Klarna reports H1 2024 revenue up 27% YoY to ~$1.3B, a ~$66M adjusted profit, up from a ~$44M loss in H1 2023, and says AI does the job of 700 employees (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)
Ambassador of Samoa to China: BRI cooperation with China is fruitful
Ambassador of Samoa to China praises China's climate efforts
South Dublin County Council rejects Google's plan to build a 72,400 square meter data center just outside Dublin for failing to meet sustainability requirements (Olivia Fletcher/Bloomberg)
Samsung plans to offer seven years of free Tizen OS updates for its AI-powered TVs, available to TVs from March 2024 and some 2023 models (Kim Eun-jin/Businesskorea)
Steam hit 37M+ concurrent users on August 25 for the first time, up from the previous record of nearly 33.7M in January 2024, after Black Myth: Wukong's release (Andy Chalk/PC Gamer)
Residents, police in Ukraine town say Russia is using civilians for drone target practise| DW News
In France, Telegram is avidly used within political and media circles, including by President Emmanuel Macron, who has used the app for nearly a decade (Politico)
China's curbs on shipments of germanium and gallium, which are used to make chips, have led to an almost 2x increase in prices in Europe over the past year (Financial Times)
Paris 2024 Paralympics excitement builds