BitOasis, a crypto exchange based in the United Arab Emirates, has become the first broker-dealer to receive an operational license from Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA), the company announced on Monday. The license enables the company to provide broker-dealer…
Quest Diagnostics, a provider of diagnostic information services based in Seacaucus, New Jersey, has acquired Haystack Oncology, an early-stage oncology company based in Baltimore, Maryland, for $300 million in cash. Quest will also pay up to an additional $150 million…
Astellas Pharma, Japan’s third-largest drugmaker by sales, has announced its biggest-ever acquisition with the purchase of US-based Iveric Bio for around $5.9 billion. The deal marks the company’s fifth major overseas acquisition since 2019, as it looks to shore up…
Digital ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) nations have agreed on Sunday to adopt “risk-based” regulations on artificial intelligence (AI), in a move that sets a landmark for how major countries govern AI amidst privacy concerns and security risks….
The cost of Bitcoin mining has surged to over $17,000 per coin in the United States, up from the $5,000-10,000 range a year ago, due to rising electricity rates across the country. This, combined with Bitcoin’s poor performance in 2022,…
Samsung, one of the leading manufacturers in the smartphone industry, is gearing up to launch its latest line of foldable devices, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5. The market for foldable devices has become…
Tencent Cloud, a subsidiary of Chinese multinational conglomerate Tencent, has launched a new service called the “digital human production platform,” which is essentially a Deepfakes-as-a-Service (DFaaS) offering. The platform allows users to create high-definition digital humans using just three minutes…
JetBlue announces additional Thanksgiving Flying to support holiday demand Amsterdam Schiphol Will Have Up To 40 Daily US Flights With JetBlue’s Arrival JetBlue has announced plans to expand its European network by offering daily flights from New York JFK to…
Ripple, the cryptocurrency firm, has reported tremendous growth in the first three months of 2023, according to Q1 2023 XRP Markets Report. The report highlights that Ripple has been experiencing rapid adoption during this time period, which is a remarkable…
Ryanair will add three additional Boeing 737 MAX 8200 aircraft to its London Luton Airport (LTN) base during the summer of 2023 in order to deliver “sustainable growth” as part of Ryanair’s joint growth strategy with LTN airport. The announcement…
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: BP has agreed to acquire Shell’s 27% stake in the Browse joint venture, thus extending its holding in Australia’s largest untapped gas resource. This deal may improve the development prospects for the long-stalled project. The Browse project, which…
Polygon Labs and Google Cloud have announced a multi-year partnership to enhance the development of Ethereum scaling protocol tools and infrastructure. The partnership aims to streamline the integration of developers to build and launch Web3 products and decentralized applications on…