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Google Maps Expands Restaurant Search Into Food Ordering

Google Maps is adding more dining workflow features, with Gemini-powered Ask Maps ordering links through Toast, Square and Uber Eats plus city trend lists and practical restaurant review signals.

#Google Maps #Gemini #AI search

October 9, 2026Read More →

Lumio Raises $12 Million To Expand Its Consumer-Electronics Portfolio

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Lumio Raises $12 Million To Expand Its Consumer-Electronics Portfolio

Lumio raised a $12 million Series A led by Blume Ventures to add products, software, offline retail and support capacity for its smart TV, projector and speaker business.

#Lumio #consumer electronics #Series A

October 9, 2026Read More →

Apple Touchscreen MacBook Report Points To Late-October Hardware Slate

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Apple Touchscreen MacBook Report Points To Late-October Hardware Slate

Apple is reportedly preparing a late-October touchscreen MacBook debut alongside an OLED iPad Mini and M6 updates for the entry-level MacBook Pro and iMac.

#Apple #MacBook #iPad Mini

October 9, 2026Read More →

Australia Health Data Modernisation Reaches $32.8 Million on Google Cloud

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Australia Health Data Modernisation Reaches $32.8 Million on Google Cloud

Australia’s Health department has lifted disclosed spending on a Google Cloud data and analytics modernisation program to $32.8 million across Accenture, NTT, Deloitte and Google contracts.

#Google Cloud #public sector IT #data modernisation

October 9, 2026Read More →

Kioxia LD4 E1.L SSD Targets Dense 1U Hyperscale Storage

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Kioxia LD4 E1.L SSD Targets Dense 1U Hyperscale Storage

Kioxia’s LD4 Series brings BiCS FLASH generation 8 QLC NAND into the E1.L form factor, starting with 15.36TB and 30.72TB models for read-intensive hyperscale servers while the architecture is validated up to 122.88TB.

#cloud infrastructure #NVMe SSDs #Kioxia

October 9, 2026Read More →

NeoFleet Raises $4 Million to Expand Taxi-Fleet Financing

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NeoFleet Raises $4 Million to Expand Taxi-Fleet Financing

NeoFleet Capital secured a $4 million pre-seed round to scale a taxi-fleet financing model that combines vehicle credit, telematics, insurance and operating controls across Africa and other emerging markets.

#NeoFleet Capital #mobility finance #taxi fleets

October 9, 2026Read More →

Brahma AI Raises US$150 Million Toward Digital-Human Launch

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Brahma AI Raises US$150 Million Toward Digital-Human Launch

Brahma AI raised US$150 million through preferred shares, including US$100 million from Multiples Alternate Asset Management, to expand an enterprise AI content platform and prepare interactive digital humans.

#Brahma AI #digital humans #enterprise AI

October 8, 2026Read More →

OKX Draws Circle and Ripple Backing at $25 Billion Valuation

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OKX Draws Circle and Ripple Backing at $25 Billion Valuation

OKX took undisclosed new investment from Circle, Ripple, Standard Chartered’s venture arm and Qube Research as it pushes beyond exchange trading into tokenized shares, stablecoins and consumer finance.

#OKX #Circle #Ripple

October 8, 2026Read More →

Microsoft Shows Windows AI Agents With Nvidia-Powered Surface Laptop Ultra

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Microsoft Shows Windows AI Agents With Nvidia-Powered Surface Laptop Ultra

Microsoft used its Windows and Surface event to show how Copilot agents could work with local files while introducing a premium Surface Laptop Ultra built on Nvidia’s RTX Spark chip.

#Microsoft Windows #Copilot #Surface Laptop Ultra

October 8, 2026Read More →

Cybersecurity buyers use 39 September deals to fill AI and OT gaps

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Cybersecurity buyers use 39 September deals to fill AI and OT gaps

SecurityWeek counted 39 cybersecurity M&A deals in September, with buyers using acquisitions to add OT visibility, AI-security controls, offensive-testing scale, sovereign-technology work and compliance reach.

#cybersecurity #M&A #Dragos

October 8, 2026Read More →

Philippines DICT Chief Stays At Work Amid Resignation Report

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Philippines DICT Chief Stays At Work Amid Resignation Report

DICT Secretary Henry Aguda said he remains focused on the department’s work after a report claimed he had resigned or been forced to resign, while platform-safety and public Wi-Fi issues remain active.

#DICT #Henry Aguda #platform safety

October 7, 2026Read More →

Singapore Online Shoppers Rank Lowest For Savvy Buying In Southeast Asia

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Singapore Online Shoppers Rank Lowest For Savvy Buying In Southeast Asia

A Cube-Lazada study covered by Asian Business Review found only 9% of Singapore online shoppers qualify as savvy, with marketplace exposure and purchase protection among the main gaps.

#Singapore e commerce #online shopping #Lazada

October 7, 2026Read More →