Top financial institutions are calling for global cooperation on central bank digital currencies. The Bank for International Settlements, the global body for central banks, issued a report Friday saying that central banks should work to achieve “interoperability” between their digital currency projects. This can be achieved through a number of ways, the report said, such […]
Italian supercar maker Lamborghini announced Tuesday that it will launch a fully-electric car in the second half of the decade. Presenting a transformation program, Lamborghini, owned by German firm Volkswagen, laid out “a roadmap to the decarbonization of future Lamborghini models and of the Sant’Agata Bolognese site,” its factory headquarters in Italy. It said the next 10 […]
Facebook is trying to exert its monopoly power in Australia, by restricting publishers from posting content on Facebook Pages, according to Peter Lewis, director of the Centre for Responsible Technology at the think tank Australia Institute. He explained that the social networking giant built itself up on the offer of free access, while downplaying the collection […]
iClick Interactive Asia Group Limited, an independent online marketing and enterprise data solutions provider in China, and KLWTT (“KLWTT”), a leading provider of automated marketing services in Southeast Asia, a member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), announced that they have chosen to collaborate with Oracle to offer its Oracle Advertising and Customer Experience (CX) suite of offering to their customers. Through this association, iClick and KLWTT’s […]
One of Australia’s leading online retailers, Kogan.com, has bought one of New Zealand’s biggest, Mighty Ape. Kogan is paying $AU122.4 million (NZ$128m) for the New Zealand company. Mighty Ape sells electronic games, board games, toys, homewares, collectibles and consumer electronics, and is forecast to earn $NZ15m in operatings earnings from revenues of $145m in the […]
A recent study has shown that a UV light technology already used to prevent the spread of other airborne diseases in buildings has the potential to be effective against COVID-19. The research, published in the journal PeerJ, found that upper room UV germicidal irradiation (UVGI) can kill SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, which can be transmitted by aerosolised […]
Clean hydrogen is one of five priority technologies outlined today in the Morrison Government’s first Low Emissions Technology Statement – the first milestone in Australia’s Technology Investment Roadmap. Released by Energy and Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor, hydrogen production under $2 per kilogram is named as a priority technology and economic stretch goal to make […]
Some 20 activist groups called on Facebook to stop the spread of “hate speech” targeting sexual minorities in the Middle East and North Africa through its platform. “We the signers below are concerned about the increase of hate speech against the LGBTQI+ community on Facebook,” the groups from several countries in the region said in […]
Online payments start-up Checkout.com has raised $150 million in funding at a $5.5 billion valuation — nearly three times what it was worth when it last raised cash. Founded in 2012, the London-based company sells a software platform that makes it easier for businesses to process and take payments over the web. It competes with […]
