Agile fintech players are digitalising the payments industry, leaving traditional banks in the dust
The Internet of Things is set to bring a seismic shift to the way we use technology. But first, cities must work out how to power the new masses of internet-dependent devices
Samsung’s success in the wake of a series of scandals shows that the smartphone maker truly could be too big to fail
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said it expects to spend $15bn on R&D over the next three years
The European Commission ordered Ireland to recover the US tech giant’s unpaid taxes in August 2016 after deeming the country’s benefits to be illegal
Toshiba has officially committed to selling its prized memory chip unit to Pangea, a Bain Capital-led consortium
With rapid advancements in technology linked to polarised job markets and a steady rise in inequality, Kim Darrah asks: is technology turning against us?
With the advent of online shopping and the ubiquity of smartphones, purchases have fast become digital. Now, social media is shaping the future of retail
The Intercontinental Exchange has partnered with a timekeeping laboratory ahead of new regulatory requirements regarding time traceability
By making tweaks to its search engine algorithms, Google hopes to demote misleading information, offensive articles and unsupported conspiracy theories from search results
As one of Silicon Valley’s most innovative entrepreneurs, Elon Musk has forged a remarkable career from thinking outside of the box
The rapid development of artificial intelligence and robotics has prompted fears among leaders at Davos, with the World Economic Forum warning of the technologies’ detrimental long-term effects
A new OECD report has criticised the pricing strategy of the pharmaceutical industry, claiming many new drugs are simply bad value for money
In a watershed moment for the global finance industry, DTCC, a leading bookkeeper for Wall Street’s securities trades, is to move its database onto the blockchain
In the eyes of its critics, Monsanto is the big bad of the GMO world. But should we be worried about genetically modified crops?
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