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China's President Calls for Harsher Regulations on Tech Industry

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 […]

GameStop Soars on Building NFT Trading Hub, Crypto Partnerships

GameStop Corp’s plans to expand its non-fungible tokens (NFTs) marketplace and partner with crypto firms boosted the video game retailer’s shares by 17.5 percent in premarket trading and also lifted other meme stocks. GameStop shares have been languishing for a while, like several other meme stocks, as interest from retail investors dwindled. The lot, which […]

Sounding Alarm on China, Japan and U.S. Vow to Collaborate More on Defense

The United States and Japan on Friday voiced strong concern about China’s growing might and pledged to work together to push back against attempts to destabilize the region, including against emerging defense threats. The comments from the two allies, in a joint statement that followed a virtual “two-plus-two” meeting of their foreign and defence ministers, […]

BlackBerry bids farewell to once-popular mobile devices

As of Tuesday, Blackberry phones will no longer be in full functionality, as the company uncovered plans to stop supporting its historical phones, running on software for Blackberry 10, 7.0 OS, and earlier.  Blackberry Limited – formerly known as Research in Motion (RIM) – will stop operations on its operating systems (OS) as a part […]

The Ascent of Apple’s $3 Trillion Valuation

In its intraday trading on Monday, Apple became the first to reach a $3 trillion valuation when its shares hit $182.86 per share, followed by a dire drop below its milestone, as the company seeks out to fortify its capital reign on the market. The Big Tech giant welcomes the new year with hopes of […]

Huawei revenues plunge by 30 percent in 2021

Chinese Telecommunications company Huawei Technologies Co Ltd unveiled its 2021 revenue expectations to drop by almost 30 percent as it fights off U.S. sanctions. In a letter sent to its employees on Friday, Huawei’s rotating chairman Guo Ping said that the revenue for 2021 is estimated to reach $99.48 billion. This marks a 28.9 percent […]

Biggest Cyberattacks of 2021

2021 came, and with it came the wave of emerging technologies in various sectors, be it medical, sustainability, blockchain technology, and much more. And while 2021 wasn’t as intense as its predecessor, the year still brought with it some challenges that were quite an ordeal to overcome, or even avoid, for that matter. With this […]

T-Mobile Suffers from Another Cyber Threat Exposing SIMs and Info

T-Mobile reported on Tuesday yet another cyber threat where criminals accessed “a small number of” users’ accounts, following a devastating data breach dating back to August 2021. The T-Mobile’s report revealed how the telecom operator noticed “unauthorized activity” on some accounts, where hackers gained access to view customer proprietary network information (CPNI), “an active SIM […]

China pursues tech 'self-reliance,' fueling global unease

To help make China a self-reliant “technology superpower,” the ruling Communist Party is pushing the world’s biggest e-commerce company to take on the tricky, expensive business of designing its own processor chips — a business unlike anything Alibaba Group has done before. Its 3-year-old chip unit, T-Head, unveiled its third processor in October, the Yitian […]