After helping a new generation of investors get into stocks, Robinhood is increasingly doing the same for cryptocurrencies. More than $4 of every $10 that Robinhood Markets Inc. made in revenue during the spring came just from customers trading dogecoin, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Robinhood also said Wednesday that it lost $501.7 million, or $2.16 […]
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Japan’s global chip manufacturing thrown is finally usurped as it fears U.S.’s tactics of pouring billions of dollars to deflect from China’s overtake of Japan’s semiconductor industry. The time has come, after three long decades overwhelmed with success in the chip manufacturing industry, Japan’s industry ministry announced that the nation’s share of the world’s chip […]
Etisalat, Emirate’s biggest telecom firm saw a 2.4 percent increase in its stock market after agreeing to acquire another stake in Maroc Telecom Group for $505 million. After obtaining the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development’s 8.7 percent stake in the holding firm Etisalat Investment North Africa (EINA), the deal boosted Etisalat Group’s ownership in Maroc […]
If you’ve engaged with the internet at all back in 2010, then you’ve probably come across Nev Schulman’s online love story. The internet blew up with Schulman’s online relationship with a 19-year-old girl, in which romance blossomed between them for nine months. Unfortunately, the love story does not have a happy ending. After meeting in […]
Mastercard announced on Thursday its plans to halt the issuance of cards with a magnetic strip by 2033. The global financial firm will have strip-less debt and credit cards in Europe starting from 2024, and across the globe by 2033, Mastercard declared in a statement. The company claimed that it will be the first payments network to phase out the technology, which dates to the 1960s. “Magnetic strip is reaching its expiration date with […]
Indonesian operator XL Axiata announced on Thursday their receival of a 5G network operating license from the country’s Ministry of Communication and Information, the company said in a statement. The announcement came after the local telco passed the required Operational Appropriate Test (ULO) that was carried out earlier this month to obtain its Operational Appropriate Certificate (SKLO). “Today, we together welcome XL Axiata which has just received Operation Eligibility Certificate (SKLO) for […]
A Moscow court penalized on Tuesday Alphabet Inc’s Google with a sum of $142,877 for violating the state’s rules on prohibited content, amidst the latest clash between Big Tech companies and the Russian state. The Tagansky District Court fined search engine titan Google with five independent fines of approximately $190,000 for not deleting content banned […]
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the U.S. economy has been permanently changed by the COVID pandemic and it is important that the central bank adapt to those changes. “We’re not simply going back to the economy that we had before the pandemic,” Powell said at a Fed virtual town hall for educators […]
Investing in cryptocurrency can be as easy as a few taps on your phone, and with crypto all over the news and coming up in conversations with friends, it’s tempting to dive right in. However, depending on your financial situation and appetite for investing risk, crypto might not be an appropriate investment for you right […]
A1 Telekom Austria Group announced the purchase of a new 5G spectrum worth $16.59 million for its Croatian subsidiary A1 Croatia, after winning a public auction on Thursday. Earlier last week, Croatia’s telecommunications regulator approved the bids placed by local mobile operators, Hrvatski Telekom (HT), A1, and Telemach in a public auction for allocation of national frequency licenses for 5G mobile networks. A1, Hrvatski Telekom, and Telemach were awarded national licenses in […]