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Tech giant agreed to buy up to 3.9 million carbon offset credits from BTG Pactual's forestry arm through till 2038 in a deal likely valued about $16m
Survey confirms young adults worry about the addictive nature of social media. Meanwhile, the US and other are moving to make online platforms more safe and healthy for kids
The tie-up will mobilise up to $100 billion in total investment potential, including debt financing, the firms said
Shares of Chinese chips firms were on a high on reports the country had developed chipmaking machines of its own, but experts doubt they are much of a 'breakthrough'
Vietnam has been warned that using a firm like HMN Technologies to build subsea cables could deter US companies from investing in the country, sources say
Beijing has imposed a legal 'freeze' on the nine companies' properties on the mainland in a bid to pressure the United States to halt arms sales to the island
Auditors Deloitte are forecasting that deepfake-related losses will surge from $12.3 billion in 2023 to $40 billion in three years time
Taiwan company says pagers were made in Budapest, while analysts say small explosive was likely planted in devices used by Hezbollah and that the attack may spur fears about handsets
Tokyo is between a rock and hard place on the issue of chip tech exports, facing the risk of retaliation from both China and the US
The world's richest man is in the spotlight again, but with Tesla shifting its focus to robotics and AI, some are predicting Musk could be the world's first trillionaire
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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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