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The leading crypto coin has gained 32% in value so far in February, still riding a wave of demand unleashed by the US spot ETFs
An artificial intelligence (AI) trained on previous experiments has been able to predict instabilities in the complicated process
The Indian tech giant’s executive vice-president said budgets are instead being spent on building cyber attack defences
The notorious ransomware group was the target of an international law enforcement bust last week but now says it is back online
US lawmakers want Musk to appear on Capitol Hill next week to explain the lack of satellite internet access for the US military in and around Taiwan
Two-year plan will focus on protective measures and include drills simulating ransomware attacks, for 45,000+ companies in China's industrial sector and top firms in each province
Beijing said it would take measures to safeguard the rights of Chinese firms after the US put trade bans on 93 entities from Russia, China, Turkey, the UAE and others for backing Russia's war in Ukraine
Zhou Hongyi made his confident prediction despite last week Chat-GPT creator OpenAI releasing Sora, a text-to-video AI generator
Another plant in Japan would expand TSMC’s capacity there to more than 100,000 12-inch wafers to supply tech firms and carmakers including Sony and Toyota
The firm consolidated its position as the US’s third most valuable firm after its market valuation jumped from $1 trillion in just eight months
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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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Fintech InsightsAsia Becomes the Epicentre of Global NFTsAsia is the frontrunner in the NFTs craze with Central and Southeast Asia accounting for 35% of the $22 billion in global trade
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