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The world's biggest tech companies are convinced that what has long been a niche market may be on the brink of becoming something much larger
It’s too soon to tell but as with many Trump businesses that fail to take off, the former US president appears to be washing his hands of it
The proposed legislation is one of two antitrust bills voted out of committee by a strong bipartisan vote, and the other would regulate app stores
The carmaker's chief financial officer, Arno Antlitz, said bottlenecks would be likely to begin to ease towards the end of this year
Thiel, who made his name as an early investor in Facebook, dismissed revered investor Warren Buffett as a “sociopathic grandpa from Omaha”
US fabrication of the chips would require not only tremendous up-front costs, but possibly a steady stream of government assistance in perpetuity
An investigation began after incriminating messages alleged that the 22-year-old Chinese player had communicated with someone outside the league
Samsung Electronics' flagship Galaxy S22 phone has taken a battering from reports of hobbled performance which has led to carriers halving its price in South Korea just weeks since its launch
Public documents show that dozens of companies and entities have bought software such as "One person, one file" in recent years to upgrade their surveillance tools
GoTo is banking on a steady market debut after raising $1.1 billion in a relatively cautious IPO, while the local share market is booming
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With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors
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PaymentsCan China Take Place of SWIFT System? Analysts Say ‘No’There is no global payment system that is strong enough to act as an alternative to SWIFT and enable Russia to evade sanctions
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MarketsChina Becomes World’s Second-Biggest Bitcoin Mining HubThe Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.
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Market InsightsHere’s How China Can Win the Tech War With USAThe Chinese government is doubling down on incentives for innovation, which it believes to be the cornerstone of its future growth and international position.
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