Press Release: The strategic partnership between Bit2Me and Huobi Ventures will leverage blockchain technology to reach a Spanish-speaking market of 500 million people. 19th January 2021, Madrid, Spain — Huobi Ventures, the global investment arm of Huobi Group, today announced a strategic partnership with Bit2Me, the Spanish company that offers technological financial services based […]
Chinese local media outlets report that approximately a fifth of the country’s population, some 261 million people, have set up wallets for the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital renminbi (RMB). The information was revealed at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office on Jan 18. The reports also mentioned […]
Speakers: Chris Storbeck SVP, Real Time Payments – Partnerships at FIS Chris Storbeck leads FIS Partnerships for global RTP and establishes and manages partnerships with world class companies globally. Chris Storbeck is a senior executive with 15+ years comprehensive knowledge of payments, fintech, prepaid, stored value, enterprise software, and mobile sectors. With a forward-thinking, solution-focused […]
Many factors affect carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions during steel production, including capacity utilization, facility age and upkeep, the electricity grid, and environmental regulations. Secondary steel production, which makes up about 70% of the steel that’s produced in the US, releases significantly less CO2 than primary steel production. As a result, the US is looking to create incentives for other countries to use this method over primary steel production.
While such a move certainly bodes well in the overall drive to encourage more sustainable practices, it also underscores how variable the market and rules of the game can be. Short-term incentives are helpful, but building supply chain resilience and strengthening sustainability practices will also take investment in supply chain technology that enables dynamic partnering, smarter order and transportation management, and better analytics to regularly – and effectively – shift and adapt to the ever-evolving playing field.
As the Taipei Game Show nears, Shuhei Yoshida will speak on 20th January as part of the Asia-Pacific Game Summit on PlayStation’s indies initiative. The former PlayStation Studios boss turned indies evangelist will appear as part of a session scheduled to premiere on YouTube. It’s unclear exactly what his involvement will entail, to be honest, but it’s likely to be more about corporate strategy rather than a venue for new game reveals.
Of course, even if this is all insider baseball, it could still be worth keeping an eye on. Last year, PlayStation was widely lambasted by the indie community for its treatment of smaller studios, which has reportedly resulted in some seismic changes internally. Many studios complained about issues it was encountering on the PS Store, from poor software discoverability all the way through to its cumbersome software submission process.
Proposals are invited for sessions at International Data Week’s SciDataCon 2022: Data to Improve our World. The deadline for proposals is 23:59 UTC on 14 February 2022. Submit your session proposal at https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW-2022/submit/ About SciDataCon 2022 and International Data Week 2022 SciDataCon 2022 is part of International Data Week 2022, to be held virtually and in Seoul, […]
Small businesses plan to start accepting crypto payments in 2022 according to a Visa poll that estimated roughly every fourth business owner from 9 countries has their mind on crypto set for their 2022 agenda so let’s read more in today’s cryptocurrency latest news. According to a survey conducted by Visa, a quarter of the […]