Category: Technology

CBDC
March 27, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

SWIFT Plans New Central Bank Digital Currency Platform for Cross-Border Transfers

This solution, known as the connector, reportedly enables the seamless incorporation of the use of CBDCs into business practices. Thirty-eight institutions participated in the experiment, including central commercial banks and markets. These included global leaders such as Deutsche Bank, Société Générale, ANZ and Citibank. The outcomes showed the innovation simplifies and expedites trade flows, promotes…

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March 25, 2024 BY Robert Bell

Apple Loses Value Over Regulator Fears

This took the loss in the year so far to 11%. Apple is no longer the world’s most valuable company, with Microsoft (MSFT) now having a market capitalisation of over $3tn, while Apple has slipped under that figure to around $2.65tn. Part of the reason for the recent fall is that nervousness has set in…

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March 25, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

China to Stop Using Intel and AMD Chips in Government Devices

The country also wants to sidestep Windows, Microsoft Corporation’s (MSFT) widely used operating system, and other internationally produced database software. The guidelines reportedly stipulated that all government bodies above the “township level” must adapt their procurement criteria to ensure that they acquire only “safe and reliable” microchips and software. In December 2023, China’s Ministry of…

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March 21, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Co-Founders of Inflection AI Join Microsoft

Suleyman also co-founded DeepMind, the artificial intelligence (AI) outfit bought by Alphabet Inc’s Google (GOOG) in 2014. Industry experts believe that this move fortifies Microsoft’s reputation as an AI stalwart in big tech circles and forms part of CEO Satya Nadella’s drive to acquire top expertise. Suleyman will head Microsoft’s new consumer AI unit, while…

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January 24, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Netflix’s surge in subscribers boosted 2023 Q4 revenue to $8.83bn

In 2022, the company forecasted a 9 million subscriber gain, which would bring approximately 30 million net additions for the full year. NFLX’s revenue reports surpassed Wall Street’s prediction of $8.71bn, instead showing a quarterly revenue of $8.83bn, a 12.5% increase compared to the same period in 2022.  The streaming giant sent waves through the…

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Tesla car
January 19, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Elon Musk publicly vying for more control over Tesla

These developments follow hot on the heels of research predicting that the growth in the electric vehicle (EV) industry will fall to roughly 27% in 2024. At the start of this year, Canalys, a global technology market analyst firm, stated that a reduction in government subsidies would spill over to consumer interest in EVs. In…

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January 18, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Apple drops smartwatch feature over court battle

Without this feature, the models are due to go on sale on Thursday morning at 14:00 GMT. The technology giant announced on Wednesday after the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in favour of medical technology company Masimo. According to a Reuters report, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) backed Masimo’s claim…

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January 10, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

X security issues in the spotlight after SEC hack

Reportedly, this breach ranks high, especially since financial markets are holding a collective breath in anticipation of this virtual currency ETF approval. Don’t miss out the latest news, subscribe to LeapRate’s newsletter The Bitcoin price jumped by more than 2.5% as the post in question zipped its way through the internet highways. Gary Gensler, the…

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