pioneer's valuation at some $730 billion, and the investments come alongside new infrastructure partnerships.

Google unveils new Gemini and Nano Banana model updates

Gemini's latest drop updates its artificial intelligence models and creative tools across the app, the company said in an announcement.

OpenAI and Amazon announce strategic partnership

OpenAI and Amazon are forming a multi-year partnership to bring stateful AI runtimes and custom models to AWS customers, supported by a $50 billion Amazon investment.

OpenAI and Microsoft confirm they're still partners, as Amazon's new $50bn investment in the ChatGPT owner brings clo...

OpenAI and Microsoft say their collaboration remains intact and key contracts are unchanged.

Payward Ramp by Kraken launches on Onramper

Payward Ramp by Kraken is now available on Onramper, linking Kraken’s fiat↔crypto rails to Onramper’s aggregator.

Google expands AI Max text guidelines globally

Google opens beta access to text guidelines for all advertisers across AI Max.

Google launches Nano Banana 2 image model with faster generation and expanded object fidelity

Google's latest AI image model combines the capabilities of its predecessor with the speed of its Gemini Flash architecture, targeting faster creative and production workflows

Microsoft to expand Cloud PC device range with ASUS and Dell hardware

Two new compact desktops from ASUS and Dell will join Microsoft's thin-client Windows 365 lineup, targeting businesses that want to shift computing to the cloud

OpenAI partners with US national laboratory to speed up federal infrastructure permitting

AI coding agents could cut drafting time for environmental reviews by 15%, according to early results from a collaboration with a federal research laboratory