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Despite green pledges, Amazon's carbon footprint grew 15%

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon said Tuesday that its carbon footprint rose 15% last year, even as it launched initiatives to reduce its harm on the environment. The online shopping giant said activities tied to its businesses emitted 51.17 million metric tons of carbon dioxide last year, the equivalent of 13 coal burning power plants […]

Huawei expecting green light for UK-based R&D facility

It seems that US sanctions will not stop Huawei from evolving in the International market. In the past few months, there was a debate about the company’s involvement in the UK 5G market. The debate raises cybersecurity concerns based on new Chinese legislation “China’s National Intelligence Law” adopted on June 28, 2017. Under this new […]

Telecom companies leverage IoT

In an attempt to simplify the IoT world, Deutsche Telekom is branching out its Internet of Things unit and launching what it has called the “world’s first open platform” for IoT. The German operator giant is going to create a totally separate business, Deutsche Telekom IoT GmbH, on 1 July: It will then launch an open, […]

Mobile Money Market Insights

The global mobile money market is expected to witness a CAGR of 21.4% during the forecast period of 2020 to 2030, according to a new research report released by FMI. Quick turn made by some of high potential economies with limited digital financial inclusion among masses to digitize payments has been a key enabler for mobile money. […]

Educational technology bolsters the MedTech industry

Educational technology offers useful tools to promote learning. Even before the pandemic, classrooms and offices adopted digital tools to aid and reinforce their communication. However, in a relatively short period, these technologies have evolved and found greater purpose. An ILE, or Interactive Learning Environment, is a system built in software, and sometimes with specialized hardware, […]

IoT an essential tool for enhancing public safety

Internet of things (IoT) refers to billions of devices that are connected to the internet. These devices have the ability to transfer data without human-to-human or human-to-computer interactions. According to Bain & Company, the combined markets of the Internet of Things will grow to about $520 billion in 2021. This technology has now infiltrated into […]

Germany's Wirecard: Missing accounts probably don't exist

BERLIN (AP) — German payment service provider Wirecard said Monday it has concluded that two accounts that were supposed to contain 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) probably don’t exist, deepening troubles that last week prompted the resignation of its chief executive. Wirecard AG was once regarded as a star of the growing financial technology sector, […]

Phoenix Tower International offers to buy Italy’s El Towers

On June 20, 2020, Phoenix Tower International– a wireless infrastructure provider that manages a portfolio of over 9,000 towers across the world, along with 80,000 other telecoms sites across 14 countries- has offered to buy El Towers for $615 million (550 million euros) according to Reuters. The largest private US-based wireless infrastructure group has entered […]

Tech companies and Health Monitoring Apps

In the global fight against Covid-19, tech companies have developed a new-found affinity to healthcare and well-being. With their devices already being used by millions, tech companies can beam their health monitoring apps straight to their customers’ hands at the push of a download button, or with no action required at all. Here are a […]

Did TikTok teens, K-Pop fans punk Trump's comeback rally?

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Did teens, TikTok users and fans of Korean pop music troll the president of the United States? For more than a week before Donald Trump’s first campaign rally in three months on Saturday in Tulsa, Oklahoma, these tech-savvy groups opposing the president mobilized to reserve […]