The Myanmar Army had earlier ordered communications operators and internet service providers to block access to Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and related apps, claiming
On Friday just past midnight, I stumbled across a Clubhouse room hosted by a well-known figure in the Chinese startup community, Feng Dahui. At half-past midnight, the room still had nearly 500 listen
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus delivers remarks during a meeting on January 21, 2021. /CFP The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday called on COVID-
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PayPal is shutting down its domestic business in India, less than four years after the American giant kickstarted local operations in the world’s second largest internet market.“From 1 April 2021, we
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"2020 was an extraordinary year ... We are coming out of 2020 with a stronger balance sheet, ready to accelerate our strategy and make the future of energy".Those were the words of Royal Dutch Shell
Photo provided by Johnson & Johnson shows a vial of its COVID-19 vaccine. /AP Johnson Johnson (JJ) said on Thursday it has asked U.S. health regulators to authorize its single-dose COVID-19 va
China Global Television Network (CGTN) hereby expresses its disappointment in and strong opposition to Ofcom's final ruling on the revocation of CGTN's broadcasting license in the UK and Ofcom's refu
The cloud infrastructure market in 2020 reflected society itself, with the richest companies getting richer and the ones at the bottom of the market getting poorer. It grew to $129 billion for the yea
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While China bans cryptocurrency exchanges and initial coin offerings, the government is set to leverage the underpinning technology — often without the decentralized part. Blockchain, for instan
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00:41 International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach hailed the prospects for safe and successful Beijing Winter Olympics as Beijing 2022 began the one-year countdown on T
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Like countless other industries, mobile phone sales got hit hard in 2020. The industry hit a 10.5% decline for the year, as Covid-19 first decimated the supply and later consumer demand for devices. I