Personal 3D printers have been on the rise for quite some time now, as their uses have been leveraged in a plethora of ways to produce anything from dental supplies to 3D figurines; this goes to show the versatility of the technology. According to a new report by MarketsandMarkets, the global personal 3D printers industry […]
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U.S.-based hardware company Square Inc announced on Tuesday plans to create a hardware wallet for Bitcoin, following a U.S. senator’s warning about imposed cryptocurrency threats on consumers and financial markets. The U.S. based financial service and digital payments company Square Inc — announced via one of its lead’s Twitter account– its plan to create a […]
Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak voiced his support towards the right to repair movement amid battle over whether users should be able to fix their own devices. Existing right-to-repair rules in Europe and the U.S. are limited to appliances and vehicles, respectively. Woznaik’s statement came through a Cameo video, a platform where people can purchase personalized videos from celebrities, in response to a question posed […]
Saudi Arabia is looking to attract investments upwards of $18 billion dollars as part of its bid to construct large-scale data centers across the Kingdom, the country’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) announced this week. The move – which is part of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 – aims to transform the gulf country […]
Pfizer and BioNTech announced on Thursday that they were developing a version of the coronavirus vaccine that targets the Indian Delta variant, which has spread to nearly 100 countries. The U.S.-based company expects to begin clinical trials of the vaccine in August. The drug maker is looking to speed up the approval for a third booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine to target the Delta variant and will request emergency authorization from […]
Federal regulators are considering allowing state prisons across the country more technological options to combat contraband cellphones, which prison officials have long said represent the greatest security threat behind bars. The Federal Communications Commission plans Tuesday to discuss “taking steps to combat contraband wireless devices in correctional facilities,” according to an online meeting agenda that […]
Companies including internet giants Alibaba and Tencent were fined Wednesday by anti-monopoly regulators in a new move to tighten control over their fast-developing industries. In 22 cases, companies were fined 500,000 yuan ($75,000) each for actions including acquiring stakes in other companies that might improperly increase their market power, the State Administration for Market Regulation […]
IBM introduced on Wednesday its latest open-source serverless framework, with the solemn purpose of simplifying integration and efficient scaling of big data and artificial intelligence (AI) workflows into its hybrid cloud. IBM’s recent technology, CodeFlare, is designed at the rank of a promising open-source distributed computing framework for machine learning (ML) applications commonly referred to […]
Chinese budget smartphone maker Xiaomi is set to raise around $1.2 billion from debt issuance, with $800 million worth of bonds due for payment in 2031 with a coupon of 2.87 percent per year, a regulatory filing said. The move comes at a tricky time as other Chinese tech companies have seen themselves pitted in a government crack down led […]
Facing extreme pressure from Myanmar’s Junta, Norwegian operator Telenor has sold it’s operations within the country to Lebanese investment firm M1 Group for $105 million, the company said in a statement on Thursday. “Telenor Group has entered into an agreement to sell 100 percent of its mobile operations in Myanmar to M1 Group for a total consideration of $105 million, of which $55 […]