Tilray Inc. investors is a Canadian maker of medicinal cannabis extracts saw a huge rise in its shares throughout this year. On Wednesday, the shares of the firm rose by 38% while the peak increase during the day was 94%. The shares came to rest finally at $300. The huge increase in the share price…
A court in China has issued a life sentence to the founder of a tech startup and his brother on charges of “fundraising fraud” according to reports published in the local media in the country. Ding Ning, founder of Chinese online peer-to-peer lender Ezubao and his younger brother, Ding Dian, were served the sentence this…
The issue of fake news is important to Singapore given the fact that it is a global financial hub, widespread proliferation of internet, its demographic mix of religious and ethnic populations and that it is scheduled to old elections by early 2021. Ever since it got independence from Britain 50 years ago, Singapore has been…
The move is likely to impact the revenues of brick-and-mortar supermarket stores. Bloomberg has reported citing 3 sources familiar with the matter at hand as saying, Amazon.com Inc is mulling a plan to open as many as three thousand Amazon Go cashierless stores in the country in the coming years. With the news reaching the…
While startups, across the globe, have raised millions of dollars online through ICOs, often with little more than a handful of employees, given the high risks faced by investors from such ventures, regulators are increasingly putting ICOs under the scanner. On Thursday, the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC), Australia’s corporate watchdog, stated it was…
The report by NY Attorney General’s office is based on a study of several online platforms where virtual currencies, including bitcoins, are regularly traded. According to a report published by the New York Attorney General’s office, cryptocurrency exchanges are typically plagued by poor market surveillance, lack sufficient customer protections, and have pervasive conflicts of interest.…
During the launch Microsoft has cited real world usage of how its augmented-reality goggles made business sense as it reduced travel time and allowed physical inspection across two different geographical location on two different continents. Two years after its launch, Microsoft Corp capitalized on its HoloLens technology and has introduced its augmented-reality goggles for its…
Apple products are amongst the few American company products that have managed to evade or sidestep the tariffs imposed by China on imports of US goods. Howe the tech giant managed to do so was explained by its CEO Tim Cook. In an interview to a television news channel, Cook said that “it’s not really…
Raising the veil over the first passenger to avail the services of the services of SpaceX, Elon Musk’s space transportation company, for a space trip around the moon was revealed by the company. The first private passenger to book a ticket on the flight is Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa who is the owners and founder…
Details of the deal, which is huge given that traditional carmakers have so far been hesitant to hand over the data from their infotainment systems to rivals given the potential streams that can be generated from there, have not been made public. On Tuesday, in what is likely to be a huge boost to Google’s…
