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Another Milestone: Popular ‘Doge’ Meme NFT Sells For Record $4 Milli...

The 'Doge', one of the most renowned memes featuring an image of a Shiba Inu dog with a smirk, was sold as the most expensive non-fungible token (NFT)...

G7 Nations Take Aim At China’s Belt & Road With B3W Project

Summary The Group of Seven countries have come up with a 'Build Back Better World' (B3W) project to counter China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)....

US Lawmakers Introduce 5 Bills To Undercut Big Tech Giants' Monopoly

Summary The bills come after a 16-month long investigation into the economic dominance of big tech companies. The five bills now need passage from...

Do G7 nations favour investment in fossil fuels over green energy?

Summary The 47th G7 summit is scheduled for 11–13 June 2021 in the United Kingdom. Ahead of the anticipated event, Tearfund, the Internation...

Can cow manure fuel crypto mining?

Summary Many environmentalists and researchers have raised concerns over the environmental impact of cryptocurrency mining. Several businesses are...

Climate Investments Must Triple By 2030 To Save Nature: UN

Summary Currently, 86 percent of fund come from the governments, financial institutions, or climate protection groups, and the rest, 14 percent, ar...

Is cloud computing the future of all businesses?

Summary With the onset of an ongoing pandemic, every business is looking towards cloud technologies for survival and growth. Cloud service is gett...

Burger Chain McDonald’s Becomes Latest Victim Of Cyberattack

Summary Cyber criminals hack into McDonald’s employee and customer data in South Korea and Taiwan. Meat company JBS and energy firm Colonial...

Virginia Joins Global Fight Against Plastic Pollution

Summary As per the law, anyone above the age of 16 who intentionally litter plastic outdoors will be fined US$25. It also prohibits the release of...

US Markets Close Higher Ahead of Fed Meet Next Week

Benchmark US indices closed the week higher on Friday, June 11, ahead of a crucial meeting of the Federal Reserve that may deliberate on the recent sp...

TSX claims another record high on back of energy stock gains

Canada’s broader stock index closed above the 20,100-mark on Friday, June 11, driven by gains in the energy sector as oil prices reached a multi...

Crypto mining 101: Everything you need to know

Summary Crypto mining means gaining cryptocurrencies by solving complex cryptographic equations using high-powered computers. A blockchain is esse...

CO2 levels shoot up to record high despite COVID-19

Summary Recent data indicates the highest CO2 levels in 63 years, with the COVID-19 shutdown proving insignificant to curb greenhouse gas emissions...

Crackdown on fake medicines trade: Thousands of counterfeit online p...

Summary A record number of web links, including websites and online pharmacies, have been closed under an Interpol-led Operation. Fake COVID-19 te...

New purchase orders worth CA$306K sweeten the pot for Rritual Superf...

Summary Rritual Superfoods has received purchase orders (POs) worth CA$306,000 in the last week of May 2021. The functional superfood company has...

APAC market mixed; ASX200 up 0.12%

Summary Asia markets opened on a mixed note on Friday. Chinese shares were in the red. Overnight, the S&P 500 closed at a record high. T...

What are signs of a stagflation? Are we headed there?

In economics, a higher gross domestic product (GDP) growth means that people in that country have more income. A higher income leads to more spending,...

COVID-19: Are Intranasal vaccines better than the traditional vaccin...

Summary The intranasal route of vaccine administration has enormous potential because of the organized immune system of the nasal mucosa, high comp...

US Stocks Advance After Mixed Cues From Economy

All benchmark US indices closed higher on Thursday, June 10, after investors appeared to have ignored new labor data, which showed that consumer price...

TSX Rises On Oil Price-Boosted Energy Stocks, Denison Top Gainer

The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose on Thursday, June 10, after the energy sector gained momentum on the back of increased oil prices. The broader C...