Apple received its highest ever number of U.S. government national security requests for data in the first half of the year, the company revealed Thursday. The U.S. technology giant said it received between 13,250 and 13,499 requests affecting between 9,000 and 9,249 accounts, according to its transparency report. Apple is not allowed to disclose the […]
Read moreVirtual currency enthusiasts could soon have a new way to trade their favorite digital tokens. A U.S.-based start-up, AirSwap, is trying to create a decentralized exchange where users can do peer-to-peer trading of virtual tokens. It plans to use smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain to pair up buyers and sellers automatically, eliminating the need […]
Read moreTwo of Japan’s key political opposition vehicles combined on Thursday in a bold attempt to win power from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party at upcoming lower house elections. It’s a dramatic development for the world’s third-largest economy, where a lack of strong resistance has characterized Abe’s five-year reign. While many still believe […]
Read moreOne year after the state of South Australia suffered a major blackout, construction has started on building the world’s biggest battery to help keep the lights on in Australia’s most wind-dependent state. Tesla won a bid in July to build a 129 megawatt hour battery and the state is counting on it to be ready […]
Read moreIt’s a race to Mars for Elon Musk. “You want to be inspired by things,” the SpaceX CEO told an audience of several thousand upon arriving on stage at the 2017 International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia. “It’s about believing in the future and believing the future is better than the past, and I can’t […]
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European markets seen higher ahead of inflation data; Qatar Airways buys Italian airline
European stocks are seen higher on Friday morning as investors focus on data releases and monitor U.S. plans to overhaul the tax system. The FTSE 100 is expected to start the day higher by 7 points at 7,325; the DAX is set to open up by 12 points at 12,711 and the CAC 40 is […]
Read moreUnnecessarily trade restrictions will hamper growth at U.S. ports by weighing on the automotive industry, Jim Newsome, CEO of South Carolina Ports Authority, told CNBC on Friday. Ports in the southeastern U.S. are dependent on the automotive trade, which has “thrived from having free trade basically,” Newsome told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Friday. “The automotive […]
Read moreAlphabet-subsidiary Google is building a tabletop smart screen device capable of making video calls, accessing company applications and controlling smart-home devices, offering direct competition with Amazon’s Echo Show, TechCrunch reported late on Thursday, citing multiple unnamed sources. The Google device, given the codename “Manhattan,” internally, will have a similar screen size to the 7-inch Echo […]
Read morePresident Donald Trump’s administration has launched an internal probe into the use of private e-mail accounts on the White House server by senior aides, Politico reported late on Thursday, citing four officials familiar with the matter. Officials will be searching for emails related to government business, Politico said, citing the unnamed officials. Accounts will also […]
Read moreSouth Korea‘s financial regulator on Friday said it will ban raising money through all forms of virtual currencies, a move that follows similar restrictions in China on initial coin offerings. The Financial Services Commission said all kinds of initial coin offerings (ICO) will be banned as trading of virtual currencies needs to be tightly controlled […]
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