This week’s stories are about tech, AI, startups and sustainability, coming from India and the USA OpenAI Mafia launched 18 AI startups Silicon Valley’s so-called “tech mafia” phenomenon has found a new focal point in OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, as former employees increasingly spin […]
This week’s stories are tech, AI and sustainability, coming from China, the EU and the UK UK plans fast-track visas for AI experts Britain plans to fast-track visas and reimburse application fees for overseas artificial intelligence (AI) specialists as part of a broader push to […]
Having founded last year, Loom Games’s Pixel Flow! already surpassed 10 million global players Mobile gaming company Scopely acquires a majority stake in Loom Games, the Istanbul-based developer of the mobile puzzle title Pixel Flow!, at a valuation of $1 billion. The game, launched in […]
Temu’s Turkish subsidiary, WhaleCo Turkey Teknoloji, will handle imports directly Temu resumed sales in Türkiye under a new import structure after briefly suspending cross-border shipments earlier this month. The halt followed a government move to end simplified customs procedures for goods valued below €30. During […]
Minister says in first 5 months of 2020 e-commerce volume totals $9.2B Ruhsar Pekcan, Minister of Trade, said Turkey’s e-commerce volumes reached $9 B in the first of five months of 2020. At a digital meeting for the launch of Turkey’s Electronic Commerce Information System […]
Following the EU, TOGG’s car designs registered in China Chinese Patent Agency (CNIPA) registered Turkey’s Automobile Joint Venture Group (TOGG) electric car designs, according to story by Anadolu Agency. The interior and exterior designs of TOGG’s automobiles were registered in April by the EU’s Intellectual […]
Starting this week I’ll be interviewing VCs in Turkey. Cenk Bayrakdar, Managing Director at Revo Capital, explained future plans for Fund II recently announced As you are aware of I was introducing the Turkish startups. From this week on I will be introducing VCs in […]
The first Turkish-made electric train tests starting in late August Turkey will expand its railway network to 18,000 kilometers (11,184 miles), said Adil Karaismailoglu, Transport and Infrastructure Minister. Addressing at digital summit on transportation and infrastructure last week, Karaismailoglu said Turkey’s railway investments will go […]
Istanbul outpaces Dubai, Moscow, and Brussels, the report said Istanbul is #16 among top 100 emerging ecosystems, said Mustafa Varank, Technology and Industry Minister. Referring to new report by US-based global entrepreneurship research institution Startup Genome, Varank added Turkey’s commercial capital Istanbul, at number 16, […]
Highest growth comes from information technology category due to demand for laptops and desktops as a result of COVID-19 GfK, a consultancy and research firm, said Turks bought TL 17.2 billion of consumer electronics in Q1. That means consumer electronics industry grew 20.8% as compared […]
This weekend’s food is about a female software developer’s experiences in Silicon Valley in 90s and Stanley Kubrick’s iconic film Close to the Machine (Ellen Ullman) Ellen Ullman’s Close to the Machine book describes the life and work of a software engineer in the Silicon […]
Vispera’s computer vision technology helps retailers to increase sales and productivity It is unusual for Turkish academicians to start business as they are working at the university. But Prof. Dr. Aytül Erçil started two businesses, while one of them has been acquired by a German […]
A 29 years career as a journalism, Timur Sırt nowadays focuses on entrepreneurs and startups Timur Sırt is one of the most experienced tech journalists in Turkey. Having started journalism at Datamation Magazine’s Turkish edition in 1991, his first contact technology was with an Atari. […]
International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) certified Teyit will review news stories in Azerbaijani on Facebook, check their facts, and rate their accuracy Facebook and Teyit announced today that they have extended their fact-checking partnership, aimed at helping prevent the spread of fake news on Facebook platforms […]
