Block Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey criticized Meta Platforms’ failed cryptocurrency project, Diem, saying the company’s time would have been better spent focused on advancing Bitcoin. Dorsey said Tuesday that Meta’s approach to Diem, a proposed cryptocurrency formerly known as Libra that came to an unceremonious end this week, wasn’t Read more…
Germany is planning to bolster its semiconductor industry after the government thwarted the takeover of a local supplier, raising questions about the country’s technology strategy. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s administration is working on programs to invest in the chip sector, which the government considers central to Germany’s energy shift, according to Read more…
How to analyse data without revealing their secrets? Data are valuable. But not all of them are as valuable as they could be. Reasons of confidentiality mean that many medical, financial, educational and other personal records, from the analysis of which much public good could be derived, are in practice Read more…
There are an estimated 73,300 species of tree on Earth, 9,000 of which have yet to be discovered, according to a global count of tree species by thousands of researchers who used second world war codebreaking techniques created at Bletchley Park to evaluate the number of unknown species. Researchers working Read more…
According to Chinese news outlet Sina, BOE has made breakthroughs in monitor technology and has built the world’s first 500 Hz gaming monitor. The monitor features a 27-inch, Full HD panel equipped with a high-mobility oxide backplane which is how BOE achieved the blisteringly high refresh rate, with a response Read more…
India on Tuesday announced plans to launch a digital currency by next year and tax cryptocurrencies and NFTs as the country moves closer to recognizing cryptocurrencies as legal tender in the world’s second largest internet market. Income from the the transfer of any virtual assets will be taxed at 30%, Read more…
BlackBerry is adding another sad chapter to the downfall of its smartphone business. Today the company announced a sale of its prized patent portfolio for $600 million. The buyer is “Catapult IP Innovations Inc.,” a new company BlackBerry describes as “a special purpose vehicle formed to acquire the BlackBerry patent Read more…