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SoftBank Seen Posting Bruising Vision Fund Loss on Tech Sell-Off

Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp is set to report a bruising loss at its Vision Fund investment unit on Thursday, analysts said, after investors sold off the high-growth stocks favoured by the fund with questions about their earnings potential. With the technology investor poised to post full-year earnings, comments from founder and Chief Executive Masayoshi Son […]

European Stocks Hit 2-Month Lows on Mining, Tech Losses

European shares hit two-month lows on Monday, led by miners as investors fretted over a sharp economic slowdown in China due to prolonged COVID-19 curbs, while surging bond yields kept technology stocks under pressure. The pan-European STOXX 600 index dropped 1.2 percent to touch its lowest since March 10. Miners fell 2.8 percent as Chinese […]

The 4th Industrial Revolution and its Effect on Employment

The prospect of being replaced by robots or AI has long lived in the collective human psyche. From science fiction novels to economic influencers and doomers, they all see some future where humans must contend with mass automation and job loss brought by the 4th industrial revolution and its effect on employment. While arguments about […]

Musk's New Twitter Funding Could Draw TikTok-Like U.S. Scrutiny - Analysis

Elon Musk’s decision to accept some foreign investors as part of his $44 billion buyout of Twitter Inc runs the risk of inviting the kind of regulatory scrutiny over U.S. national security that social media peer TikTok faced, legal experts say. Musk disclosed on Thursday that Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, Qatar’s sovereign wealth […]

Uganda's Central Bank Weighs Issuance of Digital Currency

Uganda’s central bank is considering whether to issue a digital currency and has not banned cryptocurrencies, but has concerns about risks from the technology including consumer protection and financial inclusion, a senior bank official said on Friday. “Bank of Uganda is currently doing preliminary studies on whether or not a central bank digital currency should […]

Vehicle Software Intelligence in Automotive Industry: Towards Smart Driverless Cars?

The smartification pandemic has massively hit vehicle software intelligence in automotive industry. All areas from car manufacturing to the tiniest component of the resulting vehicle have witnessed an overhaul that rely on artificial intelligence (AI)-based operational optimization. Power delivery, predictive component performance, assistant/autonomous driving are just a few instances exemplifying the radical change in progress. […]