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The second annual Tesla AI Day had been scheduled for August 19 but Musk said it would be pushed back to September 30
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission seeks "disgorgement of ill-gotten gains", civil monetary penalties and an injunction against further violations of the Commodity Exchange Act
The country's lack of advanced technology was underscored by how many employers struggled to make the shift to remote work when the pandemic began, the IMF report said
ExpressVPN is the first major provider to push back against the rules being introduced by the India’s cybersecurity agency
Amazon.com said on Thursday it will immediately stop supplying retailers in China with its Kindle e-readers and will shut its China Kindle e-bookstore in a year's time
Western financial firms have been warned that China's new cybersecurity rules could pose 'significant systemic risks' to their operations
As well as chairing Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, the bourse's parent company, Cha also sits on the Hong Kong government’s executive council
The Open Network for Digital Commerce, launched in April, will allow customers place orders for goods and services and wants banks, venture capitalists and telecos to sign up
Nathaniel Chastain, a former employee of OpenSea, the world's biggest NFT marketplace, was charged with wire fraud and money laundering
South Korean Do Kwon co-founded TerraUSD and Luna, two cryptocurrencies that crashed last month, causing mayhem across the industry.
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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
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PaymentsCan China Take Place of SWIFT System? Analysts Say ‘No’There is no global payment system that is strong enough to act as an alternative to SWIFT and enable Russia to evade sanctions
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MarketsChina Becomes World’s Second-Biggest Bitcoin Mining HubThe Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.
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Market InsightsHere’s How China Can Win the Tech War With USAThe Chinese government is doubling down on incentives for innovation, which it believes to be the cornerstone of its future growth and international position.
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Fintech InsightsAsia Becomes the Epicentre of Global NFTsAsia is the frontrunner in the NFTs craze with Central and Southeast Asia accounting for 35% of the $22 billion in global trade
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