Oracle Corp (ORCL.N) filed a protest on Monday with the U.S. Department of Defense over its plans to award a cloud computing contract that could be worth up to $10 billion to a single company instead of allowing for multiple winners. A sign marks a building housing Oracle offices in Burlington, Massachusetts, U.S., June 21, […]

Two bank employees have been working on setting up a new cryptocurrency trading desk in Barclays, one of the UK’s ‘Big Four’ banks. At least, that’s what it says on their LinkedIn profiles. Business Insider reports that Chris Tyler’s profile stated that he’s been “hired to produce a business plan for integrating a digital assets […]

Tesla boss Elon Musk has suggested via Twitter that he is “considering” taking the electric car firm private. In his tweet, Mr Musk said he could buy outstanding shares in the firm for $420 each, around a fifth higher than the share’s current price. “Funding secured”, the tweet added, offering no further details on where […]

Professional services firm Accenture has filed a patent which seeks to enhance the speed and security of transactions on blockchains using patented hardware. Besides accelerating the software processes the technology described in the patent titled ‘Hardware Blockchain Acceleration’ will also improve the security of the applications supporting the transaction chains. Per Accenture, the need for the technology is driven […]

The government of the Telangana, a southern Indian state, is partnering with a major IT firm to establish a district exclusive to blockchain startups in the state’s capital city. The Telangana State Information Technology, Electronics and Communication Department (ITE&C) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with multinational IT services giant Tech Mahindra to establish […]

Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN)An operation is underway to evacuate thousands of tourists after a deadly earthquake that rocked some of Indonesia’s most idyllic islands late Sunday night. At least 98 people, all Indonesian nationals, were killed when the 6.9 magnitude quake struck the popular tourist island of Lombok, Indonesian authorities said Monday. More than 200 were […]

JAKARTA  – Indonesia lobbied visiting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to keep the Southeast Asian nation on a list of countries that receive preferential trade terms, its foreign and trade ministers said on Sunday. “President Joko Widodo has delivered Indonesia’s hope that the U.S. will maintain the country’s GSP (Generalized System of Preferences) facility,” […]

When it comes mining Bitcoin or any other digital currency, the goal is to keep operational and energy costs to a minimum to ensure maximum profitability. Up until recently, that need for optimal energy costs has sent a good deal of  mining to China, where electricity is subsidized and cheap. However, most of these facilities […]

Well-known for its upscale boutiques across the United States, Infinity Beauty has also made a name for itself by investing heavily in some of the world’s most cutting-edge beauty technologies. Alongside the likes of the brand’s signature facial, exclusive gold facial and red carpet treatments, Infinite Beauty also offers therapeutic options from technologically advanced beauty solutions providers such […]

As we are near to the certified roll out of Android P, tech behemoth Google has rolled out some rules for developers for upgrading their applications so that they can show support for the notch display. In addition to this, the firm has also issue the data as to what the developers can hope from […]