Zain boosts digital offering with financial app
Kuwaiti operator Zain Group introduced a mobile app to deliver a range of financial services to boost economic inclusion in the Middle East, with the offering initially available in Bahrain before being expanded across the company's footprint.
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Google ramps AI play with Bard refresh
Google rebranded its Bard chatbot to Gemini, the AI model engineering the product, in addition to introducing a subscription plan as it pushes to match rival offerings from OpenAI and Microsoft.
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Fairphone appoints new CEO
Sustainability-focused handset brand Fairphone appointed former Vodafone Group and KPN executive Reinier Hendriks as CEO, replacing interim boss and CFO Noud Tillemans who is now leaving the company.
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Nokia bolsters industrial range with apps
Nokia extended its industrial portfolio with five new applications intended to increase worker safety and improve asset tracking capabilities, innovations it claims supports enterprise digital transformation.
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Apple beats lawsuit over watch heart rate app
Apple reportedly succeeded in convincing a US district court to dismiss a lawsuit filed in 2021 by health technology company Alivecor, which alleged the technology giant monopolised heart rate analysis apps for smartwatches.
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European authorities ink provisional GIA agreement
European lawmakers reached a provisional agreement on the proposed Gigabit Infrastructure Act (GIA), legislation intended to speed the deployment of next-generation communications networks in the continent.
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Apple Vision Pro hits US market
Apple launched its highly-anticipated Vision Pro headset in the US alongside 600 apps designed specifically for the device, marking the beginning of what the company dubs as the spatial computing era.
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Ericsson continues 6G India push with AI research deal
Ericsson struck a long-term partnership with an India-based university to explore AI and compute technologies, with the wider goal of bolstering research around 6G.
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Telecoms groups voice concerns over EC gigabit act
A quartet of associations representing Europe’s telecommunications industry hit out at a set of proposals which form part of the European Commission's (EC) Gigabit Infrastructure Act (GIA), warning the legislation risks penalising operators and could hurt the sector.
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AWS tips AI to unlock Europe digital potential
More than a third of European businesses deployed AI in 2023, research commissioned by Amazon Web Services found, paving the way for adoption of the technology to deliver an economic impact of around €3.4 trillion by 2030.
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