While cash has always been King, card payments have dethroned it now signalling the creeping end of privacy rights and freedom. In a historic development, an analysis from Bundesbank study shows that the majority of Germans prefer card payments instead of cash. The supremacy of cash in Germany which ensured privacy and freedom of its…
The foreign policy of India is under the toughest test in recent years due to a political crisis in the Maldives which is better known for its picturesque travel destinations. Armed troops have been requested to be sent to the island nation from India by the former leader of the Muslim-majority nation that is under…
The giant artificial intelligence systems at Google are powered by special computer chip developed by the technicians of the company a few years ago. the chip is able to take care of large and complex processes deemed to be the key for the future of artificial intelligence. While that was a closed thing for Google…
Injong Rhee played a significant role in Samsung’s Knox security system, Samsung Pay mobile wallet and its Bixby digital assistant. Injong Rhee, the former chief technology officer at Samsung Electronics Co has resigned from his job and has been hired by Alphabet Inc’s Google to head its Internet of Things (IoT) business. Google spokeswoman, Jane…
Lindsay-Rae McIntyre has been barred from joining Microsoft, pending a court review of the lawsuit. On Tuesday, International Business Machines (IBM) Corp sued Lindsay-Rae McIntyre, a former executive alleging violations of its 1-year non-competitive agreement. Over the weekend McIntyre was named by Microsoft Corp as its new chief diversity officer. According to documents that were…
The global energy sector is not able to achieve its targets for tackling of climate change because of the shortage of women employed in energy companies, according to the warnings of a leading industry watcher. The notion that the energy industry is not very open to new ideas especially the ones that could lead to…
There was an outcry by the Congressional officials in the United States after there was a report in January in The Verge that claimed that U.S. support to the International Space Station (ISS) was being planned to be stopped by the Trump administration by 2025. And according to a new report published in The Washington…
The projects it plans on funding will focus on building 5G solutions, smart manufacturing platforms and cloud computing services. On Monday, Foxconn, the world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronics, stated it plans on using the proceeds of one of its subsidiaries, which got listed in Shanghai, to fund 8 projects totaling to $4 billion (27.3…
There have been questions raised over the rules and regulations for import of meat into the U.K. from the U.S. following some new data that has revealed that about five-fold more antibiotic medicines is used in the U.S. in comparison to the U.K. in livestock that are raised for food there. With respect to the…
A number of scientists engaged at a top-secret Russian nuclear warhead facility were arrested on allegations that they were engaged in cryptocurrency mining by Russian security officers. According to media reports, one of Russia’s most powerful supercomputers was attempting to be used by the suspects for mining Bitcoins. The incident took place at the Federal…
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