The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Sunday reinstated a sharp increase in penalties for automakers whose vehicles do not meet fuel efficiency requirements for model years 2019 and beyond. The decision was a win for Tesla that could cost other automakers hundreds of millions of dollars or more. Confirming an earlier report […]
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Japan will revise its foreign exchange law to prevent Russia from evading Western financial sanctions following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine through cryptocurrency assets, top government officials said on Monday. The government will submit a revision of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act to the current parliament session to strengthen protections against potential sanction-busting by […]
OneWeb will resume satellite launches with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, the British satellite communications company said on Monday after it suspended launches from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. OneWeb did not disclose terms of the new launch agreement. Earlier in March, OneWeb, said it would halt launches after Moscow’s space agency Roscosmos demanded guarantees that its […]
In the past year, centralized and decentralized currencies alike witnessed extensive market growth, and their popularity among the public has grown along the way. On March 9, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden issued an executive order on cryptocurrencies, sketching an inclusive governmental approach to deal with probable risks related to the significant evolution in digital assets, emphasizing cryptocurrencies. […]
Digitizing operations and diagnostic rooms have become necessary as the world accelerates its pace to accommodate the global shift towards digitalization. Digital transformation in healthcare has become one of the main pillars driving innovation in the health sector. It creates a robust foundation that will positively impact technology on human lives. Proximie, the global health […]
Facebook owner Meta Platform said on Tuesday it will hire 2,000 people over the next five years in Spain, where it will anchor its development plans for the region. The 2,000 employees will mainly staff the company’s first ‘lab’, a flexible base for its remote workers, in Madrid, Javier Olivan, Vice President Cross-Meta Products and […]
The United States, European Union, India and South Africa have reached a consensus on key elements of a long-sought intellectual property waiver for COVID-19 vaccines, according to a proposed text reviewed by Reuters. Sources familiar with the talks described the text as a tentative agreement among the four World Trade Organization members that still needs […]
Apple’s largest iPhone assembler, Foxconn, publicized talks with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) concerning plans of jointly developing a $9 billion multipurpose factor to create microchips, electric-vehicle components, in addition to a variety of different products. People familiarized with the plan stated that the Saudi government is considering an offer from the Taiwanese electronics company […]
Asian stocks were in the red on Tuesday as surging COVID-19 cases in China hit the confidence of investors who are already worried about the Ukraine war and the first U.S. interest rate rise in three years that could come this week. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 1.97%, led by pronounced […]
TikTok is nearing a deal for Oracle Corp to store its U.S. users’ information without its Chinese parent ByteDance having access to it, hoping to address U.S. regulatory concerns over data integrity on the popular short video app, people familiar with the matter said. The agreement would come a year and a half after a […]