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The social network Facebook has announced its decision to lift the ban on advertising by cryptocurrency companies on its platform. Cryptocurrency services can be advertised if they have the necessary…

According to a business strategy unveiled on Monday, Nissan plans to invest 2 trillion yen (more than $17.5 billion) over the next five years on the development of electric and…

A measure prohibiting the use of cryptocurrencies for payments will be revisited by India's parliament. If enacted, India will join China as the second major country to prohibit such transactions.…

For the first time Apple will allow users to repair devices themselves. It will launch sales of parts and tools and provide instructions for doing so.

Apple will allow users in several states to digitally store their driver's and other identification cards in their iPhone e-wallets. As CNBC has learned, this single-platform initiative will be funded…

Consultancy company Deloitte has published a study on global marketing trends for 2022.

US firms SpaceX and Boeing set to increase flights to the ISS (International Space Station), said John Vollmer, Boeing's Program Manager. He added that a contract with NASA enabled both…

Taiwan-based Foxconn, an electronics component manufacturer known primarily as an Apple supplier, has unveiled prototypes of three electric cars - an SUV, a sedan and a bus. They were developed…

Visa has signed a deal with US banks and agreed to stop charging fees on a portion of payments made with Apple Pay starting next year. This was reported by…

Fraudsters stole money from over 6,000 users of the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. The attackers sent out phishing emails: as the attack was not targeted, it managed to overcome spam filters…

US-based Google is introducing new artificial intelligence (AI)-based search features, specifically, combined image and text search, according to the company’s press release.

Fintech start-up Robinhood, which has developed a popular app for retail investors, has announced plans to launch cryptocurrency wallets on its platform.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk believes Chinese carmakers are the most competitive in the world, Bloomberg writes, citing the entrepreneur's statement at the World New Energy Car Congress online forum.

Video service TikTok has announced a host of resources designed to help users struggling with mental health issues. The announcement of the new support services came after The Wall Street…

The Orca complex, built near Reykjavik by the Swiss company Climeworks together with the Icelandic project Carbfix, has begun work on the utilization of greenhouse carbon dioxide by its mineralization,…

Japanese carmaker Toyota announced that it plans to invest $13.5 billion in the development and production of batteries for electric vehicles by 2030.

International energy concern Uniper has concluded an agreement with the port of Rotterdam, under which the company will produce "green" hydrogen on the port territory in the Netherlands, according to…

Swedish company Hybrit announced delivery of the world's first batch of steel to a customer that did not use coking coal in its production.

DHL Express will add all-electric aircraft to its fleet. The company has ordered 12 airliners from Israeli start-up Eviation to reduce emissions. By 2050, it expects to reduce its emissions…

Alphabet has created a new company to develop software for robots. It has emerged from X, a division in which the company tests bold ideas and designs.

Amnesty International experts have found that iPhones can be compromised and sensitive data stolen from them using hacking software that does not require the phone owner to click on a…

Apple has ordered 20 per cent more new iPhones from suppliers than it has usually ordered in recent years, sources told Bloomberg. The new smartphones will feature upgraded processors, cameras…

Visa cryptocurrency card users have spent more than $1 billion on goods and services in the first six months of this year, Vasant Prabhu, the payments company's chief financial officer,…

British scientist and founder of the Web Tim Berners-Lee has sold the source code for the WWW technology in the form of an NFT (non-interchangeable token), auction house Sotheby's has…

Saudi Aramco, the Saudi oil state-owned company, has become disillusioned with hydrogen as a quick substitute for conventional hydrocarbons. It believes that large-scale gas production is unlikely to begin this…

India's Reliance Industries, the operator of the world's largest oil refining complex, intends to invest $10 billion (Rs 750 billion) in renewable energy over the next three years.

Amazon has announced 14 new renewable power purchase agreements in North America and Europe, making it the largest US corporate purchaser of renewable energy.

Leica Camera, the camera and lens specialist company, unveiled the Leitz Phone 1, its first-ever smartphone.

British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC (part of Tata Motors) has announced the forthcoming testing of a prototype hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle based on the Land Rover Defender.

Elon Musk's company will resume accepting bitcoins as a means of payment if the method of obtaining the famous cryptocurrency becomes environmentally friendly.

Authorities in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region demanded a halt to cryptocurrency mining activities as of 9 June. This was reported by The Block.

Microblogging service Twitter has launched a paid subscription for its users with enhanced features and advanced functions. For now, Twitter Blue is only available in Australia and Canada, according to…

Huawei has unveiled the first smartphones running its own HarmonyOS operating system, which is expected to replace Android on the company's devices. It also unveiled a tablet and a smart…

Sotheby's has put up for sale a work by an American artist. The work is said to be the world's first known NFT token. The auction will take place on…

A group of German scientists said they established the cause of blood clots in some cases following the administration of coronavirus vaccines from AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson. They have…

Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic has conducted its first test launch of its spacecraft with people on board since early 2019. The company is already offering prospective tourists the chance to…

China has successfully landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time. It will study the planet's atmosphere, topography and geology. The last Chinese probe failed to leave Earth's orbit.

The European Central Bank (ECB) will decide in the summer whether to start experimenting with the digital euro, but it will not mean introducing such a currency in the short…

Samsung has revealed the Galaxy Quantum2 smartphone, equipped with quantum cryptography technology to protect data. The first market for the smartphone will be South Korea, where the smartphone will go…

Chinese electronics manufacturer Xiaomi has announced that it is developing electric cars and will invest $10 billion in their production over the next ten years. This was reported by Bloomberg,…

The US payment system Visa approved settlement of transactions in USD Coin Stablecoin. Visa became the first major global payment system to approve such settlements.

By 2035, one in ten meat, eggs, dairy products and seafood items consumed worldwide will be made from alternative proteins. This is what the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Blue…

France's National Commission for Informatics and Civil Liberties (CNIL) said on 17 March that it had launched an investigation into the voice social network Clubhouse.

Huawei has announced that it will begin charging smartphone manufacturers a licensing fee for the use of its 5G technology. The maximum payment per device will be $2.5 - less…

Facebook has announced the launch of a light version of Instagram, which will allow the service to be used even with poor internet connection, in more than 170 countries around…

Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia intends to launch flying taxis as a new business line in 2022, Tony Fernandes, co-founder and CEO of AirAsia Group Berhad, which owns the carrier, told…

Chinese company Xiaomi is going to relaunch the social network Xiaomi Mi Talk, which will be an alternative to Clubhouse. A special feature of the updated Xiaomi Mi Talk will…

Japan's largest liquefied hydrogen plant is to be built by the Japanese company Itochu and France's Air Liquide. The Nikkei newspaper reported about it on 26 February.

US telecoms companies Intel and Google Cloud have agreed to collaborate on 5G, Intel said in a press release.

Dialogs from some Clubhouse users leaked to a third-party site last weekend, the service has admitted. The company assured that it had blocked the hacker and was taking additional measures.…