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 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 .…
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…
In a statement China’s biggest maker of cryptocurrency mining machines Bitmain said, it had suspended sales of its products in the spot market to help ease selling pressure. The development comes after Beijing imposed a ban on mining bitcoins. Bitmain said, it is looking for “quality” power supplies abroad and is looking for foreign clients…
Authorities of a prison in Barcelona, Spain, on Wednesday found the founder the antivirus software company McAfee – John McAfee, dead in his cell. It is suspected that he had committed suicide after the National Court of Spain approved his extradition to the United States where he was slated to face criminal tax evasion charges,…
A new resort worth $4.3bn in the gambling capital of the United States – Las Vegas, was opened by the Malaysian casino operator Genting Group as it bet its fortune on the US market. The new resort called Resorts World Las Vegas is touted to be the most expensive resort ever to be launched in…
While the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has voted to approve a bill to give antitrust enforcers more funds but it has yet to vote on four bills aimed at reining-in Big Tech. U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler, the Democratic chairman of the Judiciary Committee, termed the bills as a “historic package of bipartisan legislation”…
In a statement FBI Director Chris Wray has asked US companies and other victims of hacking to not pay ransom since it will only embolden and incentivize them for future attacks. “In general, we would discourage paying the ransom because it encourages more of these attacks, and frankly, there is no guarantee whatsoever that you…
Plans for transforming its consumer healthcare business into a separately listed company were revealed by GSK on Wednesday which would help the firm to further strengthen the process of drug development at the pharmaceuticals business unit of the company and have an 8 billion pound ($11 billion) windfall. It was in December 2018 that the…
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