Tencent Cloud launches first data centre in Latin America
The cloud unit of Chinese tech giant Tencent says that it will open its first data centre in South America, located in São Paulo, Brazil. With the Latin American addition,...
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How Covid has kickstarted Canadian fintech
Fintech innovators in Canada are enjoying their best year ever, having overcome the shocks of...
Industrial automation hiring levels in the tech industry rose to a year-high in October 2021
The proportion of technology and communications companies hiring for industrial automation related positions rose in October 2021 compared with the...
Digital media related deals in the tech industry increased in H1 2021
Digital media related deals made up 15% of all deals announced in the technology and communications sector in the first...
Nvidia paid $1.6bn to secure chip supply amid shortage
Graphics processer maker Nvidia has been using its financial muscle to avoid major supply chain problems, making a $1.6bn payment...
CEO interview: B2B BNPL Billie chief’s plans for Europe
Business financing startups are having a moment. New businesses aimed at solving corporate chieftains' procurement migraines and cash flow woes are increasingly grabbing headlines. The latest fintech to do so…
Google “close to misinformation” in attempt to rally SMEs against antitrust regulation
Tech behemoth Google is sending unsolicited emails to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) asking for their support against upcoming antitrust regulations. The move, branded “desperate” and "close to misinformation" by…
Judge: Stop stalling Apple and allow alternative App Store payment
A federal judge has delivered another blow against Apple in the battle for App Store payment supremacy. District judge for the Northern District of California Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers is ordering the…
The top IT services companies braced to weather future industry disruption
IBM is the technology company best positioned to benefit from future IT services developments, according to GlobalData analysts. The US-based company comes top of the list in a ranking of…
Square’s Afterpay buy OK’d: BNPL players rapidly “becoming like PayPal”
The shareholders of Afterpay have given their thumbs up to Square acquiring the fintech company for $29bn. Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's side-hustle is one step closer to creating a financial…
Harnessing precision of space exploration to manage complex projects
When Ky Nichol founded Cutover in 2014, his transition to tech CEO may have seemed like an unlikely change of course. Formerly a space exploration scientist, Nichol had started his…
