As a number of global jurisdictions like the Bahamas and Sweden are already testing their central bank digital currencies (CBDC), French central bank is getting more straightforward regarding its own

A new project funded by Innovate UK and the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) aims to halt motorway pileups.The project is called Multi-Car Collision Avoidance (MuCCA) and is being l

Tencent has signed a deal with Huawei to set up a laboratory to develop a cloud gaming platform, the Chinese gaming giant said in a statement Friday.Why it matters: Tencent is the world’s largest gami

The World Health Organization huddled up with social media and software companies this week to fire up an initiative to develop software to take on the current and potential threats related to th

ZA Bank – one of the eight recipients of Hong Kong’s virtual banking licenses – kicked off operations yesterday, marking the dawn of digital lending in the city.The virtual banking arm of China’s Zhon

It seems like digital sales should benefit retailers during a global disease outbreak. For many, health and safety concerns extend to those operations too.As the COVID-19 pandemic reaches more communi

Facebook today announced a program to support government health organizations worldwide in combating the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning this week, the company’s developer partners will provide free serv

Growing crypto adoption and the COVID-19 outbreak has encouraged Italy’s Banco Sella to launch a Bitcoin trading serviceThe trading is conducted via the bank’s Hype platform, with the bank acting as a