FinTech

Why Is Twitter Suddenly Filled With Emoji Mashups?

A new bot Twitter account has quickly earned a large following after tweeting mashup emojis every hour. The Emoji Mashu... Read more

Kazakhstan Asks Internet Users To Install Controversial Security Certificate

Privacy advocates have warned that a new security certificate for internet browsers being promoted by the Kazakhstan go... Read more

$100m Series C Brings Fintech Start-up MoneyLion Near $1bn Valuation

US mobile bank MoneyLion has completed a $100m Series C funding round, which reportedly has the start-up inching toward... Read more

Imaging Shows Milky Way Devoured Another Galaxy Billions Of Years Ago

The Milky Way cannibalised a galaxy one-quarter of its mass 10bn years ago, according to new research. Published in Na... Read more

Robinhood Valued At $7.6bn After $323m Funding Round

In May, Robinhood Markets Inc announced plans to raise $200m in funding. Yesterday (22 July), the free stock trading ap... Read more

Vampire Algae Killer Threatens To Make Important Biofuels Useless

Over the past few years, researchers have been working to develop renewable biofuels, particularly from algae, that cou... Read more

India Takes Second Chance At Mission To Moons Far Side

India’s space agency says it has launched an uncrewed spacecraft to the far side of the moon, a week after aborting t... Read more

Irish-speaking Digital DJ Coming To Cork Radio Station

As part of the EU’s Grassroot Wavelengths initiative, a company called CereProc has produced what it says is the fir... Read more

Microsoft Invests $1bn In OpenAI To Develop Azure Technologies

Yesterday (22 July), Microsoft announced that it is investing $1bn in OpenAI. Founded in 2015, OpenAI was set up with t... Read more

Equinix Opens 11th Tokyo Data Centre, Its Largest In Japan

New facility currently houses 950 cabinets and offers colocation space of 39,800 square feet, expanding 3,500 cabinets a... Read more

LG's OLED TV Strategy Needs To Change Or Face Mobile's Plight

LG's second quarter profit has been hit hard by declines in OLED TV sales and rival Samsung's QLED onslaught. It's time ... Read more

APAC Firms Must Transform Cybersecurity Approach

With the number of data breaches escalating and threat landscape fast evolving, Asia-Pacific enterprises will have to th... Read more

Samsung Begins Production Of Upgraded 12GB DRAM

The new DRAM package will power upcoming flagship phones and consist of eight 12GB LPDDR5 mobile DRAMs that will run at ... Read more

Singapore Government Systems Still Weak In IT Controls

Auditor-General Office finds weaknesses in IT controls of several government entities including the Ministry of Defence ... Read more

Singapore Hopes To Groom Data Protection Officers With Training Framework

Government agency responsible for data protection legislation has released a competency framework and skills roadmap det... Read more