Tech

The Group of Seven wealthy democracies agreed Saturday to support a global minimum corporate tax rate of at least 15 percent in order to deter multinational companies from avoiding taxes by stashing profits in low-rate countries. G-7…
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Elon Musk hasn’t had a bad start to the new year. Just days after his electric car company Tesla announced it delivered half a million cars in 2020, the tech billionaire has overtaken Amazon boss Jeff Bezos to become the richest person in…
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US technology companies attracted the highest trading volumes among investors worldwide in 2020, including the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, Saxo Bank reported. The Copenhagen-based investment bank said strict…
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Singapore pupils aged over seven must use the city state's contact-tracing app or wearable device from December. Both use Bluetooth signals to log any contact with other users' devices. Pupils do not always have access to their…
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In the US, both the Democrats and the Republicans now have a fixed position on regulating tech. They are both totally different. First off Trump. After the President shared a piece of disinformation on Facebook and Twitter about…
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Staff and athletes in Sunday's London Marathon must wear social-distancing technology around their necks.The Bump device, which makes an audible alert when the wearer is too close to others, will be worn by the 100 elite competitors and…
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The European Union wants to arm itself with new powers to penalize big technology companies, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The proposed plan includes forcing tech giants to break up or sell some of their European operations if…
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New approaches to tracking satellites and debris in orbit are to get a boost from the UK Space Agency. UKSA is giving over £1m to seven firms to help advance novel sensor technologies and the smart algorithms needed to interpret their…
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In countries where the economy has been ravaged by the effects of the coronavirus, job losses are soaring - except in the technology sector, where companies such as Amazon are creating thousands of new jobs.In this week's Tech Tent…
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