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Science & Technology

Germany to Help Its Tech Industry to Compete With Silicon Valley

Germany has approved a package of reforms in the sphere of capital that will help this country’s technology sector compete with Silicon Valley.

Blockchain & Crypto

Fidelity Applies for Ethereum EFT

Fidelity applied to list and trade shares of the spot Ethereum Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) on the Cboe BZX Exchange.

Science & Technology

Sam Altman Leaves OpenAI

The AI company is now looking for a permanent successor to its ex-CEO.

Blockchain & Crypto

Roland Berger & DFINITY Transform Waste Management With Blockchain

Roland Berger consultancy has partnered with the blockchain service provider DFINITY to address the growing global waste issue.

Science & Technology

China Rolls Out Advanced Internet Network

China has begun deploying what it described as the world’s most advanced Internet network.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Mastercard and CARE Launch Strive Women for Female Entrepreneurs

Mastercard Strive Women aims to strengthen the financial well-being of small businesses in the APEC economies, focusing on female-led enterprises.

Science & Technology

Apple TV+ Increases Prices

Apple has made another decision to increase the subscription price for its streaming platform TV+.

Finance & Economics

Alibaba Loses $20 Billion in Market Value

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has lost $20 billion in market capitalization after it became known that this company will no longer spin-off and list its cloud computing business as a separate functional unit.

Finance & Economics

Santander Launches Overdraft-Free Checking Accounts

Bank Santander has introduced a checking account, which is designed to provide customers of this financial institution with the opportunity to avoid overdrafts.

Science & Technology

Chipmaking Gear Companies Record Sales Growth in China

Leading manufacturers of equipment used in making microcircuits have recorded a sharp increase in the share of revenue they receive in the Chinese market.

Finance & Economics

Monetary Authority of Singapore Presents Initiatives for Digital Money

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has unveiled several initiatives that have been developed to ensure the achievement of such a goal as the safe and responsible use of digital money in this country.

Finance & Economics

Wells Fargo Reportedly Grapples With Obligations to Enhance Monitoring of Financial Crime

The media reports that Wells Fargo is currently making efforts to improve its system for monitoring crimes committed in the financial environment.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Kazakhstan Welcomes CBDC-Linked Debit Card

The first CBDC debit card transaction in Kazakhstan was performed using the Digital Tenge Card on the 30th anniversary of the Tenge, Kazakhstan’s national currency.

Blockchain & Crypto

Citi Launches Blockchain Solution for Foreign Exchange Trades

Citi has developed an app in which blockchain is used to make execute foreign exchange (FX) trades.

Science & Technology

ChatGPT Plus Pauses Subscriptions

OpenAI temporarily stops the registration of new users in the ChatGPT Plus program.

Science & Technology

Microsoft Unveils Custom AI Chip

Microsoft has unveiled its first homegrown artificial intelligence chip and processor for cloud computing.