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Worldwide, governments devote an estimated $9.5 trillion each year to public procurement — an average of approximately 15% of national gross domestic product. This money goes to public goods and services such as the construction of roads and the delivery of healthcare services, but it also tends to line the
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China’s second-largest online retailer, JD.com, is teaming with blockchain privacy platform ARPA to protect the financial data of major clients. Specifically, the data platform for the firm’s subsidiary JD Digits (formerly JD Finance) will integrate with ARPA’s blockchain-based network, which uses technology known as secure multi-party computation (sMPC). JD Digits was
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The World Economic Forum (WEF) has recognized six blockchain firms on its list of 100 ‘early to growth-stage’ companies as Technology Pioneers for 2020.According to the WEF’s website, the blockchain and crypto startups recognized for pioneering new technologies and innovations in 2020 are Lightning Labs, Chainlink, MakerDAO, Bitcoin analytics firms
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ByteDance, the Beijing-based multinational tech group behind Tiktok, is looking into adding banking to its line of products and services. It is currently bidding for a digital bank licence in Singapore, according to the Financial Times on June 15. Competition is stiffByteDance is likely to compete with a few other Asian
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June 15, Unilever unveiled a $1 billion initiative aimed at fighting climate change in which blockchain technology will play an integral role.Traceability & transparencyUnilever is establishing a €1 billion ($1.13 billion) fund that over the next ten years will be used to protect the environment:“To accelerate action, Unilever’s brands will
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Tech Mahindra, the IT subsidiary of Mahindra Group, is to work with local edutech firm Idealabs to develop blockchain talent within India. The two firms will begin offering curated professional certification courses on blockchain, including live online classes and sessions with experts from the industry in the effort to boost the
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[sociallocker id="55298"] Leading Indian technology company Tech Mahindra has partnered with edtech startup Idealabs to offer blockchain certification courses.The certification course will be offered as a combination of live online and in-person, on-campus classes. Students enrolling for the course will learn about blockchain foundations, Ethereum, smart contracts, decentralized apps and
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Amazon is increasingly encroaching on space occupied by Tesla. The online retailer has invested in electric and autonomous car startups. For the newly minted conservative, Elon Musk’s solution may lie with Democrats. More than two decades after launching as an online retailer, Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is now in nearly every industry ranging from entertainment
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Jay Leno gushed about his Tesla Cybertruck test drive. With a base price below $40,000, you don’t need to be Jay Leno to afford the new electric truck. Could this be what Elon Musk needs to reach the “real world”? Elon Musk is a cult hero, at least among
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Chinese internet giant Tencent is looking to invest heavily in new technologies like blockchain as it looks to move past the effects of the coronavirus epidemic. The creator of popular messaging service WeChat, Tencent is investing 500 billion yuan ($70 billion) into “new infrastructure” based on emerging technologies over the
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