Page 93 - Data Science For News Today

Social media platform X received approval for a money transmitter license in Virginia, the 17th U.S. state to grant approval, as the Elon Musk-owned company advances efforts toward introducing payment features.

Utah granted the approval on Friday, according to the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System & Registry, an online database.

Leaders of the Narendra Modi government celebrated National Startup Day, highlighting Indias position as the third-largest startup ecosystem. Commerce minister Piyush Goyal praised the eight years of the BJP governments Startup India programme, emphasizing Indias emergence as a global startup hub.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd is expected to report a 23% drop in fourth-quarter profit on Thursday. Analysts predict better growth this year on the back of rebounding demand. The likely decline in profit reflects a strong performance in 2022. TSMCs customers include Apple and Nvidia.

The Digital Fifth (TDF), a fintech consulting firm, said it has onboarded five venture capital firms - Equanimity Investments, Flourish Ventures, IIFL Fintech Fund, IvyCap Ventures Advisors, and 8i Ventures as its investor partners for its accelerator programme.

Dalal was most recently heading business finance at Cred, prior to which he was VP of business finance at Flipkart.

These startups will work on deep-tech technologies such as artificial intelligence, electronics, semiconductors, Web 3.0, and quantum computing, among other things where the core value will be intellectual property (IP) instead of a focus just on market and scale, Chandrasekhar said during a press conference on the National Startup Day.

Union Industries Minister Piyush Goyal gave away the awards at an event in Delhi on Tuesday. The awards are announced annually by Startup India, an arm of the Union government, to recognise startups engaged in developing cutting-edge products and solutions, across sectors.

Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu shared the recognition with Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. In the startup ranking, while Himachal Pradesh is placed among Category-B states, the others are Category-A states.

Artificial Intelligence may have given new tools to science, but the most interesting thing to watch out for will be what it can do to accelerate science, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella said on Tuesday. He also dismissed concerns that AI cannot be governed or regulated.