Big Data Exchange (BDx), a pan-Asian carrier-neutral data center cluster, is launching its #BDxTheGap challenge on International Women’s Day to honor women in technology. The company’s commitment to closing the gender gap in technology and data centers in the Asia Pacific region, where BDx operates data centers, and around the world will be highlighted during […]
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Anghami announced on Wednesday its merger with Vista Media Acquisition to become first Arab technology company to list on the NASDAQ, according to statement from the company, a leading music streaming platform and service in the Middle East and North Africa. Vistas Media Acquisition Company Inc. is a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company led […]
Chinese leaders are shifting focus from the coronavirus back to long-term goals of making China a technology leader at this year’s highest-profile political event, the meeting of its ceremonial legislature, amid tension with Washington and Europe over trade, Hong Kong and human rights. The National People’s Congress, which opens Friday, has no real power. But […]
An artificial intelligence commission led by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is urging the U.S. to boost its AI skills to counter China, including by pursuing “AI-enabled” weapons – something that Google itself has shied away from on ethical grounds. Schmidt and current executives from Google, Microsoft, Oracle and Amazon are among the 15 members […]
Nevada’s governor on Friday unveiled a proposal that would allow technology companies to establish jurisdictions with powers similar to those of county governments, arguing the state needed to be bold to diversify its economy and pushing back against those who have likened the idea to company towns. “This proposal is an exciting, unprecedented concept that […]
Leading technology companies said Tuesday that a months long breach of corporate and government networks was so sophisticated, focused and labor-intensive that a nation had to be behind it, with all the evidence pointing to Russia. In the first congressional hearing on the breach, representatives of technology companies involved in the response described a hack […]
The year 2020 will go down in history as a defining one in the age of global telecommunications. In the beginning, a sudden data explosion occurred. The COVID-19 pandemic shook businesses, brands, and individuals to their core, but telcos around the world put their heads down and worked on meeting and preserving the rising demand […]
In the Nevada desert, a cryptocurrency magnate hopes to turn dreams of a futuristic “smart city” into reality. To do that, he’s asking the state to let companies like his form local governments on land they own, which would grant them power over everything from schools to law enforcement. Jeffrey Berns, CEO of Nevada-based Blockchains […]
China aims to keep its tech industry under a tight noose, as the country’s market regulator released new and stricter rules to boot out monopolistic practices on Sunday, primarily targeting its tech giants. The new legislation – issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) – will cement an earlier anti-monopoly draft law which […]
Imagine walking into an empty room in the house with only two objects in it, a comfortable chair, and a pair of glasses. Now imagine putting on these glasses and being able to do a variety of things such as holding a meeting with colleagues, practice surgery, see a step-by-step guide of how a car […]