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MBSB Bank, Prec ink pact to drive cashless business transactions among...
South Korea chip inventory climbs the fastest in 27 years
EV-related stocks advance after Tesla gets approval to import electric vehicles...
IBM partners with new chipmaker Rapidus to make up lost ground
Global semiconductor equipment sales to hit record US$108.5bil this year
Taiwan fears impact of US chip restrictions
SK Hynix to invest US$11bil in new South Korea chip plant
Standard Chartered Malaysia Launches SmartStocks
Arizona Gov. Ducey hails Taiwan semiconductor investment
SpaceX launches 3 visitors to the space station for $55M each
Germany seeks to boost renewable energy and cut Russian imports.
Russian space chief: Sanctions could imperil space station.
Cyberattack in Ukraine war affected thousands across Europe.
The US, EU sign data transfer deal to ease privacy concerns
UK regulator revokes license of Russia-backed broadcaster RT.
Amazon closes $8.5B deal to acquire Hollywood studio MGM.
Intel unveils $88B chipmaking expansion plan for Europe
War censorship exposes Putin’s leaky internet controls
Game developers in UK help spread coronavirus advice
Apple’s acquisition of weather app Dark Sky is sad news for...
Japanese tech giant Softbank launches 5G service
Gaming giant Minecraft offers free educational lessons amid coronavirus lockdown
South Korean exports jump as employees worldwide work from home
Volkswagen hit with $34 Billion fine over diesel scandal; shares plan...
Internet speed slows down globally due to coronavirus
Tesla eyes building a Cybertruck factory in central USA
Mobile games download spike amid coronavirus quarantine
The demand for mobile games has surged as millions of people in China are quarantined and stuck indoors amid fears of the spreading coronavirus that has now claimed more than 3,000 lives. Application analysts reported that the global mobile game downloads jumped to 39% for the month of February. The mainland accounted for a huge […]
Apple will pay $500M in iPhone-throttling settlement
United States’ technology giant Apple has agreed to pay up to half a billion dollars to settle litigation claiming that it slowed down old models of iPhones to compel users to upgrade. Based on reports, Apple is required by the US District court to pay consumers an amount of $25 per affected device, totaling to […]
2 South Korean electronics giants close plants due to virus cases
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and LG Innotek have separately announced the temporary closure of their manufacturing plants in South Korea after workers tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-2019). In a company statement, Samsung said that it’s Gumi factory will be closed until Sunday evening as they take all necessary measures, including disinfection, after […]
Facebook files lawsuit against marketing firm for illegal access of users’...
World’s largest social media site Facebook sued a marketing company named oneAudience, that it accused of “improperly” accessing users’ personal information without their authorization. Facebook filed a federal lawsuit against the New Jersey-based firm which allegedly hired developers to install malicious software development kit, or SDK, in their apps to exploit the “login with Facebook” […]
Tech giant Apple to open first store in India next year
Apple has been given the green light to open its first Indian store by 2021 after it received a special approval from the Government of India. The tech giant’s CEO, Tim Cook, personally made this announcement during the annual shareholders’ meeting, noting that Indian officials allowed the company to expand in their country even without […]
Huawei’s lawsuit challenging US purchase ban rejected
Nintendo hit by coronavirus; production gets delayed
China’s TCL to stop release of BlackBerry phones
Mitsubishi denies alleged use of emission defeat devices
Canadian robot detected nCov earlier than health officials
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization have recently confirmed that the initial alert about the virus outbreak came from Canada’s “BluDot.” It is an AI-powered health monitoring platform that uses a sophisticated disease surveillance program to polish news in 65 languages, said Fox Business News. Health officials explained that […]
2 Taiwanese electronic companies enter world’s top PC vendors
Taipei-based Acer Inc. and Asustek Computer Inc. once again made it to the list of the world’s top 10 computer manufacturers in terms of shipments.The results were released by Gartner, a global market information advisory firm, which noted that the Taiwanese PC makers maintained high rankings despite a slight decline in their shares in 2019. […]
India launches first-ever robot astronaut
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) stole the limelight in the technology sector this week as it unveiled its first half-humanoid robot that is intended to travel space in December. Claimed to have the ability to operate as a companion, the robot was named Vyom Mitra which translates from two Sanskrit words— Vyom means Sky or […]
Huawei to get limited role in British 5G network
China’s telecommunication giant Huawei will only get a “limited role” in the United Kingdom’s future 5G network following the recommendation of British government officials. The lawmakers proposed the exclusion of Huawei from the sensitive and data-heavy “core” part of the fifth generation and it will also be blocked from government systems. This was decided in […]