On Monday, Britain and Singapore are set to commence negotiations on a new digital trade agreement that could potentially remove trade barriers; the move is part of Britain’s push to become what it calls a “global tech powerhouse” post-Brexit. Following its exit from the EU, Britain is trying to gain new trade deals with countries…
In a statement, Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego said, his banking business may begin using bitcoin, becoming the country’s first bank to start accepting the digital currency. Salinas, who is ranked as Mexico’s third richest man with a family fortune estimated at $15.8 billion by Forbes, is the owner of the large Banco Azteca banking…
In a statement Microsoft said, it had found a new vulnerability which was exploited by SolarWinds hackers. The attackers had gained access to one of Microsoft’s customer-service agents, they had then used information gained from there to launch hacking attempts against customers. Microsoft had discovered the route used by hackers while responding to hacks by a…
On Monday, U.S. technology giant IBM said, it will offer Telefonica and Verizon a new range of services starting from running 5G over a cloud platform to using artificial intelligence. Large tech companies, including Amazon.com and Microsoft are vying for a share of 5G revenues by offering telecom operators next-generation software tools. IBM aims to offer telecom operators…
The plan of Google to block third-party cookies from its Chrome internet browser has been delayed by the United States based search engine giant Google. The internet activities of users are tracked by cookies which allow targeted advertising to be done by digital publishers. A number of rivals of Google, including Apple, Microsoft and Mozilla,…
The International Atomic Energy Agency, the nuclear watchdog of the United Nations, will never be handed over images from inside of some Iranian nuclear sites because of the expiry of a monitoring agreement with the agency and Iran, the speaker of country’s parliament said on Sunday according to reports in the Iranian state media. “The…
The self-driving tech firm Pony.ai which is supported by Toyota Motor Corp, is contemplating getting itself listed in the United States to generate money to finance further research of achieving its goal of commercializing driverless ride-hailing services, said the chief executive of the company, James Peng, in an interview to the news agency Reuters .…
According to a new study, the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19 might have started spreading in China as early as October 2019 which was two months prior to the detection of the first case of the disease in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Such an estimate was made using methods from conservation science by…
It is expected that Chinese listings in the United States will be spruced up by the planned $4 billion New York debut of the Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing. Despite the political tensions between the US and China, the listings of Chinese companies on US exchanges was at an all-time high in the first half…
In a development that sees Bitcoin gaining increasing traction in the financial world, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele announced during a national address that the country has passed a bill making bitcoin legal tender with effect from September 7 2021; use of the cryptocurrency will be optional. The country’s Congress has already approved Bukele’s proposal…
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