Beijing has signaled that it is keeping a close watch on the movements in rate across the Pacific in the U.S. and is keen to maintain its capacity to contain capital outflow after China’s central bank increased the interbank policy rates by 5 basis points soon after a rate hike was announced by the US…
Cryptocurrencies are being unwittingly mined by the users of four popular video sites every month. According to a report on the practice of the so called cryptojacking, the number of visitors in this case is almost one billion. According to security firm Adguard, tokens for the bitcoin-like cryptocurrency Monero are being created as cryptocurrency mining…
The One Belt One Road (OBOR) program of China has seen financing of infrastructure projects right across Asia. However, the world’s second-largest economy is the one that does all the deciding – which countries get funding and when. However, a cautionary tale is being offered by Pakistan. China – Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is the name…
A study on the aspect of net neutrality and its history in the U.S. was published by business information provider IS Markit. The report also examined the related information on rivalry which could determine the future of the internet if the present net neutrality protections be repelled, amidst risin fears of removal of net neutrality. “Despite…
While the global car-based “mobility services” as an industry generated zero revenues about a year ago, it is predicted to reach values of trillions of dollars by the year 2040 and China will lead the market in this significant transformation. This was revealed in a report titled Reinventing the Wheel: Mobility and Energy Future, by HIS…
The cofounder of China’s EHang, the company that is engaged in the development of a passenger drone, claimed to reach profitability in the time period of only the next two years. The work that is being carried out by EHang involves the transportation of one human passenger over small to medium distances in a drone. The…
Restriction on the use of a weed killer, manufactured by Monsanto Co, which has been held responsible for extensive crop damages have been imposed by several U.S. states. But the company is now offering farmer a cash back deal as an incentive to apply the product. The herbicide being incentivized is a mixture of XtendiMax…
The aspects of public safety and protection of property are directly impacted by timeliness and accuracy of weather forecasts. And forecasts depend on the quality of data that is available for the forecasters. To that extent, the NOAA GOES-R Series of satellite is expected to augment the data which will aid in providing sharper, more…
A $280 million funding round in the Indian startup Bigbasket, the largest online supermarket in India, has seen it raising the amount as an investment from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., China’s e-commerce giant, according media reports quoting sources. familiar with the matter. The sources reportedly said that there had been months of negotiations that had…
There is a “diverse” bacteria collection abroad the International Space Station, shows a new research, while being miles from the Earth. The research also noted remarkable similarity of the micro-organisms micro-organisms found at homes on earth with those found on the space station. These were among the most important finding of a study that examined…
