New Delhi: India’s e-commerce market is expected to vault past $160 billion by 2028, from an estimated $57–$60 billion in 2023, as online shopping has accelerated after the covid-19 pandemic, a report said. Since 2020, the country’s online retail market has consistently expanded by $8–12 billion each year, according to The How India…

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The Indian startup ecosystem continued to grapple with a funding slowdown in 2023. The funding during the year hit a five-year low of $7 billion, taking India’s global ranking from third to the fourth place. The funding has declined across all stages, with late-stage funding witnessing the biggest drop of 73% to $4.2…

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Recently, the Saudi Investment Ministry has organized three investment events in major Chinese cities including Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Beijing, highlighting the growing economic ties between the two nations. Furthermore, at a recent event in Hong Kong, the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced plans to…

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Google is working on a couple of new generative AI features for its Chrome browser like the ability to generate custom themes on desktop.

It’s similar to the Customize Chrome tool that came out back in May, although it’ll offer a lot more options.

Chrome could soon get a big AI upgrade including…

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Topics tied to the world of sports dominated Google searches in Canada this year, while “Oppenheimer” edged out “Barbie” when it came to movie queries.

The Silicon Valley-based technology company released its annual roundup of the most popular topics on the search engine globally and within dozens of individual countries.

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China is speeding up satellite internet development, aiming to launch more satellites to build up its own communication satellite constellation. China first included satellite internet as a key focus of its “new infrastructure” policy support in 2020. By 2023, satellite direct-to-car and direct-to-phone technologies began…

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Another Wall Street strategist sees record highs for the S&P 500 in 2024.

Oppenheimer chief investment strategist John Stoltzfus projects the S&P 500 (^GSPC) will close next year at 5,200, matching Fundstrat’s Tom Lee for the highest target tracked by Yahoo Finance.

Wall Street bull makes case for S&P 500 to hit 5,200 in…

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The autonomous vehicle industry is in trouble and is looking for help from an unlikely source: US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

A coalition of lobbying groups sent Buttigieg a letter last week imploring him to support AV development or risk being outpaced by China.

The AV industry sends an SOS to Pete Buttigieg comes…

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Chinese venture capitalist Kai-Fu Lee’s artificial intelligence startup 01.AI has been embroiled in a controversy over usages of open-source large language model architecture. The startup, already worth over US$1…

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