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BARCELONA: The Mobile World Congress, the telecom industry's biggest annual gathering, will draw over 30,000 people at a smaller edition in Barcelona next month after the pandemic derailed last year's event, organisers said Thursday (May 20). The 2020 edition of the event - which is usually held ...

HONG KONG :Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings Ltd reported a forecast-beating 65per cent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, while management reiterated the company's focus on compliance as China steps up scrutiny on tech giants.

China's latest salvo against cryptocurrencies has driven a brutal selloff in bitcoin markets but retail traders, miners and even crypto finance firms reckon Beijing's bark is louder than its bite.

FINTECH companies based in Singapore raised about S$656 million in the first quarter of 2021, up 355 per cent from the year before.

India's technology ministry has written to Facebook Inc-owned WhatsApp asking the messenger to withdraw its updated privacy policy, which came into effect on May 15, in its biggest market by users, two government sources said on Thursday.

India's technology ministry has written to Facebook Inc-owned WhatsApp asking the messenger to withdraw its updated privacy policy, which came into effect on May 15, in its biggest market by users, two government sources said on Thursday.

PARIS: The maritime shipping industry will fall short of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions (NZE) by 2050, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a report. The shipping industry is expected to miss its net zero carbon dioxide (CO2) target "due to a lack of available low-carbon ......

Berlin-based software startup Pitch styled itself as a Powerpoint killer when it launched last October. Now, armed with fresh financial backing, it wants to become a new "Youtube for presentations".

Daimler Truck AG on Thursday said it had intensified its partnership with Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), chosing the Chinese battery maker as the supplier for its its Mercedes-Benz eActros longhaul electric truck.

The EU is ready to commit "significant" funds to expand European semiconductor manufacturing and support its computer chip supply chain, the Commissioner for internal markets, Thierry Breton, said on Thursday.