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Accenture Faces 19,000 Layoffs amid Tech Turmoil

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The news comes amid a massive wave of layoffs across the tech industry, with Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, and many others launching a second round of job cuts. ” Sweet stated that cloud computing, data, artificial intelligence (AI), and security continued to lead company strategies.

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Korean 3D spatial data tool startup Urbanbase closes $11.1M Series B+ round

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billion in 2021, based on Strategy Analytics’ report. Big tech corporations, ranging from Facebook, Intel to Microsoft, are targeting to move in the area. It currently operates the platform in Korean and Japanese, but it will add English language service prior to entering in Singapore in the end of 2021, Ha said.

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XR Big News, Ep 1: Dr Dmitry Mihaylov Interview Recap

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Dr Mihaylov is also a Contract Expert at the United Nations and a Visiting Professor at the National University of Singapore. Other methods used to build the Metaverse included larger industrial firms such as Google, NVIDIA, and Microsoft, leading to two major trends in the industry. Lenovo ThinkReality to Drive Enterprise Metaverse.

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All In On AI: How Smart Companies Win Big With Artificial Intelligence

Bernard Marr

When it comes to commercializing AI technology today, businesses are generally following one of two strategies. Mittal told me, "There's been a lot written around the science and technology of AI, and a lot of articles and news stories about how tech-native companies, whether its Microsoft, Google, Apple, Amazon, Meta, Nvidia … are using AI.

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Top 50 Asian Virtual Reality-Augmented Reality Leaders,Evangelists, Investors & Influencers

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Billion & mind you i haven't added the overall population of #asia.Ignore us at your own risk #facebook #microsoft & the curators of those lists. He is an Adjunct Professor/Visiting Faculty at number of institutions in Australia, Singapore & India. 6- Chaitanya Chinchlikar. 16- Vinay Narayan. 17- Helen Situ. 23- Kathryn Yu.