In an email sent to the then U.S.- Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in 2018, former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner showed interest in the possibility of releasing a federal cryptocurrency. According to the Freedom of Information Act request by CoinDesk, Kushner was studying the possibility of having a group of experts “brainstorm” to the right governmental parties the […]
Daryn Kara Ali
Daryn Kara-Ali has worked in the technology media space for three years. She is Inside Telecom’s Managing Editor. A digital and print news platform and magazine specializing in technology and telecoms. Her self-taught expertise has helped her manage and create a wide range of informative pieces covering all aspects of the tech industry, with content democratizing the industry, generally on a worldwide scale and specifically in the UAE. Daryn has solidly worked on driving a robust, informative culture of innovation around the tech and telecom space on a broad scale, be it digitally or physically, through Inside Telecom’s print magazine, focusing on the UAE. Her efforts and robust professional background fueled her to push herself to take her work to the next level.
China is keeping up with the rapid speed of technological development, and Beijing is aligning its vision to become the world’s biggest economy with heavy investments into its sector’s core technology startups. According to the Wall Street Journal, China is restraining the influence of what once were the leading tech companies in the country, and at some point globally, […]
Ties between Beijing and the Gulf are being forged to heighten economic cooperation to reach a free trade agreement, as both regions tackle geopolitical matters with the West. Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, revealed Beijing’s intentions of gaining momentum on the growth of developing a free trade era with the Emirates, with the intentions of […]
The Covid-19 pandemic paved the way for a comprehensive technological adoption to push digital payments platforms to reach thousands, if not millions, of users in Africa, with the adoption of contactless means to conduct transactions. What was once perceived as a luxury for making payments now has become a necessity for the sustainability of Africa’s […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping is seeking to further tighten the grip on the country’s digital economy, demanding altered regulations and governance over the industry. The President expressed his vision of China’s digital economy, referring to its growth as “unhealthy” development, with a goal of reinforcing China’s economic growth through technological development. China should “cultivate a […]
Kenyan tech-led consumer credit platform, Lipa Later, announced plans to reach different frontiers by widening its horizon to reach new markets in Africa, and be endorsed by a $12 million pre-Series A funding. Steered by Cauris Finance, Lateral Frontiers VC – one of the platform’s first investors – and GreenHouse Capital, the equity and debt funding round was also […]
The House’s assigned Committee to investigate the January 6th Capitol riot issued subpoenas to question four tech giants concerning their platform’s role in endorsing the attach and its causes. Alphabet Inc., Meta Platforms Inc., Reddit Inc., and Twitter Inc. were subpoenaed by the committee following what it considered an insufficient collaboration when it came to providing […]
Apple Inc is joining the race of pursuing its ambitions in what could be the next big thing, the metaverse, reaping the benefits of the hype emulating from the digital alternate reality. According to investors and analysts, the iOS developer is marking its presence in the next monumental project for tech giants. Apple has been […]
The rising level of technological innovations has finally reached Africa, bringing to the table a new wave of modernization to a continent that was once overlooked by some of the biggest companies worldwide. One thing the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted – and proceeds to linger – is the technological rage that came with it, as it […]
Chipmaker titan Intel has recently removed from an annual letter directed to suppliers information referenced to China’s Xinjiang region following criticism for demanding suppliers to steer clear from the region. Only last month, the U.S.-based company was criticized on social media platforms in China for the letter sent to suppliers – published on the company’s […]