Exclusive U.S. SEC To Scrutinize Firms’ Digital-Eengagement Practices As Investor Worries Grow
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will seek input on whether digital customer engagement innovations used by financial firms…
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S.Korea Set To Curb Google, Apple Commission Dominance
South Korea is likely to bar Google and Apple from requiring software developers to use their payment systems, effectively stopping…
Chinese Electric Carmaker Xpeng Starts Exporting Flagship P7 Sedan For The First Time
Xpeng Inc. began shipping its flagship P7 sedan to Europe on Tuesday, underscoring the Chinese electric carmaker’s ambitions to expand…
Elon Musk Says SpaceX Has Shipped 100,000 Starlink Terminals
Elon Musk said in a series of tweets on Monday that his aerospace venture, SpaceX, has shipped 100,000 Starlink terminals…
Chinese Tech Stocks Rally As JD.com Surges 13%, Tencent Climbs 7%
Hong Kong-listed Chinese tech stocks staged a huge rally Tuesday as investors got a little more clarity on the regulatory…
Didi Suspends UK Launch Plans Amid China’s Crackdown On Tech Firms -Telegraph
China’s ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc (DIDI.N) has suspended its plans to launch in Britain and continental Europe, The Telegraph reported on…
China Telecom Jumps 34% On Shanghai Debut, Defying Weak Market
China Telecom Corp surged 34% on its Shanghai debut on Friday, defying a bearish market after raising $7.3 billion in…
Finland’s Nokia Wins 5G Order For Three European Markets
Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia (NOKIA.HE) said on Monday it had won a 5G network order from A1 Telekom Austria Group for…
Ethiopia To Build Local Rival To Facebook, Other Platforms
Ethiopia has begun developing its own social media platform to rival Facebook (FB.O), Twitter (TWTR.N) and WhatsApp, though it does not plan to…
Elon Musk Says Tesla’s Robot Will Make Physical Work A ‘Choice’
After dominating the electric vehicle market and throwing his hat into the billionaire space race, Tesla boss Elon Musk announced…
Octopus Ventures Leads Investors Backing Pngme’s Series A
Unbundling financial data through APIs and driving data-driven insights with value-add products in Africa keeps getting more exciting as major…
Nigeria: International VCs and family offices back Alerzo’s Series A
The process of digitizing the operations of mom and pop stores in Nigeria is serious business right now. In fact,…
PayPal Launches Its Cryptocurrency Service In The UK
PayPal is launching its cryptocurrency service in the U.K. The U.S. online payments giant said Monday it would let British…
Nigeria: Oasis Capital Strikes Twin Investments In Ivory Coast
Oasis Capital Ghana, which invests in small and medium enterprises across Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire via Oasis Africa VC Fund,…
T-Mobile Breach Hits 53 Million Customers As Probe Finds Wider Impact
T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.O) said on Friday an ongoing investigation into a data breach revealed that hackers accessed personal information of an…
‘Twilight’ Investor Sentenced To Five Years Prison In Fraud Case
A technology entrepreneur who invested in the studio behind the “Twilight” films was sentenced to five years in prison on…
China’s SenseTime Says Daily Users Of Its Augmented Reality Tech Number 100 Mln
China’s SenseTime, which sells augmented reality technology to other companies, has seen global daily active users of that tech grow…
Twitter Agrees To Seven Out Of Ten Demands – Nigerian Govt
The Federal Government says from the 10 demands put forward to lift Twitter suspension, the microblogging and social networking platform…
Facebook Launches VR Remote Work App
Facebook on Thursday launched a test of a new virtual-reality remote work app where users of the company’s Oculus Quest…
EXCLUSIVE Facebook Selects Local Journalists Paid In $5 Million Newsletter Recruitment Push
Facebook Inc (FB.O) has chosen 25 local independent journalists to be paid out of a $5 million pot to write for its…
Twitter, Digital Platforms To Pay Tax As FIRS Targets N10.1trn Revenue In 2022
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has set a revenue target of N10.1 trillion for 2022. Mohammed Nami, executive chairman…
Chinese Firm Behind The Purchase Of The United Kingdom’s Largest Chip Plant Warns Deal Is At Risk
The Chinese firm behind the purchase of Britain’s largest chip manufacturing facility earlier this summer has admitted that the acquisition…
Apple Appeals Against Security Research Firm While Touting Researchers
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Tuesday appealed a copyright case it lost against security startup Corellium, which helps researchers examine programs like Apple’s…
Tencent Says More Regulations Set To Come As Quarterly Profit Jumps
China’s Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) said on Wednesday that the internet industry should brace for more regulations and uncertainty, but it believed Beijing…
Nvidia Forecast Beats Expectations, But Talks On $40 Bln Arm Deal Take Longer Than Expected
Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O) on Wednesday said talks with regulators to clear its $40 billion proposed acquisition of British semiconductor technology firm Arm…
Facebook Is Ready To Launch Digital Wallet
Facebook is prepared to launch the Novi digital wallet tied to Diem blockchain-based payment system, said the head of the…
U.S. SEC Says It Charges Former Netflix Staffers For Insider Trading
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday said it has charged three former engineers at Netflix (NFLX.O) for trading on…
Aurora Releases Tool To Gauge Safety Of Self-Driving Systems
Aurora, the Silicon Valley self-driving startup founded by former Tesla, Uber and Google executives, has released what it says is…
PayPal And Fiserv Partner To Allow Paycheck Deposits Into Venmo Accounts
Getting gig economy workers to send their paychecks directly to a PayPal or Venmo wallet is one of the goals of a…
Crypto Exchange Binance Hires Former US Treasury Criminal Investigator
Binance said on Wednesday it had appointed a former U.S. Treasury criminal investigator as its global money laundering reporting officer,…