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Regtech: How regulation keeps up with innovation

The pace of digitization is blowing full steam ahead around the world, bursting through the gates of the pandemic with no sign of slowing down. The technology that helps regulate these complex processes which underpin our high-tech world, known as RegTech, or regulation technology, must evolve with it. RegTech is simply the use of technology […]

Virgin Media, O2 merger approved by CMA

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) approved on Thursday the $44.4 billion merger between Virgin Media and O2 following it submitted earlier last month. The CMA’s in-depth phase 2 investigation into the merger – which was conducted by a group of independent CMA panel members – concluded that that the deal is unlikely to […]

Bill Gates' leadership roles stay intact despite allegations

Despite damaging allegations suggesting Bill Gates pursued women who worked for him, don’t expect changes to his roles at the two iconic institutions he co-founded, Microsoft and his namesake philanthropic foundation. Critics say the revelations raise accountability concerns, though it remains unclear how much the dent to Gates’ reputation might affect the institutions that are […]

Viasat granted suite of operating licenses in Nigeria

U.S.-based telecoms company Viasat Inc. announced on Tuesday that it has been granted a full suite of operating licenses in Nigeria by the country’s Communications Commission (NCC). According to the company, the operating licenses entail Internet Service Provider (ISP) license, VSAT license and three Earth Stations in Motion (ESIM) licenses, in a bit to bring […]

Robotics technology market skyrockets to $189 billion by 2027

Its common knowledge that whenever technological innovation occurs, it trickles down and morphs into other forms; while the creation of the telegraph occurred almost 200 years ago, the technology continued to shapeshift until it led to the inception of 5G. Subsequently the fifth generation of mobile networks has brought with it a plethora of new […]

Melita first to launch nation-wide 5G network in Malta

Maltese telecommunications company Melita has become the first local operator to launch fifth-generation mobile network services across the entire country. The launch follows a multi-million-euro investment in the Ericsson network. Melita customers who have an Endless Mobile plan, or a new Business 5G mobile plan and a 5G enabled device can now connect to 5G […]

Green governor sets bold climate goals for rich German state

Germany’s only state governor from the rising Green party on Wednesday announced ambitious new climate targets that includes boosting new technologies so that “Tesla will soon only see our tail lights.” The wealthy southwest German state, home to German automakers Mercedes-Benz and Porsche, aims to achieve “net zero” emissions by 2040 — five years earlier […]

Irish health system struggling to recover from cyberattack

Ireland’s health system struggled to restore computers and treat patients Tuesday, four days after it shut down its entire information technology system in response to a ransomware attack. Thousands of diagnostic appointments, cancer treatment clinics and surgeries have been canceled or delayed since Friday’s cyberattack. Authorities said hundreds of people were assigned to get crippled […]

India vaccine-maker hopes to share shots by end of the year

The Serum Institute of India said Tuesday that it hopes to start delivering coronavirus vaccine doses to the U.N-backed effort known as COVAX and to other countries by the end of the year, a delay that will significantly set back global efforts to immunize people against COVID-19. India’s Serum Institute, the world’s biggest vaccine-maker and […]

China bans financial institutions from the crypto market

China has barred financial companies, institutions, FinTechs, and payment companies from delivering any kind of services in relation to cryptocurrency transactions, while warning potential investor to shy away from crypto dealings. Many analysts and industry experts considered the move to be inevitable – especially following the government’s restrictions on Alibaba’s financial arm, Ant Group – […]