Innovation

After selling Candy Crush developer for $5.9 billion, one cofounder Sebastian Knutsson has a new gaming startup.

Apple can generate a whopping $485 billion in iPhone revenues over the next two years as users upgrade to AI-enabled devices, according to Morgan Stanley analyst projections.

An Australian firm is revolutionising carbon capture in the cement, steel, power generation, and chemical production industries. KC8 received $10m in funding from Woodside Energy and Mexico’s Cemex Ventures.

Chris Kirchner was arrested in 2023 following a Forbes investigation that revealed he overstated company financials and spent lavishly on personal expenses.

A class of diabetes and weight loss drugs that includes Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro could also help protect against a variety of cancers, according to new research published Friday, adding to mounting evidence that injections offer numerous additional health benefits as pressure builds for insurers and public health providers to cover the popular medication in spite of persistent shortages and cost concerns.

Amazon claims that all electricity it consumed in 2023 was “matched” with 100% renewable energy. Experts criticise the report’s vagueness.

Microsoft has invested $13 billion in OpenAI, but said in a letter it felt confident over the ChatGPT maker’s future and no longer believed an observer seat on the startup’s board was necessary.

The AI boom undoubtedly resembles the dot-com bubble but with a difference. Back then, most startups carried the risks, while now, giant AI pioneers are unlikely to go broke. Rather, investors will suffer.

Data61 – the data and digital arm of Australia’s national science agency CSIRO – had four scientists nominated for APAC Women in AI awards. These two took home top prizes.

The South Korean tech giant said it expects to rake in second quarter profits more than 15 times the size than it did the same time last year.