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British AI Firm Latent Logic Acquired By Google’s Self-Driving Car Waymo
The Oxford artificial intelligence company Latent Logic has been acquired for an undisclosed amount by Google’s self-driving car division Waymo. This also marked the entry of Waymo for the first time in et United Kingdom. A specialist in “imitation learning”,… Read More ›
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US And China ‘Very Close’ To Trade Deal, Says Trump
United States president Donald Trump has announced that the US and China were “very” close to a “big” trade deal which saw a rise in the US stocks after the announcement. “They want it and so do we!” the US… Read More ›
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HSBC Swiss Private Bank Settle US Tax Evasion Case For $192 Million
HSBC’s Swiss private bank agreed to come to a settlement with US regulators in a deal worth $192.4 million in penalties and forfeiture over charges brought against it in along running inquiry of conspiring with US taxpayers and to help… Read More ›
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Historic Market Debut Of Saudi Aramco Followed By Growth In Share Price
The historic debut at the stock market by the Saudi Arabian oil giant Saudi Aramco has seen the stocks of the company rise by 10 per cent at the start of their trading on Wednesday. The Aramco IPO was the… Read More ›
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Progress At UN Climate Change Talks Being Blocked By Major Emitters: BBC
Attempts are being made to block progress at the COP25 meeting in Madrid which has angered delegates from developing countries set to participate in the meeting, claimed a report by the BBC. The blocking actions of some large emitters was… Read More ›
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WTO’s Appellate Body To Get Crippled If US Follows Through On Its Threat
A long standing threat by the United States of cripple the system for settling disputes of the World Trade Organization is being carried out by Washington this week which also threatens to throw off track the entire system of governance… Read More ›
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More Needs To Be Done Even Though EU Antitrust Body Is The Toughest On Tech Giants
Despite the antitrust body of the European Union being one of the toughest regulators for large tech companies, and have pulled up and punished a number of global tech giants over intentional market dominance strategies aimed to wipe out rivals,… Read More ›
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VHP Security Paper and Oberthur Fiduciaire join forces to make counterfeiting even harder
One provides the canvas, the other produces the artwork. For two years now, the two companies have merged their operations, thus providing each other with new technological tools. In an industry where technological advance is key, the alliance between the… Read More ›
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New Legal Challenge Against US Ban Filed By Huawei
The decision by the regulators of the United States to classify the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei as a national security threat has been challenged in a court in the country. This development came after the decision of the US Federal… Read More ›
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Disabled Users’ Videos Were Prevented From Going Viral By TikTok
The bow popular Chinese app TikTok has conceded that some videos that were made by disabled users and were placed on the platform were intentionally not allowed to go viral by the moderators of the app. While sating that that… Read More ›