Asian Stocks Slump After Fed Says US Rates Will Rise ‘Soon’ | Business News
By JOE McDONALD, AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets tumbled by unusually wide margins Thursday after the Federal Reserve indicated it plans to start raising interest rates soon to cool inflation. Market benchmarks in Tokyo and Hong Kong fell by more than 2%. Seoul and Sydney sank nearly 3%. Wall Street’s benchmark […]
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The rise of the ultra-smartphone in 2021 came at the worst possible time
You might call 2021 the year of the ultra-smartphone. While we’ve seen super-premium, top-tier phones in the past, this is the year multiple companies had a horse in the race, expanding the niche ultra-smartphone market. We’re not just talking about your standard premium phones here, like your Samsung Galaxy S21, OnePlus 9, Google Pixel 6, […]
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‘Conditioning an entire society’: the rise of biometric data technology | Biometrics
In a school canteen in Gateshead, cameras scan the faces of children, taking payment automatically after identifying them with facial recognition. More than 200 miles away in North London, staff at a care home recently took part in a trial that used facial data to verify their Covid-19 vaccine status. And in convenience stores around […]
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This type of criminal activity is on the rise again in South Africa
A tactical armed reaction and guarding company located primarily in the north of Johannesburg has pointed to a spike in gate motor thefts in one of the suburbs under its jurisdiction. The security firm, which patrols the Fourways neighbourhood primarily, said that it had received reports of as many as 15 cases of theft in […]
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