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Bitcoin falls as cryptocurrencies suffer in market volatility
Bitcoin plummeted yesterday, amid turmoil in cryptocurrency markets, with traders citing a sell-off across assets as fears of the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic take...
Spyware firm NSO seeks court sanctions against Facebook
Israel’s NSO Group is asking a California judge to sanction Facebook Inc for allegedly failing to abide by international law with regards to its lawsuit against the spyware m...
Uber’s challenge to balance driver safety with customer privacy
Margaret Bordelon can still feel the hands of the drunk man who tried to pull her in for a kiss at the end of his Uber ride last September in Lafayette, Louisiana.Â
Chinese facial recognition business says even mask-wearers can be identified
A company in China says it has developed the country’s first facial recognition technology that can identify people when they are wearing a mask, as most are these days becau...
Exclusive: Tencent-backed WeDoctor invites banks to lead $1 billion Hong Kong IPO, sources say
WeDoctor will push ahead with a Hong Kong listing and invite pitches from investments banks next week to lead an IPO valuing the Chinese healthcare platform at up to $10 billion, t...
Huawei executive suggests they’ll build a French factory regardless of 5G decision
Huawei will build a factory in France regardless of the government’s decision on whether to use its equipment in a new 5G network, an executive at the Shenzhen-based group sa...
Updated: Supreme Court quashes Reserve Bank of India’s banking ban on cryptocurrency
Interested to learn that the Supreme Court in India has overturned a central bank ban which forbid lenders to facilitate banking transactions for cryptocurrency exchanges and trade...
US charges two Chinese nationals with helping North Korea steal millions in cryptocurrency
The Justice Department in the United States has charged two Chinese nationals with laundering more than $100 million in cryptocurrency on behalf of North Korea, in court filings th...
Is it a currency? A commodity? Bitcoin has an identity crisis
LONDON (Reuters) – So bitcoin’s a currency, right? Well, yes, it can be used to buy, sell and price goods much like dollars and euros.
Tencent extends warranty for Nintendo Switches in China as virus hits sales
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese technology giant Tencent said on Tuesday it would extend warranty for Nintendo Switches purchased in China via official channels before March 31 b...
Ueli Maurer: Facebook’s Libra has failed in its current form
The President of Switzerland has stated that Facebook’s controversial cryptocurrency project has failed in its current form and needs reworking to be approved.
Facebook’s Libra lacks solid plan for launch- governing board member
LONDON (Reuters) – Facebook’s Libra project has no solid plan yet for how or where it will be launched next year, a member of the board that will oversee the cryptocurr...
New York state regulator proposes new framework for crypto coin listings
Reuters – New York State’s financial regulator proposed a plan yesterday that would allow licensed virtual currency firms that have already received approval for coin l...
Apple has ‘deep concerns’ that ex-employees accused of theft will flee to China
SAN JOSE, California – (Reuters) – Apple Inc has told a federal court it has “deep concerns” that two Chinese-born former employees accused of stealing trad...