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RingCentral Secures Top Rankings for Culture, Leadership and Compensation at Comparably Awards 2025

Mar 1, 2026Dec 13, 2025 by Jasmin Watson

RingCentral Inc., a global leader in agentic voice AI–powered cloud business communications, has been honored for the sixth consecutive year in Comparably’s Best of 2025 Awards, earning top-10 rankings in three key categories: Best Company Culture, Best CEOs, and Best Compensation. The awards highlight the cloud communications provider’s strong performance across foundational aspects of workplace … Read more

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 as Disney Makes $1 Billion Investment and Signs Sora Licensing Deal

Feb 5, 2026Dec 12, 2025 by The Gignomist

OpenAI launched its latest artificial intelligence model, GPT-5.2, on Thursday, touting advances in reasoning, coding and long-context processing as the Microsoft-backed startup races to reclaim ground lost to Google’s Gemini 3 in the escalating battle for AI supremacy. The release comes weeks after CEO Sam Altman declared an internal “code red” in early December, halting … Read more

Abu Dhabi Hosts Web3 Leaders in High-Impact Global Blockchain Show and Global Gaming Show 2025

Mar 1, 2026Dec 11, 2025 by Jasmin Watson

Leaders from the world’s top blockchain and gaming firms descended on Abu Dhabi this week for the co-located Global Blockchain Show 2025 and Global Games Show 2025, transforming the UAE capital into a nexus for digital innovation and high-stakes networking. The dual events, held on December 10 and 11 at the state-of-the-art Space42 Arena, drew … Read more

Big Ideas, Big Stage: West Tech Fest Celebrates Australia’s Transformative Innovation

Dec 11, 2025 by Jasmin Watson

The West Tech Fest, Australia’s longest-running technology and innovation festival, is underway, with its flagship West Tech Main conference emerging as a standout event with high energy and engagement at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre. The full-day program drew bold thinkers, industry leaders, and innovators who are shaping the nation’s tech landscape through keynote … Read more

AI Humanoids Take Center Stage at World’s Largest Robotics Exhibition in Japan

Mar 1, 2026Dec 10, 2025 by Jasmin Watson

AI Humanoids Take Center Stage at World's Largest Robot Exhibition

The 26th International Robot Exhibition (iREX), billed as the world’s largest gathering of robotics innovators, wrapped up Saturday at Tokyo Big Sight with a record 673 companies and organizations on display, drawing more than 150,000 visitors over four days. Organized by the Japan Robot Association and others, the four-day iREX 2025 highlighted rapid advances in … Read more

Upwork Foundation Awards Grants to 9 Organizations Promoting Human Skills Amid AI Expansion

Dec 9, 2025 by Jasmin Watson

SAN FRANCISCO — The Upwork Foundation announced Tuesday that it will award $800,000 in grants to nine nonprofit organizations across five continents that are training marginalized communities in skills considered difficult for artificial intelligence to replicate. The 2025 grantees will focus on building proficiency in empathy, creativity, integrity, critical thinking, communication and leadership — competencies … Read more

Paramount Challenges Netflix With $108 B All-Cash Bid for Warner Bros Discovery

Dec 8, 2025 by Jasmin Watson

Paramount Skydance has launched a hostile all-cash offer of $30 per share for Warner Bros. Discovery, valuing the company at $108.4 billion and directly challenging Netflix’s acquisition agreement announced earlier in December. The move comes just days after Netflix agreed to buy a large portion of Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming assets for $27.75 … Read more

Upwork Emphasizes Human + AI Collaboration in Shaping the Future of Agents at NeurIPS 2025

Dec 6, 2025 by Jasmin Watson

The world’s largest online talent marketplace, Upwork, made a strong impression at NeurIPS 2025, one of the leading global conferences for artificial intelligence, machine learning and computational neuroscience, held this year in San Diego, United States. The event brought together thousands of researchers, builders and innovators exploring the next frontier of AI. The atmosphere was … Read more

Look AI Launches Real-Time Fashion Design Tool With Live Rendering and Smart Pattern Tech

Feb 5, 2026Dec 5, 2025 by The Gignomist

Look AI, a new design tool developed by a China based technology firm, is using advanced algorithms to streamline the fashion design process and give designers real-time creative capabilities. Fashion design traditionally requires hours of sketching, fabric selection and pattern adjustments before concepts can be fully realized. Look AI aims to simplify that process by … Read more

Uber and Avride Launch Robotaxi Service for Dallas Riders

Apr 17, 2026Dec 4, 2025 by The Gignomist

The American multinational transportation company, Uber on Wednesday announced the launch of autonomous robotaxi rides in Dallas, giving riders the ability to be matched with an Avride self-driving vehicle across a 9–square-mile service area. The expanded pilot covers key Dallas neighborhoods, including Downtown, Uptown, Turtle Creek and Deep Ellum, with plans for additional territory in … Read more

Latin America’s Largest Project Management Summit Ends with Bold Push for Inclusion, Innovation and ESG Transformation

Dec 3, 2025 by Jasmin Watson

Latin America’s Largest Project Management Summit Ends on a High Note, Highlighting Innovation and Organizational Impact

One of Latin America’s largest project management events, the PMI São Paulo Summit 2025, concluded successfully in São Paulo, Brazil, after two days focused on the future of project management, leadership, innovation and real organizational impact. The summit brought together professionals from across the region, offering a platform to connect with industry leaders, participate in … Read more

Amazon Launches Trainium3 Chips With Up to 50% Lower AI Training and Operating Costs

Feb 5, 2026Dec 2, 2025 by Jasmin Watson

Amazon Web Services has announced the public release of its Trainium3 AI chip, a custom processor designed to reduce the cost and speed up the training of artificial-intelligence models — a move that positions Amazon as a growing competitor to Nvidia in the data-center chip market. AWS said the Trainium3 chip is up to four … Read more