Technological development should never be at the expense of living beings, animals, or humans. Or at least that’s what morality and ethics dictate. But we all know reality differs greatly from the ideal. In 2016, Elon Musk and Max Hodak founded Neuralink Corporation, a neurotechnology company concerned with the development of implantable brain-computer interfaces (BCI). […]
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A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Investors’ focus on Tuesday rests squarely on China: From an economic and market perspective, eyes are on a raft of data including first-quarter GDP; while the latest twist in souring U.S.-Sino relations will do little to ease geopolitical concerns. U.S. law enforcement officials […]
Earth-bound businesses, industries, and investors increasingly look for space to do business, compete, and invest. The continuous growth of the space economy is dependent on space enterprises showing their relevance to non-space organizations and pushing beyond existing industrial startups relationships and government contract money. Space Startups Many executives, analysts, and investors believe that the boom […]
South Korea’s top court on Thursday said Alphabet Inc’s Google should disclose whether the technology giant had shared local user information with third parties, news agency Yonhap reported, sending the case back to a lower court. The Supreme Court’s decision came after a group of four plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against Google and its South […]
U.S. industrial conglomerate Emerson Electric Co on Wednesday agreed to buy National Instruments Corp for $8.2 billion, capping a nearly yearlong pursuit of the measurement equipment maker. The $60-per-share cash offer represents a premium of nearly 50% to National Instruments’ closing price on Jan. 12, the day before it announced a strategic review. Austin, Texas-based […]
Zambia is planning to finish tests that simulate real-world cryptocurrency usage by the end of June to help it create regulations that balance citizens’ safety with innovation, science and technology minister Felix Mutati told Reuters. The southern African country also needs digital infrastructure, including digital identities, before cryptocurrencies can be introduced, Mutati said in an […]
The United States and the European Union need to produce clear results next month from their forum on trade and technology and forge closer ties on green products and technology, European Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said on Wednesday. Sweden will host a fourth ministerial-level meeting of the Trade and Technology Council (TTC) on May 30-31, […]
Intel Corp on Wednesday said its chip contract manufacturing division will work with U.K.-based chip designer Arm Ltd to ensure that mobile phone chips and other products that use Arm’s technology can be made in Intel’s factories. Once the biggest name in chips known as central processing units (CPUs), Intel has seen long seen its […]
Deutsche Bank is looking for ways to minimise business disruption as it reduces risks from its Russian technology operations in line with the law, Germany’s biggest lender said on Wednesday. The comments by a bank spokesperson followed a report in the Financial Times that the bank was winding down its remaining software technology operations in […]
Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies will consider how best to help developing countries introduce central bank digital currencies (CBDC) consistent with appropriate international standards, Japan’s top currency diplomat Masato Kanda said on Tuesday. The move will be among key themes of G7 discussions that Japan chairs this year, as part of efforts to address […]