Microsoft is no longer developing new hardware or features for Windows 10 Mobile, the smartphone version of its flagship operating system, effectively killing off its presence in the handset market. In a series of Tweets, Joe Belfiore, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of Windows, said the U.S. technology giant will continue to release bug fixes and […]
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Here are the companies leaving Catalonia in the face of political uncertainty
Multinationals headquartered in Catalonia have started weighing up whether the region will declare independence from the rest of Spain and the consequences that this would entail. Key Ibex companies including Caixabank have already announced plans to relocate their head office, while many others from all business sectors are considering doing the same. CNBC takes a […]
Read morePeople around the world are expected to make 726 billion transactions using digital payment technologies by 2020, according to a study released Monday. The research, by consultancy giant Capgemini and bank BNP Paribas, found that emerging markets were leading the upward trend, and predicts tech innovations such as connected homes, contactless bank cards, wearable devices […]
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Catalonia’s wish for independence is a concern for everyone, says Portugal’s deputy finance minister
The ongoing political instability in Spain is raising eyebrows across the entire euro zone, Portugal’s deputy finance minister told CNBC Monday. “It’s not only a problem for Portugal, it’s an issue for the euro area and Europe as a whole,” Ricardo Mourinho Felix, secretary of state for the finance ministry, told CNBC exclusively on the […]
Read moreTCL Communications launched the full touchscreen BlackBerry Motion smartphone, aimed at the Middle East market, on Sunday. Last year, Chinese firm TCL signed a brand licensing deal with BlackBerry to use the company’s name for new smartphones, while the Canadian firm focused on software. This is the second phone to come out of that deal. […]
Read morePavel Cherkashin, a Russian investor based in this city, thought he had the perfect name for a Catholic church that he is spending $11.5 million converting into a tech palace. It would be called Hack Temple. But that was before the nearly daily deluge of news about Russian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election […]
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Hillary Clinton says Brexit supporters 'voted against modern Britain'
Britons who supported Brexit in last year’s referendum on European Union (EU) membership “voted against modern Britain,” Hillary Clinton said in an interview published Sunday. The former U.S. secretary of state told The Sunday Times: “They voted against modern Britain and the EU, believing that somehow this would be good for their small village. It […]
Read moreRussia is within its rights to restrict the operations of U.S. media organizations in Russia in retaliation for what Moscow calls U.S. pressure on a Kremlin-backed TV station, a Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Sunday. Russian officials have accused Washington of putting unwarranted pressure on the U.S. operations of RT, a Kremlin-funded broadcaster accused […]
Read moreA new wave of bartenders are championing zero-waste techniques in a global movement known as “closed-loop” cocktails. Focused on recycling ingredients, the idea is to ensure an eco-friendly drinking experience. It’s part of a broader concept known as “garden-to-glass,” which emphasizes produce-driven beverages that boast little food mileage — similar to the restaurant industry’s “farm-to-table” […]
Read moreEuro zone banks are well prepared for sharp changes in interest rates, the European Central Bank said on Monday after simulating scenarios from sudden monetary tightening to the lending freeze that followed Lehman Brothers’ collapse. The results come as the ECB prepares to start dialing back its monetary stimulus after years of ultra-low interest rates […]
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