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Meta's Shock Share Price Drop Shakes World Tech

Shares in Facebook owner Meta fell 20 percent in U.S. premarket trade on Thursday after the social media giant issued a dismal forecast, blaming Apple’s privacy changes and increased competition. The shock drop, which comes before Amazon earnings later in the day, spilled over to Europe where technology led sectoral fallers with a decline of […]

NFT Money Laundering Soars Slowly, Report Finds

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) fame has immensely grown amongst tech enthusiasts, traders, creators, and criminals, with money laundering activities concerning NFTs reaching new heights as it grows daily, Chainalysis report finds. In its report released on Wednesday, Chainalysis reported that a modest yet growing amount of money laundering activity had been associated with the buying and […]

RCS-CAPABLE Subscribers to Reach 1.2 Billion Globally in 2022, Despite Strong OTT Messaging Competition

Hampshire, UK – 2nd February 2022: A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total number of RCS (Rich Communication Services) subscribers will grow from 1.2 billion in 2022 to 3.8 billion by 2026; accounting for 40 percent of global mobile subscribers. This represents a growth of over 200 percent. RCS is protocol for rich […]

Self-Driving Car Companies Zoom Ahead, Leaving U.S. Regulators Behind

Self-driving vehicle companies from Tesla Inc to General Motors Co’s Cruise are racing to start making money with their technology, outrunning efforts by regulators and Congress to write rules of the road for robot-driven vehicles. On Tuesday, Cruise said that SoftBank Group Corp will invest another $1.35 billion in anticipation of Cruise launching commercial robo-taxi […]

Epay Summit GCC

Shaping the future of digital payment in the Gulf region. Join the biggest stage for the most unique payments agenda.   We are excited to announce that ePay GCC will return for its 4th edition on the 1st November 2022 in Dubai. Once again, delivering unparalleled discussions led by the most senior leaders in the industry today, including our unrivalled annual C-Suite panel sessions, […]

Chip Designer Mimicking Brain, Backed by Sam Altman, Gets $25 Million Funding

Rain Neuromorphics Inc., a startup designing chips that mimic the way the brain works and aims to serve companies using artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, said on Wednesday it raised $25 million. Gordon Wilson, CEO and co-founder of Rain, said that while most AI chips on the market today are digital, his company’s technology is analogue. […]

AFL-CIO Strongly Backs U.S. House Bill on China Competition, Chips

The largest U.S. labor organization said Monday it strongly supported a U.S. House of Representatives bill designed to improve competition with China, boost U.S. semiconductor production and reform key trade provisions. The AFL-CIO trade federation representing 12.5 million workers said in a letter to lawmakers the bill’s $52 billion for chips is critical to “addressing […]

Etisalat Digital and Oracle to Host Business Solutions for Transguard Group

Cloud services to lower TCO by over 40 percent over five years Abu Dhabi, 31 January 2022: Etisalat Digital has announced that Transguard Group, the UAE’s leading business support and outsourcing provider, has selected Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to migrate their on-premises solutions. This will lower the total cost of ownership (TCO) while giving Transguard the […]

India's Finance Minister Says Central Bank to Launch Digital Cryptocurrency

India’s finance minister on Tuesday said the central bank will introduce a digital currency in the next financial year using blockchain and other supporting technology. “Introduction of a central bank digital currency will give a big boost to digital economy. Digital currency will also lead to a more efficient and cheaper currency management system,” Nirmala […]

Three Web 3 Jobs that will Solely Rise in Demand 

What exactly is Web 3.0, what will change with its advent, and how will the world look integrated with the 3rd generation of the internet? These are tough questions to answer.  Web 3 is, in the simplest words, a blockchain-based internet. A decentralized, permissionless, censorship-resistant; these are the fundamental tenets of Web 3. The more […]