Africa Creative Market Turns Five: A Five-City Global Activation With Zambia As the 2026 Main Host

Africa Creative Market Turns Five: A Five-City Global Activation With Zambia As the 2026 Main Host

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The Lusaka edition will integrate seamlessly with the Creative Industry Business Summit and the Kwimbo National Arts Festival. The Africa Creative Market (ACM) has officially announced its 2026 edition, marking five years of impact with a bold, five-city global activation. The milestone year will be anchored by a six-day flagship event in Lusaka, Zambia, following highly successful satellite activations in Cannes, Lagos, Johannesburg, and…

GTA 6 boss confirms Rockstar is not using generative AI to make the game

GTA 6 boss confirms Rockstar is not using generative AI to make the game

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Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has addressed the use of Artificial Intelligence across the publisher’s studios, including Rockstar Games and the highly-anticipated GTA 6. The use of AI tools in the video game industry is only becoming more prevalent, and while some try to fight it, others are plodding along without hesitation. The latest Call…

Web Summit Qatar 2026 concludes an exceptional third edition

Web Summit Qatar 2026 concludes an exceptional third edition

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Doha, Qatar: Web Summit Qatar 2026 concluded Wednesday following four days of discussions, underscoring its role as a global platform uniting decision-makers, entrepreneurs, investors, and thought leaders to shape the future of technology, innovation, and the digital economy. The event attracted a record 30,274 participants from 127 countries, an 18% increase compared to last year,…

NetEase denies claims made by Suda51 that it’s shut down an entire generative AI division

NetEase denies claims made by Suda51 that it’s shut down an entire generative AI division

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With almost every major games publisher and parent company talking excitedly about generative AI and the opportunities it could bring, I was taken aback this morning to see talk on my social media feed about NetEase reportedly scrapping a division dedicated to gen-AI and telling employees they were no longer allowed to use it. Unconventional,…

Advancing the digital economy | The Star

Advancing the digital economy | The Star

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KUALA LUMPUR: Menara Merdeka 118’s official launch as Malaysia’s first MD Nexus has prompted about 50 other companies to seek out the same status. The MD Nexus recognition is led by the Malaysia Digital Economy Corp (MDEC) accredits strategic locations that are purpose built to support digital businesses, services and innovation. PNB Merdeka Ventures Sdn…

Amazon Expands Alexa+ AI Assistant to All US Users After Yearlong Rollout

Amazon Expands Alexa+ AI Assistant to All US Users After Yearlong Rollout

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Image: Amazon Amazon is making its generative AI-powered Alexa+ assistant available to everyone in the U.S., nearly a year after the revamped service first launched in a limited early-access preview. The broader rollout, announced today (Feb. 4), marks a major milestone in Amazon’s effort to reinvent Alexa for the age of large language models, as…

SanDisk and Western Digital are the Real AI Kings of 2026

SanDisk and Western Digital are the Real AI Kings of 2026

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© PhotoBylove / Getty Images As investors turned their back on software (notably, the seat-based software-as-a-service companies), they’re turned towards hardware in a big-time way. You wouldn’t know it by looking at those flat shares of Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), but the iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) is up around 13% year to date, with few signs of…

Take-Two CEO makes it clear that ‘generative AI has zero part’ in GTA 6

Take-Two CEO makes it clear that ‘generative AI has zero part’ in GTA 6

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TL;DR: Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick confirmed that Grand Theft Auto 6 has not used generative AI in its development at all, emphasizing the game’s handcrafted world design, and that this is what differentiates GTA 6. Procedural generation is not involved, and shouldn’t be, Zelnick said, observing: “That’s what makes great entertainment.” The CEO of Take-Two…

China’s top 15 tech firms join SBV 2026 in Hanoi

China’s top 15 tech firms join SBV 2026 in Hanoi

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Fifteen of China’s top corporations and over 45 prominent Vietnamese enterprises gathered in Hanoi on February 4 for the 2026 Vietnam–China Economic and Technical Cooperation Conference (SBV 2026), marking a renewed chapter in bilateral relations grounded in high technology, substance, and long-term commitment. The event, hosted by SinoBridge Vietnam in coordination with the Enterprise Support…