February 2024

The Download: hunting for new matter, and Gary Marcus’ AI critiques

February 20, 2024
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside the hunt for new physics at the world’s largest particle collider In 2012, using data from CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, researchers discovered a particle called the Higgs boson. In the process, they…

Moderna (MRNA) Earnings Analysis: Buy or Watch for Gains?

February 20, 2024
Moderna’s (MRNA) mRNA platform is positioned to deliver significant long-term impact with its mRNA medicines, but declining sales amid plummeting demand for its COVID-19 vaccine, steep losses, and cash burn…

Top 3 China Picks for Future Weekly Gains

February 20, 2024
The Chinese economy, showcasing remarkable resilience as evidenced by the better-than-expected GDP data for 2023, is anticipated to thrive in the future owing to stimulus measures implemented by Chinese authorities…

Tencent’s gaming cash cow Honor of Kings sets sights on MENA

February 20, 2024

Honor of Kings, Tencent’s massively popular mobile game, has its eye set on the international market in 2024. Starting on February 21, the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game will be available in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as well as Eastern Europe and South Asia, according to an announcement from TiMi […]

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PhonePe aims to be a top Google Play alternative in India — but it has a challenging road ahead

February 20, 2024

Walmart-backed PhonePe is set to launch its Android app store this week with zero commission for in-app purchases for developers. The app store is based on Indus OS’ tech, a company that PhonePe acquired in 2021. In this story, we are going to take a look at why developers are pushing for an alternative store […]

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Inside the hunt for new physics at the world’s largest particle collider

February 20, 2024
In 1977, Ray and Charles Eames released a remarkable film that, over the course of just nine minutes, spanned the limits of human knowledge. Powers of Ten begins with an overhead shot of a man on a picnic blanket inside a one-square-­meter frame. The camera pans out: 10, then 100 meters, then a kilometer, and…

Nigerian digital bank FairMoney in talks to buy Umba in $20M all-stock deal, sources say

February 20, 2024

FairMoney, a digital bank based in Lagos and headquartered in Paris, is in discussions to acquire Umba, a credit-led digital bank providing payroll and financial services to customers in Nigeria and Kenya, in a $20 million all-stock deal, sources tell TechCrunch. The move signals FairMoney’s interest in growing its customer base by expanding into more […]

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US, UK authorities claim seizure of LockBit ransomware gang’s dark web leak site

February 20, 2024

A coalition of international law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and the U.K.’s National Crime Agency, have disrupted the operations of the prolific LockBit ransomware gang. LockBit’s dark-web leak site — where the group publicly lists its victims and threatens to leak their stolen data unless a ransom demand is paid — was replaced with […]

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