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QNB Syria and banking partners launch syndicated facility to support ‘Qasioun Journey’ project in Damascus

<p>DOHA: QNB Syria, a subsidiary of QNB Group, a leading financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, has launched a syndicated financing facility in collaboration with Al Baraka Bank Syria and the Commercial Bank of Syria to finance the final phase of the ‘Qasioun Journey’ project in Damascus Governorate.</p> <p>The partnership…

AI

NUS Enterprise sets up outpost in Munich and Shanghai and launches Nova – an AI platform for research commercialisation (Sponsored)

NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial heart of the National University of Singapore (NUS), Asia’s leading university, just announced its first European outpost in Munich, established through a new…

  • NUS Enterprise opens Munich outpost with UnternehmerTUM partnership
  • Nova AI platform streamlines commercialization of university research
  • Nova uses 20K patents, 9K projects, 11K inventors for analysis

Tech

iBeer: the App Store’s first viral sensation

In July of 2008, Steve Jobs and Apple were in full preparation for the launch of Apple’s highly anticipated, and now very familiar, App Store.

  • iBeer launched July 2008 as App Store's first viral sensation
  • Steve Sheraton's app reacted to phone's orientation, mimicking beer
  • iPint, a Molson Coors-branded imitation, released later same year

Culture

HK guaranteed two squash mixed doubles medals

Hong Kong, China are guaranteed two medals in the squash mixed doubles at the Asian Games after both pairs won their quarterfinals to reach Saturday's semifinals.

  • Hong Kong guaranteed two squash mixed doubles medals at Asian Games
  • Lee Ka-yi and Donald Tang defeated Malaysia 11-7, 11-5 in quarterfinals
  • Toby Tse and Matthew Lai beat Pakistan 11-6, 11-7 in semifinals

AI

Why Building AI Agents Is No Longer the Hardest Part of Agentic Commerce

Watch more: The Agentic Experience With Mastercard’s Sabrina Therani Agentic commerce is becoming an infrastructure race. The biggest agentic constraint today is not whether AI can shop but whether the systems surrounding that AI can determine what an agent is allowed to do, who is responsible when something goes wrong and how a…

AI

Avalara launches agentic artificial intelligence tools for enterprise software integrations

Software provider Avalara introduced specialized artificial intelligence agents within its Versori platform to accelerate the development and deployment of enterprise system connectors

  • Avalara launches agentic AI tool, Versori, to simplify enterprise system integrations.
  • Four AI agents automate complex processes in integration lifecycle.
  • Versori reduces integration time and costs for ERP, billing, e-commerce, and custom tech.
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