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Mercedes Teams Up with Tencent on Self-Drive Cars – Pandaily
Mercedes Teams Up with Tencent on Self-Drive Cars – Pandaily

The alliance will feature a joint laboratory, boosting the ability of Mercedes to provide self driving cars to the Chinese market, Pandaily said.

Data Leak Shows Uber ‘Broke Laws, Duped Police’ – Guardian
Data Leak Shows Uber ‘Broke Laws, Duped Police’ – Guardian

A trove of data files reveals how cab-hailing service "flouted laws, duped police, exploited violence against drivers and secretly lobbied governments" between 2013 and 2017, the Guardian story alleges.

Myanmar Sets Up China-Made CCTVs in More Cities
Myanmar Sets Up China-Made CCTVs in More Cities

Hikvision, Dahua and Huawei facial recognition cameras are being installed in cities across Myanmar by its military government, with hundreds more to come, sources say.

India’s HDFC Bank Aided Yuan Trade in Russian Coal
Chinese Banks Face Tougher Credit Card Rules to Manage Risks
China Cybersecurity Regulator to Enforce New Data Rules
Japan’s JCV Sells Blacklisted SenseTime’s Facial Tech in US
Crypto Lender Celsius Ran ‘Ponzi Scheme’, Lawsuit Claims
US Probes Crypto Lender Voyager as Genesis Admits Losses
UK Delays Verdict On Chip Firm Sale to China  – Guardian

Fintech: The Big Picture

ASML in the Centre of the Chip War

With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors