Australian graphic design firm Canva believes it is in a uniquely healthier position to withstand industry headwinds as it begins a European expansion. Canva opened its new European headquarters in London the previous month as it competes with Adobe and Microsoft to gain the attention of individual users and enterprises to its design suite. Co-founder and CEO of…
Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said he expects artificial intelligence-like technologies to disrupt the labor market but also opines that it won’t eliminate jobs completely. At the Asia Tech x Singapore summit, Wong said, “In fact, technology can make humans more productive and create more jobs. I do not believe we will end up…
Industry analysts are optimistic that Chinese chip makers will develop their own advanced semiconductors despite Washington’s attempts to cut the country off from accessing or manufacturing the technology. Daniel Newman, CEO and principal analyst at research firm Futurum Group said, “I don’t underestimate China’s ability and resolve to build next-generation technologies and to also utilize some lagging…
Searching for important old emails will get a lot easier, according to Google. Recently Google announced an artificial intelligence update for Gmail, “Over the next 15 days, end users will begin to see ‘top results’ when they search their inboxes, featured above the ‘all results’ section.” Google’s machine-learning models power the new category. The new…
