The Beijing Winter Olympics is giving Visa a run for its money. From a report: For decades, America’s largest card network has been the exclusive electronic-payments provider at the world’s largest sporting event. At this year’s Beijing Games, however, Visa finds itself having to share the spotlight with China’s new Read more…
COVID-19 pandemic restrictions could end “soon,” even as early as this year, NIAID director Anthony Fauci told the Financial Times in an interview published Tuesday. Fauci explained that he does not believe “we are going to eradicate this virus,” but said that it will instead reach an “equilibrium.” He said, Read more…
European scientists say they have made a major breakthrough in their quest to develop practical nuclear fusion — the energy process that powers the stars. The UK-based JET laboratory has smashed its own world record for the amount of energy it can extract by squeezing together two forms of hydrogen. Read more…
Apple has announced plans to introduce a new Tap to Pay feature for iPhone that turns the device into a contactless payment terminal. The company says that later this year, U.S. merchants will be able to accept Apple Pay and other contactless payments, such as credit cards and debit cards, Read more…
Markus Reinisch, Vice President of Public Policy Europe at Meta, writing on company’s blog: There has been reporting in the press that we are “threatening” to leave Europe because of the uncertainty over EU-US data transfers mechanisms. This is not true. Like all publicly-traded companies, we are legally required to Read more…
Players generate a wealth of revealing psychological data — and some companies are soaking it up. While there are no numbers on how many video game companies are surveilling their players in-game (although, as a recent article suggests, large publishers and developers like Epic, EA, and Activision explicitly state they Read more…
