KPMG released its bi-annual “The Pulse of Fintech” report detailing a large increase in blockchain business spending in 2018. Blockchain Moves Beyond Experimentation KPMG, one of the largest tax advisory service firms in the world, reviewed spending for businesses around the world for the report., which showed a large uptick in large investor interest (such […]

It’s following a similar strategy to the 2016 presidential election. History appears to be repeating itself: Facebook has discovered evidence of a “coordinated” election influence campaign targeting the 2018 U.S. midterm elections. The social network said it had removed 32 bogus Pages and accounts (created between March 2017 and May 2018) from both its main service and […]

Shares of Apple Inc (AAPL.O) hit a record high on Wednesday and neared a $1 trillion valuation, after the company forecast blowout current-quarter sales and analysts said a September launch of new iPhones set the stage for sustained growth. The company’s shares rose 4.7 percent to a high of $199.26 in early trading – within […]

North Korea has returned 55 boxes believed to contain the remains of US troops killed during the Korean War, but included just one military identification tag, US officials say. A forensic expert said initial tests showed the remains were “likely to be American”. The boxes are en route from South Korea to Hawaii for extensive […]

Tech giant IBM and forex settlement provider CLS are collaborating in testing a platform known as LedgerConnect that will make it possible for banks, software vendors, and fintech firms to deploy, share, and consume blockchain-based software. The platform was developed by IBM in partnership with Hyperledger. Banking giants Barclays and Citi are among two of the nine financial institutions that are […]

Last week we looked at some of the most memorable (and ridiculous, and potentially ineffective) fitness trends from the ’80s and ’90s. Many had one thing in common: it’s unclear if they actually worked. With the advent of the new millennium came a completely different approach to fitness and health. Gone were the days of leg warmers […]

ISIS claimed responsibility but U.S. officials have not confirmed the group’s involvement and the Tajik government blamed local Islamists. Two Americans were killed in Tajikistan in what the U.S. Embassy described as a “senseless” car-and-knife attack on a group of seven cyclists. Two other tourists — one Swiss, the other from the Netherlands — were […]

TOKYO – Japan’s central bank pledged to keep its massive stimulus in place but made tweaks to reduce adverse effects of its policies on markets and commercial banks, reflecting its view it would take longer for inflation to hit its target. At a two-day rate review that ended on Tuesday, the Bank of Japan kept […]

SEOUL – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd posted its slowest quarterly profit growth in more than a year on Tuesday as its Galaxy S9 device missed sales targets and competition heated up, casting doubt on its leadership of the smartphone market. The Apple Inc components supplier and smartphone rival said operating profit from the mobile business […]

Zimbabwe’s opposition says its candidate, Nelson Chamisa, has won Monday’s presidential election. The MDC Alliance says the ruling Zanu-PF party is attempting to rig the vote to allow President Emmerson Mnangagwa to win, and the delay in releasing official results is unacceptable. The election commission has said there has been no cheating and it needed […]