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Tesla To Recall Over 817,000 Vehicles In US Due To Seat Beat Alert
Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) is recalling more than 817,000 vehicles in the United States because an audible alert may not…
Facebook Share Tumbles By 20 Per Cent
Meta has reported disappointing earnings, offered weak guidance, and said user growth has stagnated, which led…
Alphabets Approves Plan For 20-For-1 Stock Split
As part of the tech company’s quarterly earnings statement on Tuesday, Alphabet’s (parent company of Google) board…
Japan To Tighten Measures Against Cyberattack
Japan will consider imposing tighter curbs on companies in security-sensitive sectors that procure overseas…
Australia’s Aristocrat Take Over Of Playtech Set To Fail
Gambling software maker Playtech does not expect its shareholders to approve its proposed takeover by Australia's…
Nigeria Startup “Nestcoin” Raises Pre-Seed Capital For Crypto Adoption
Nestcoin, a Nigerian tech startup, says it has secured $6.45 million pre-seed capital to accelerate crypto…
India To Introduce Digital Rupee In 2022-2023
India’s central bank will launch a digital version of the rupee in the next financial year, the country’s…
El Salvador Defends It’s Acceptance Of Bitcoin As Legal Tender
El Salvador’s government on Monday defended the country’s adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender, rejecting calls from…
Sony To Acquire Videogame Developer ‘Bungie’ In $3.6 Bln Deal
Sony Interactive Entertainment will acquire Bungie Inc, the original creator of the "Halo" videogame and developer…
U.S. FTC To Review Microsoft Deal For Activision
An antitrust review of Microsoft Corp's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard will be handled by the U.S.…
Nigeria App For US Stocks, Bamboo Raises $15million Series A funding
Bamboo, a Nigerian brokerage app that lets Africans buy and trade US stocks in real-time has secured a $15 million…
CBN Reduces Charges On Electronic Banking Transactions
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reduced ATM withdrawal charges, inter-bank transfer fees as it issues a…
Knife Capital Backs HR Software startup’s latest round
Wamly a one-way video interview software startup based in South Africa secures funding from local venture capital…
Manufacturers Association Urges CBN To Extend e-Invoice Implementation
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the implementation…
AutoStore and Ocado ‘robot war’ spills into Germany
Norwegian warehouse robot maker AutoStore sparred on Friday over legal proceedings in Germany in their latest…
China issues draft rules for fakes in cyberspace
China's cyberspace regulator issued draft rules for content providers that alter facial and voice data.
This…
Federal Government Inaugurate Nigerian Postal Service Debit Card
The Federal Government has inaugurated the Nigerian Postal Service debit card, an agency banking platform, and 27…
GM plan to dethrone Tesla in electric car sales by 2025
General Motors will invest roughly $6.6 billion in its home state of Michigan over the next several years.
The…
Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Venture To Wind Down And Sell Tech Asset
Meta Platforms Inc's digital currency venture Diem Association is winding down and selling its technology to…
Apple Smartphone Market Hit High Record In 2021 Q4
Apple’s smartphone market share in China hit a record high in the fourth quarter of 2021, with the iPhone…
Uber Launch UberMoto In Ibadan, Nigeria
Uber, a mobility service provider, has launched UberMoto, a two-wheeler alternative and smart mobility option, in…
Even And One To Be Acquired By Walmart Backed Startup
A financial technology start-up that Walmart created and backed said Wednesday it is acquiring two more companies…
Baidu’s Electric Vehicle Arm Jidu Raises $400 Mln In New Funding Round
Baidu's electric vehicle (EV) arm Jidu Auto said on Wednesday that it had raised nearly $400 million from Baidu and…
SKC Consortium Invests $80 Million In UK Anode Startup Nexeon
A consortium including South Korean chemical company SK Co Ltd has invested $80 million in British battery…
Toshiba Begins Partial Production In Quake Hit Plant
Toshiba Corp on Wednesday said it had partially restarted production at a semiconductor plant in Oita, southern…
Swedish “Buy Now Pay Later” Fintech Firm To Launch Physical Card
Swedish fintech firm Klarna is embedding its “buy now, pay later” service into a physical card in the U.K.
The…
LG Q4 Profit Drops By 30 Per Cent
South Korea's LG Display Co Ltd posted on Wednesday a 30% drop in quarterly operating profit on the year, hit by a…
Three U.S. states, D.C. sue Google over location-tracking
Texas, Indiana, Washington State sued Google on Monday over deceptive location-tracking practices that invade…
Tencent fires 70 people and blacklists 13 firms in anti-fraud campaign
Chinese internet giant Tencent fired 70 people and blacklisted 13 firms last year as part of an anti-graft…
Boulben Withdraws From Race To Head French Telecom Firm
Verizon Chief Revenue Officer Frank Boulben has written to the board of Orange withdrawing from the race to head…