China’s Alibaba has begun offering payment services from Tencent’s WeChat on a number of its apps, after the government ordered major tech firms to stop blocking each other’s services and links.Local tech blog 36Kr reported on Tuesday that users of Alibaba’s food delivery app Ele.me, luxury goods app Kaola and e-book app Shuqi can now…
Mastercard unveiled on Tuesday a buy now, pay later (BNPL) program that will allow consumers to pay for online and in-store purchases through equal and interest-free installments.The Mastercard Installments program will be available in markets across the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, the company said.Mastercard says its Installments program builds on Mastercard’s investments…
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Synaffix B.V., a biotechnology company focused on commercializing its clinical-stage platform technology for the development of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) with best-in-class therapeutic index, today announces that its partner Shanghai Miracogen has commenced a Phase I trial in the US with MRG004A, an ADC designed to treat solid tumors. This is…
LONDON, Sept. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Nord Anglia Education today announced that it has been awarded formal accreditation for the third year running by the Learning and Performance Institute (LPI) for the quality of its professional development programme on Nord Anglia University, its leading education technology platform. As a part of Nord Anglia’s education technology…
Skype has some significant changes in the works. It offered a peek at what’s coming later this year, with a focus on speed, reliability and design, as well as other performance upgrades. Microsoft announced the addition of the latest features to Skype via a blog post on September 27. The company said that the new plans bring an “improved, faster, reliable,…
© Reuters. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the CARES Act, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, U.S., September 28, 2021. Kevin Dietsch/Pool via REUTERS By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday she is looking for…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden walks from Marine One as he returns from Camp David to the White House in Washington, U.S., September 26, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and his top aides on Tuesday pushed members of his own party to fund not just infrastructure but…
2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Chinese and U.S. flags flutter outside a company building in Shanghai, China April 14, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song 2/2 By Arshad Mohammed and John Irish WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) – The United States has reached out to China diplomatically about reducing its purchases of Iranian crude oil, U.S. and European officials said on…
Elon Musk has performed a sudden U-turn on bitcoin over concerns about its energy usage, and says his electric car firm Tesla will no longer accept the cryptocurrency as payment – but will his decision have an impact, and could Tesla turn to an alternative currency?Tesla bet big on bitcoin earlier this year with a…
DETROIT, Sept. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – Artificial Intelligence (AI) company EAIGLE Inc., specializing in COVID-19 solution technologies, has rolled out a new proof of vaccination platform to provide U.S. organizations with an additional layer of health and safety protection amid the rise of vaccine mandates. The new feature, which also integrates with EAIGLE’s portfolio of…





