Chinese tech manufacturer Xiaomi was formally removed from the 'blacklist' of companies with which US citizens and businesses cannot do business after the District of Columbia Court annulled the Chinese firm's designation as a "Chinese communist military company."
The final order, issued this week,…
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Costa Rica joins the OECD
Costa Rica has formally become the thirty-eighth member country of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the fourth country in Latin America and the Caribbean to join the institution after Mexico, Chile and…
Australia says bitcoin is not a fad
The Minister of Financial Services of Australia, Jane Hume, assured that from the government there is no obstacle for those who wish to invest in cryptocurrencies.
During the annual conference of the Association of Stock Brokers and…
Fed to present report on cryptocurrency launch
The United States Federal Reserve (Fed) plans to publish a report in a few months that will explore the implications of technology for digital payments, including a section focused on the possibility of the central bank issuing its own…
Amazon extends moratorium on the use of facial recognition
Amazon announced that it is extending the moratorium that prevents the use of the company's facial recognition technologies for law enforcement applications, extending the previous one-year moratorium, which expires in June, to an…
Germany, synonymous with success in job digitization
The digitalization of work caused by the coronavirus pandemic worked better than expected in Germany, according to German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
"We continue to have major weaknesses in the expansion of hardware, but at least we have…
More than 20 Spanish banks attacked by malware
Spain is the European country most affected by the new Brazilian banking Trojan Bizarro, a malware that has already attacked 70 different banks around the world, of which 22 are Spanish banks.
The cybersecurity company Kaspersky, which has…
Inflation of Argentina increased 4.1 % in April
Inflation in Argentina during the month of April advanced by 4.1 % compared to the previous month, which represents a deceleration of 0.7 points compared to the March data, as published this Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics…
Snapchat opens its first office in Mexico
The company Snap, owner of the social network Snapchat, opened its first office in Mexico, which is part of an expansion process within Latin America.
Currently, the social network has about 265 million active users around the world, and…
Western Union reactivates money transfers services to Venezuela
ZOOM remittances has reported through its official Twitter account the reactivation of the services for sending money from Canada to Venezuela.
This service, suspended on August 5, 2019, has once again allowed the sending of remittances,…
Cyber attack paralyzed the largest pipeline network in the US
Colonial, which is the largest pipeline network in the United States (USA), was forced to suspend its operations due to a cyberattack, both those responsible and the severity of this attack are still unknown, the company said in a…
Dow Jones exceeds 35,000 points for the first time in its history
The Dow Jones Industrials Index, which groups 30 of the main companies in the United States, surpassed the level of 35,000 points on Monday for the first time in its almost 125 years of history, which implies a revaluation of more than 70 %…