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Google announced new generative AI capabilities for mapping and geospatial apps designed with enterprise users in mind. New features announced this week at Cloud Next in Las Vegas add generative AI capabilities to Google’s mapping platform, enhancing its visual and data analysis capabilities. One of the new features, Maps Imagery Grounding, allows business users to use generative AI to create realistic scenes in Google Street View to visualize what a particular project will look like, such as a movie set or a proposed construction site. Users simply enter a prompt into the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, and as long as…

For DBS CEO Tan Hsu Xiang, the biggest risk that keeps him up at night is not just market volatility or geopolitical shocks, but cyber-attacks.”Cybersecurity. I think the new war is cyber. So what keeps me up at night is cyber: who attacks whom and how it happens and how people are affected,” the DBS chief executive told CNBC on the sidelines of the annual CONVERGE LIVE event in Singapore. Her warning highlights a broader shift in how financial institutions think about risk, as cyber threats become increasingly intertwined with geopolitics and rapid advances in artificial intelligence.Mr Tan said banks…

The NBA player’s profile picture shows a Palestinian child blocked from school by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.Published April 22, 2026April 22, 2026Renowned basketball player Kyrie Irving changed his social media profile picture to an image of a Palestinian child who was stopped from going to school by Israeli soldiers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.A photo posted to Irving’s Instagram, where he has 20.2 million followers, shows a young Palestinian boy sitting with a book in his hand, turning to stare at an Israeli soldier standing behind barbed wire directly behind him.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of…

Google Cloud Next takes place in Las Vegas this week, and one clear message is clear. That’s what Google wants AI startups on its cloud. To that end, we made several startup-related announcements. Most importantly, the tech giant has allocated $750 million in new funding to help cloud partners sell more AI agents to enterprises. This funding is available to partners ranging from start-ups to large consulting firms. Can be used for costs such as Gemini proof-of-concept projects, Google forward deployment engineers, cloud credits, deployment rebates, and more. Google also highlighted a long list of startups that are using Google…

Jonathan Ra | Null Photo | Getty ImagesPalantir announced a $300 million contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to use the software company’s technology for farmland management as geopolitical risks threaten global supply chains. The agreement builds on an ongoing project with the Department of Agriculture and underscores Palantir’s growing role within the U.S. government beyond basic defense contracts to support the modernization of the U.S. military. American farmers are suffering from rising supply costs and are being squeezed by the ongoing trade war between the United States and its major trading partners. That includes China, a major soybean…

With 50 days until the start of the World Cup, FIFA and the tournament’s host countries are facing criticism over a wide range of social, political and logistical issues surrounding the global tournament.Canada and Mexico will co-host the tournament with the United States, which launched a war against World Cup participant Iran on February 28, along with Israel. Although the war is currently under a fragile ceasefire, Iran’s participation in the games remains uncertain.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listFans in the three host countries are in an uproar over exorbitant ticket prices, impacting sales and interest in the…

U.S. stocks underperformed global stocks last year, as President Donald Trump’s trade policies and apparent threats to the Federal Reserve’s independence regularly led investors to choose to “sell America.” The Latin American market benefited greatly. President Trump’s approach to the region through 2026 includes operations to capture and retake Venezuela’s president, impose an oil blockade on Cuba, and threaten military action in Colombia and Mexico. But investors in the region appear unfazed, with the region’s stock indexes continuing to outperform as the war between the US and Iran brings a new wave of volatility to international markets. Brazil’s benchmark BVSP…

What do you think? latoya jackson Feeling? There’s no way I can win. rear michael jackson’s sister revealed that she visited the hospital several times late last year and admitted she was overcoming health concerns. “I feel good,” La Toya told E! news’ Will Malfuzzi He spoke in an exclusive interview at the Los Angeles premiere. michael Biographical movie. “I feel strong and happy.” Of course, one reason the 69-year-old was feeling so good was because she was about to see her late brother’s early career played out on the big screen and brought to life by another loved one.…

My Top 10 Things to Watch Tuesday, April 21st 1. Iran ceasefire is scheduled to end tomorrow. Apple has a new CEO. Federal Reserve Chairman candidate Kevin Warsh testifies. There is no shortage of interesting things for investors today. Early on, they’re leaning bullish. Stocks are trending higher after falling yesterday. The Nasdaq ended its session winning streak at 13 on Monday. We will see if this morning’s pre-market gains in futures can be sustained through the close of trading. 2. The end of Apple’s era. On September 1, John Tarnas, senior vice president of hardware engineering, will take over…

On Tuesday, May 13, 2025, Speaker Brett Guthrie (R-Kentucky) arrives at the Rayburn Building for the House Energy and Commerce Markup on the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Resolution.Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call Inc. | Getty ImagesTwo data privacy bills introduced Wednesday and first shared with CNBC would pre-empt nearly two dozen state laws and create national standards restricting how tech and financial companies handle user data. These bills, the SECURE Data Act focused on technology companies and the GUARD Financial Data Act focused on financial services businesses, are designed to work together to form a single national standard. House Energy…